A Nightmare before Christmas
Storyboard Text
- OPENING SHOT Frame 1 &2
- Frame 3
- Frame 4
- Camera pans in on eye level from left to right as each character speaks. Moves across to LOCK, back down to SHOCK and swiftly down to BARREL. Repeated movement until all lines spoken.
- Frame 5
- Medium length camera shot on MAYOR from the waist upwards as he speaks. JACK's line 'Excellent' is heard in the background.
- Frame 6
- Camera moves to a medium shot of EVIL SCIENTIST on table and follows his movement from a high angle as he jumps off table and shuffles off frame.
- Frame 7
- Extreme close up of MAYOR's face as he says 'What a smashing success our Christmas will be?'
- Medium length shot of JACK is lit by an even spread of high key lighting to illuminate his body.
- Over the shoulder camera shot behind the 3 children with their heads slightly blurred and JACK in full focus. The camera zooms in between children for close up of JACK as he whispers his plan.
- EXT. STREET OUTSIDE TOWN HALL/ DAY/LATER -Frame 8
- Frame 9
- Frame 10
- Kidnap...?
- Kidnap Mr Sandy Claws..?
- ...Claws..?
- Camera emerges from a dark interior and fades forward into a bright contrasting light, and begins to slowly zoom outwards. The dark hallway is lit by low key lighting in the background.
- Frame 11
- Characters walk out from the dark interior and camera continues to zoom out as they progress forward. Zooms all the way out to a long shot of the entire building.
- Frame 12
- ***THE SCHEMING SONG*** Long camera shot of all 3 full length characters . The frame is lit by a high key light coming in from the top right of the frame.
- Frame 13 and 14
- Camera switches to a medium shot focusing slightly to the right on LOCK.
- Swift downwards camera movement to close up of BARREL.
- Camera moves outwards to a long shot of both SHOCK and BARREL.
- Frame 15 and 16
- Frame 17
- Frame 18
- Camera pans straight across leaving BARREL out of frame and onto SHOCK and LOCK in a medium shot
- Frame 19
- Close up of all 3 characters now on line line '...Weeee!'
- Frame 20
- Camera switches to a long shot of characters from behind. Dolly movement from behind chasing characters around the corner until they're out of frame.
- Frame 21
- Frame starts from an extreme long shot of buildings and bat travels forward past camera, with camera simultaneously tracking towards the buildings from a high angle. Continues to zoom downwards towards sign on building -'Halloweenland THIS WAY'. Extreme low key lighting is used within this frame .
- Camera switches to different exterior and shows characters running away from frame from a medium shot. Camera slowly tilts side to side from a distance while the same dark lighting is used to empasise the surroundings.
- Christmastown Halloweenland
- [Start of song] 'Kidnap the Sandy Claws, Lock him up real tight' Camera frame showing a cartoon bubble with imagery of characters thoughts. Background blurred and out of focus.
- Frame 22
- Frame 23
- Frame 24
- Camera zooms in towards character and pans 180 degrees to the right around figure. low key lighting is used from above to light the frame, and the camera shows an extreme long shot of entire surroundings from a high angle above and dissolves frame to black.
- Frame 25
- Camera moves in from the left showing LOCK and continues to move into frame and slowly zooms in for 2 seconds into thought bubble.
- Frame 26
- Bubble dissolves outwards revealing a long shot frame of new exterior.
- Frame 27
- Mmmmm.....
- Christmastown Halloweenland
- Close up shot of character positioned to the left of the frame.
- Frame 28
- 'Snap the trap and close the gate' Frame slightly further back displaying medium camera shot. Character central as bars slam down in front, camera shakes and tilts sideways.
- Frame 29- EXT. OOGIE BOOGIE'S DUNGEON/ DAY/LATER.
- NO ENTRY
- Over the shoulder medium length camera shot between the characters. A dissolving camera effect fades out previous frame, illuminating the shot with a blurred high key lighting.
- Frame 30
- NO ENTRY
- Dissolving camera shot from prior frame transitions into a new frame. Camera tracks the action from the right and pans left all the way around ending on SHOCK as she finishes her line '...we'll butter him up!' Zoom in towards fire to end shot, with an intensely bright and widely spread high key light.
- Long shot of new exterior (3 seconds on frame, with eerie sounds and noises to set the scene).
- Camera zooms backwards revealing characters and frame lasts for 3 seconds.
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