By T.C.J
This page has 3 versions of the same Story board for convenience;
I understand that having just the slide show, Scroll through, or P.D.F. could cause accessibility issues, so all of them are available (Just in Case)
Content warning:
These storyboards depict film noir tropes such as themes and images of Drug and alcohol use, as well as abuse and trauma. Consider this as Rated for Mature Audiences before continuing.
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These can be offense-able themes. Nevertheless they are depicted, if not implied in several boards. Regardless of individuals defense to ambiguity or tolerance. The presence of these themes is why this warning is being provided. As such it is on the reviewer, reader, visitor to this site to consider this warning and decide based on personal constitution before reviewing these Storyboards if you should continue. Which is to say, Continue at your own risk.
~P.D.F.~
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Slide Show:
*running on snow* 
The hidden van 
on stake out 
“we don’t have time to discuss this” 
“fine” 
*jingle of keys being tossed at someone* 
“Go your own way” 
“Kay, I-” 
Van driving by interrupting 
“fine” 
*engine starting* 
Lights coming on* 
Cut to driving 
“what am I doing?” 
“Am I really Chasing a lead?” 
“or am I just running Away” 
Van pulls a head 
van pulls ahead 2 
van going around corner 
Thoughts 
“should I-“ 
Thoughts 
“-Turn around?” 
Thoughts 
“was it wrong for me to follow this truck?” 
“Is it wrong for me to think this is important?” 
“…or…” 
Am I just using this as- 
-an excuse?” 
Am I? 
“sure I don’t want to be here 
I can feel that much 
but… 
isn’t that why Mags here to?? 
Does he think this is as important as I do? 
or 
is he just here to watch me 
make sure I don’t run 
here to make some 
some report?” 
Cut to wide shot 
“Normally 
I would hide what I’m doing and 
run 
avoid this sort of thing but 
I’m not 
… 
… 
Right?!? 
Isn’t that What I’m doing 
The right thing? 
I thought it was, that you’d join me 
thought youd believe in me 
but 
no 
no one does 
do they 
I know 
based on the letters 
Magnums only here 
to report back to 
the family 
not for me 
he’s here for someone else 
because 
I need to be 
watched 
not because 
I need to be 
believed in 
ed of flash back 
transition to next shot “now” 
“I need to 
prove it 
prove that I’m not running 
so that 
you’ll believe me when I need it 
I’m trying to help so please 
please 
don’t say I’m wrong for this 
Please Kay 
wait for me 
to prove it” 
Some time 
later that night 
when things didn’t 
go to plan 
“I- 
-was- 
wrong.” 
“I can’t do anything right.” 
whispered “Stop it.” 
D: “What the- 
N: “I can stop- 
-stop- 
-stop- 
This” 
*Flash back* 
to the far past 
broken leaking kitchen 
window 
Hidden bedroom 
“You’re not afraid of the dark” 
Lil Debbie: *Shakes her head under the covers* 
“That’s my little star.” 
transistion 
D “This? Not this 
not again.” 
N “Stop hiding- 
N: “Stop this!” 
D “What if I can’t” 
” What if I’m wrong!” 
transition back to the present 
glass shattering 
cutting deep 
into the universe 
time skip 
Dr reids voice coming in from a fuzzy distance 
“…Blaze watch the girls with mag while 
I’m visiting the hospital where they’re keeping Kayleigh.” B: “Sure no problem.” 
“God I wonder how she can sleep through something like this” 
Banter continues as camera pans in on shadow 
standing over Debbie 
who is passed out on the couch 
As Debbie comes to consciousness 
and Dr. Reid makes his exit 
the figure fades 
She sees the door close 
her head aches 
Blaze is looking outside for suspicious activity 
As Debbie get’s up Blaze notices 
and attempts to cute her 
off from leaving 
They argue for a minute 
but 
Debbie slips past him as Mag pops his head out from cooking in the kitchen 
She goes off to 
(cope) with the nightmares 
in the worse way 
possible 
holding them off for only a time 
untill… 
flashback of lil’Debbie 
Turns corner to parents bedroom in the dark 
Lil: “Papa?’ *Dead bodies everywhere, the kind of scene children can’t see.”
Background Context for the production and end result of the story board and how it came to be.
This story board is a challenge I made for myself to Complete in 2 weeks, which I presented to my small online group of friends for our most recent RPG like D&D game, that we are playing online.
This all happened around Thanksgiving, It was beautifully and understandably busy during that time which is why I was rushed making this between attending 3 different dinner events.
This is the version I ended up showing my friends, albeit without the watermark. I feel it is appropriate to share this version online for now, while I give myself other challenges and deadlines to practice meeting. Also it will someday act as a “look where you came from, ” reference, considering I’ve never done this before till now.
Without the deadline I will still probably go back to my master file, work on it for practice from time to time, and not mention it. If I ever reupload this storyboard, with all the future fixes, I want it to have noticeable improvements to showcase in comparison to itself. In which case it will end up being a new post far into the future. (not going to delete this one)
Although I ended up doing much more then I initially envisioned or believed I could, I also ended up scrapping several idea’s, suffered through technical issues which resulted in a loss of work that I had to redo/redesign or scrap and start over, as well as dealing with my own incompetence when it comes to story boarding and digital application. Things I still need to learn about and work on.
At the end of the day (today) I feel good about what I did achieve and feel confident to pursue improvement, to keep going, and to apply myself to opportunities and programs even if I’m not (feeling positively about my chances). I guess I’m writing this to remind myself more then explain to anyone at this point.
Unfortunately, at the time I didn’t know how to add subtitles to each frame via type. That’s why I went through and hand wrote all of them into the software I used to draw this. Plus I needed to present.
Scroll Through Version:
The script and handwriting were the last thing I wrote/added. HA! Now I guess I know that I should probably write a script first, next time. I’ll take this opportunity to look for and learn how to use a program that solves these issues.
Anyway
That’s all for now. ~T.C.J
Thank you
