Plot/Characters

Beat Script:

1. Puddle of clay forms into ball
2. Clay ball moves around set
3. Clay ball meets screw
4. Clay ball reaches out to touch screw, then withdraws
5. Clay ball morphs into shape of screw
6. Clay ball and screw move around each other
7. Screw exits (?)
8. Clay fork morphs back into clay ball
9. Clay ball moves around set; approaches jelly
10. Clay ball reaches out to touch jelly
11. Jelly wobbles, and clay ball withdraws
12. Clay ball morphs into shape of jelly
13. Clay jelly and jelly wobble together
14. Hand and spoon enter scene, hand digs a spoonful of jelly
15. Clay jelly, scared by this, slinks away and morphs back into ball shape
16. Clay ball meets shadow dog (?)
17. Clay ball morphs into shape of shadow dog
18. Shadow dog barks and tries to bite clay dog
19. Clay dog morphs back into ball shape and rolls away
20. Clay ball moves around set until it catches sight of a mirror
21. Clay ball moves around and towards mirror
22. Clay ball reaches out to touch mirror and withdraws again
23. Clay ball hits and throws itself at mirror
24. Mirror breaks and a shard of glass pierces clay ball
25. Clay ball breaks apart, bleeding
26. Small clay ball emerges from within broken clay ball
27. Small clay ball pushes at clay ball and puts it back together
28. Clay ball and small clay ball move around each other
  • Entry and exit of objects not yet established - possibly play with notion of animated space by having the objects morph from out of, and back into background settings?? Or present  the audience with the notion of an off-screen space? How??
  • Completion of ending not yet decided
 
Draft Story Board



  • Clay mound morphs into clay ball
  • Pull focus ?? 





  • Ball moves around the scene 




  • Ball meets screw



  • Ball nudges screw, then withdraws when no response
 



  • Ball morphs into screw











  • Ball morphs into jelly and they wobble together