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Ink Dragon

A drop of black ink in water blooms into a sumi-e dragon.

Length
10s
Shots
4
Format
16:9

The storyboard

4 shots, 15 seconds planned. Each still is the keyframe for its shot. The direction beside it describes the action and the camera.

  1. Shot 1, Clear water: the storyboard stillShot 1

    0:003s

    Clear water

    Framing
    Extreme close up
    Camera movement
    Static

    Clear glass of still water against a pure white background.

  2. Shot 2, Ink drop: the storyboard stillShot 2

    0:023s

    Ink drop

    Framing
    Extreme close up
    Camera movement
    Static

    Black ink plume blooming down through the water in curling tendrils.

  3. Shot 3, Dragon forms: the storyboard stillShot 3

    0:044s

    Dragon forms

    Framing
    Close up
    Camera movement
    Slow orbit

    Ink tendrils forming the head and coiling body of a dragon inside the glass.

  4. Shot 4, Onto the paper: the storyboard stillShot 4

    0:065s

    Onto the paper

    Framing
    Wide shot
    Camera movement
    Pull back

    The ink dragon crawls up and out over the rim of the glass, its head and front claws pulling onto the rice paper while its tail still coils inside the water, ink trailing as brush strokes behind it.

The brief

A drop of black ink in water blooms into a sumi-e dragon. Ink in water is fluid physics at its prettiest, and the style change happens once.

Visual style

Macro liquid photography that turns into Chinese sumi-e ink painting. Soft white diffused light, pure white background.

Change a shot, render again

This storyboard ships as an example in NodeTool. Open it in the Studio, edit the direction for any shot, and render a new take.

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