The Hay BarnProject 1 Storyboard Eric Ericson

Sequence 1(Establishing Context) Animation: Blur through Black. Intro Paragraph: This short story

is for those who have or remember a special place. This place tugs their heart and produces emotions upon thinking of it.

Shot description: Group of confident people. Image and text with voiceover throughout. (Transitions TBD throughout)

Audio: (Throughout?) Smooth, relaxing guitar – Brokeback Mountain soundtrack guitar strumming or the like.

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Sequence 2 Animation: Slide down gap. Shot Description: Image of

old hay barn on a hill. Narrative: The hay barn sat

on top of a large, basically unused old farm barn. It was huge, dangerous, old, and patchy – there were places where the old barn wood floor was bare, others where old hay still laid, seemingly serving no purpose anymore. pabarn6

Sequence 3 Animation: Shatter in. Shot Description: Entrance of

a hay barn. Narrative: The entrance was

at the top of a curving hill, and had enormous, tall arches where proud sliding doors once hung. Humbled, these old, rickety doors instead laid over the entrance as a makeshift way to poorly patch holes in the entrance floor.

Sequence 4 Animation: Page curl. Shot Description: Inside

of a hay barn. Narrative: Since the

opening was open to the elements, the air inside was basically the same as the weather outside, except for the warm, inviting smell of hay.

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Sequence 5 Animation: Sweep in. Shot Description: A hole in a

floor. Narrative: There were a few

holes in the floor that gave you a glimpse into the vacant, practically unused barn below. The more time you spent in the hay barn, the better map your memory drew to prevent you from going too near those spots.

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Sequence 6 Animation: Dissolve. Shot Description:

Preferably a rope hanging from a hay barn ceiling.

Narrative: There was one, huge rope that hung from the pinnacle of the ceiling all the way down and connected to a support beam.

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Sequence 7 Animation: Pixelate. Shot Description: An old

wooden ladder or slabs of wood to climb.

Narrative: On the support beams, were makeshift slabs of old wood that served as a ladder at one time, that went all the way up. I never dared to climb much further than 10 feet high.

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Sequence 8 Animation: Key hole. Shot Description:

ratty basketball hoop. Narrative: One year,

my Dad laid down some plywood sheets to suffice as a basketball floor and put up a hoop.

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Sequence 9 Animation: Filled V down. Shot Description: father

and son playing ball. Narrative: I recall playing

horse or one-on-one with my Dad a couple times. He was up there in years, he’d lived a hard life: retired sergeant of the Army, full time repairman, preacher, president of the church…

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Sequence 10 Animation: Wheel. Shot Description: old man

gripping back in pain. Narrative: His back

bothered him so much that whatever game it was, it often ended with him with one hand on his back and his face contorting in pain. Poor guy, just couldn’t catch a break in life.

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Sequence 11 Animation: Heart. Shot Description: someone

hiding in barn. Narrative: I went to the hay

barn with my sister, Andrea, to hide from my dad once. I can’t remember what we were doing prior to hiding, though I imagine it was some miserable, strenuous work in the garden out in the blazing sun. 25574246

Sequence 12 Animation: Split verticle. Shot Description: scary

older man. Narrative: I’m still not

quite sure how miserable the job could have been to decide to risk hiding from my Dad. The consequence of getting caught would not be pretty – I don’t recall being caught, and I also don’t recall later, further explanation as to where we had been…

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Sequence 13 Animation: Star. Shot Description: some sort of

old passage…in a barn? Narrative: While Andrea was

still around, we would explore the barns many doors and “secret” passages that led up to the hay barn. We pretended to be some characters of an 80’s show I couldn’t recall, that nevertheless had amazing adventures. When you’ve got nothing to do, you make stuff up – which, in my experience, winds up being the best time you’ll ever have.

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Sequence 14 Animation: Inset top right. Shot Description: a boy,

alone, far from anyone. Narrative: The time I spent

in the hay barn with other people made up maybe 1% of the overall time I spent in there. Most of the time, I experienced this place by myself, alone, with no one even close enough to hear a loud yell. 87634906_LonelyBoy

Sequence 15 Animation: Slide. Shot Description: boy talking

to himself or something similar. Narrative: The hay barn was a

place that heard many of my thoughts that no one else would ever hear. I was alone most all of my free time, but I talked out loud anyway – to this day I still can’t process things without saying them out loud. The hay barn listened, but never offered guidance.

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Sequence 16 Animation: Diagonal box

out. Shot Description:

something about secrets. Narrative: It was simply a

place to hold me, loosely, whether I was doing innocent fun things, or secretive bad things. It didn’t judge me, it didn’t care – well it didn’t not care either. I personified it.

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Sequence 17 Animation: Roll. Shot Description: a person

somehow personifying objects. Narrative: Why did I find the

need to personify things? Along with feelings of concern for inanimate objects, I always felt like I was being watched – not in a creepy way, but in a way as if, someone was interested in me. Maybe even loved me. Did I connect with the hay barn because I needed it?

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Sequence 18 Animation: Slide down

together. Shot Description: a boy

contemplating things. Narrative: Did I talk to it

because I was alone so much? Being the unexpected last child of four, everyone had pretty well figured out what to do with their life, except for me. So I spent a lot of my time just processing what had happened in school that day, or what I wanted to do with my life.

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Sequence 19 Animation: Spin. Shot Description: a heroic looking

man with sword and a wimpy kid watching, or man dreaming.

Narrative: In my 20’s, I had a dream about it, where I envisioned a close friend climbing and conquering it; retrieving a sword, while I stood watching, earning nothing – it really affected me. I wondered if the dream represented how I felt like a failure for not acting on my dreams; for not venturing while others around me did.

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Sequence 20 Animation: Shatter top

right. Shot Description: sunset. Narrative: There wasn’t

one distinguishable event that split my life into two parts or anything. It was just a place that holds the setting of many of my formative thoughts, responses, and dwelling.

Sequence 21 Animation: Zig zag vertical. Shot Description: dreamy,

nostalgic view of a farm. Narrative: Sometimes, I

revisit places from my past that, for some reason or another, hold some significance or feelings of nostalgia. I think I go there in my mind to assure myself that someone was looking out for me when I was young. Hay Barn Walp tangledwing

Sequence 22 Animation: Sweep up. Shot Description:

demolished barn. Narrative: Now, how do I

deal with the hay barn’s destruction? Has my tendency to personify objects subjected me to an unrealistic feeling of loss?

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Sequence 23 Animation: Bars vertical. Shot Description: cheap,

modern shed. Narrative: In its place

stands a modern “multi-purpose” shed. I am unable to feel anything for it. I miss my confidant, my inanimate companion, my holder of secrets, and comforter of youth.

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Audio Reference"Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/