ACTS

SEQ.

 BEAT DESCRIPTIONS

 

 

 

ACT I

 

 

1

Spot swims up to a school of fish who are beckoning him to join them (gesturing with their fins).

1

The fish swim a loop-de-loop through a rock hole and weave as a unit through seaweed.

2

The fish arrive at a mound of pebbles.

2

A fish picks up a pebble in its mouth and spits it at another fish who bats it with its tail (neither is Spot).

2

Zoom out to see that all of the fish are circled around the pair.

2

Cut in to the pair.  The thrower spits a pebble but the receiver misses it.

2

Cut out to a full view of coral and fish.  An open piece of coral is hit by the pebble and then closes quickly.

 

 

 

 

 

ACT II

3

The coral opens slowly as all the fish turn to see what the pebble hit.

3

The fish who spit the pebble laughs at this and purposefully spits another pebble at the coral.

3

Cut out to all of the other fish sucking in pebbles and spitting them out at coral.

4

Cut to Spot, looking sad between the coral and the other fish, wincing as a rock hits the coral.

4

From out of frame another fish nudges Spot with a pebble and Spot shakes his head no.

4

Another fish pushes Spot towards the pebbles from behind while Spot is trying to swim backwards.

5

From Spot’s point of view pan up from coral to caves beyond coral.

5

Cut back to Spot slowly picking up a pebble.

5

Full view of Spot and caves, with Spot angled up he spits the pebble into a cave.

ACT III

6

The pebble accidentally hits an electric eel.

6

The electric eel shakes his head, zaps everyone, and continues on his way.

6

The stunned fish float derelict for a second and one by one come back to their senses.

7

Cut to fish playing regular pebble ball again, (not throwing pebbles at coral).

7

One of them accidentally spit a pebble into some strong current, shown by bubbles flowing upward.

7

The pebble quickly rises with the current.

8

The closest fish excitedly waves over the other fish.

8

Zoom out to Spot hanging back and shaking his head while the other fish swim towards the current.

8

As the other fish reach the current they get pulled up into it.

8

Pan up with main group of fish being swept along with the current.

8

At the end of the current is a large table-like coral formation. 

8

All of the fish hit the formation at high speed with a large pile-up of fish struggling to get out.

 

9

Cut to Spot who winks at the camera and iris out.