BEATSHEET

ACTS

SEQ.

 BEAT DESCRIPTIONS

ACT I

1

Spot, looking bored and discontent, is lying in a clearing surrounded by seaweed and coral where he is doodling in the sand with his fins.

1

Spot stops doodling and looks down.

1

Spot is looking at the picture he has drawn in the sand of his surroundings (the colors are muted).

1

Spot parts the seaweed and looks out.

1

He sees the Maelstroms, covered in cuts and scrapes, swimming by and looking happy.

1

The Maelstroms take turns at touching the soft inside of a shellfish and swimming quickly away before the shellfish snaps shut.  They look happy and high-five each other with their fins.

1

Spot looks out longingly through the seaweed.

1

The Maelstroms take turns at bouncing on a crab and swimming quickly away before the pincers grab them.  They look happy and cheer each other on with their fins.

1

Spot, looking sad, stops looking through the seaweed and goes back to doodling in the sand with his fins.

1

Spot stops doodling and looks down.

1

Spot is looking at a picture he has drawn in the sand of the Maelstroms looking happy as they bounce on a crab.

1

Spot looks sad.

1

Spot draws himself into the picture.  He is looking happy in the picture.

1

Spot looks wistfully at his picture.

1

The Maelstroms swim by and see the picture Spot has drawn.

1

The Maelstroms wave at Spot with their fins in a gesture to join them.

1

Spot looks thrilled.

1

Spot nods his head excitedly.

1

Spot swims off with the Maelstroms.  They all look happy.

ACT II

2

The Maelstroms get excited when they see a sleeping whale.

2

One by one the Maelstroms sneak up and touch the whale’s face and then high-five each other.

2

It is Spot’s turn to touch the whale.  Spot has a fearful expression on his face.

3

Spot closes his eyes and swims slowly towards the whale’s face, tentatively waving his fin around in an effort to touch the whale.

3

Before Spot reaches the whale, the whale wakes up and slowly opens its eyes.

3

Spot pokes the whale’s eye with his fin.

3

Spot, looking relieved, begins to open his eyes.

3

Spot sees that he is staring into the eye of the angry whale and is terrified.

4

Spot starts swimming away from the whale as fast as he can.

4

The whale chases Spot into a hole in a rock.

4

The whale rams the rock.

4

A terrified Spot is looking out of the hole.

4

The whale looks into the hole.

4

The whale gives up and swims away.

ACT III

5

The Maelstroms come by looking around for Spot.

5

The Maelstroms find Spot as he is leaving the hole, still looking uneasy, and excitedly cheer him with their fins and wave to him to come along.

5

Spot looks at the whale swimming away.

5

Spot vehemently shakes his head in refusal.

5

Spot, looking determined, and the Maelstroms, still excited, swim in different directions.

5

Spot looks at the picture he had drawn of himself with the Maelstroms.

5

Spot frowns.

5

Spot sweeps himself out of the picture with his fins.

5

Spot, looking happy, starts drawing in the sand with his fins.

5

Spot stops drawing and looks down.

5

Spot is looking at the picture he has drawn in the sand of his surroundings (the colors are bright).