Storyboard — Design Sample 280

SC. 14

INT. Ferry Terminal — Night

4 shots · 00:00 → 00:17

14A

Action: The hall is empty. NELL enters frame left, a duffel over one shoulder, and stops dead under the departures board.
Dialogue: Nell (V.O.)“Four in the morning is the only honest hour.”
Camera: Locked wide, 24mm. Hold 6s.

24mmPracticals only 0:00 — 0:06

14B

Action: The split-flap board clatters through its cycle. Every sailing reads CANCELLED except one: the 04:20 to Rannoch.
Dialogue: Tannoy“Final call. Final call for the four-twenty.”
Camera: Slow push in, 40mm → 4s ramp.

40mmSFX cue 0:06 — 0:10

14C

Action: Nell reads the board. Something behind her eyes settles — she has decided, and the decision costs her.
Dialogue: Nell“…Rannoch. Fine. Rannoch it is.”
Camera: Handheld MCU, 85mm. Breathe with her.

85mmHandheld 0:10 — 0:14

14D

Action: The duffel drops into a puddle of reflected sodium light. She does not pick it back up.
Dialogue: —Silent. Room tone only.
Camera: Insert, 50mm macro, floor level.

50mmWater FX 0:14 — 0:17

Cut to

SC. 15

3 shots · 00:17 → 00:29

15A

Action: A stanchion maze built for two hundred people holds exactly one. Nell walks the whole zigzag anyway.
Dialogue: Clerk“You could just duck under, love.”
Camera: Dolly right, matched to her pace.

32mmDolly0:17 — 0:22

15B

Action: Through scratched perspex: the clerk slides a paper ticket across. Nell's hand hovers before taking it.
Dialogue: Nell“One way. Don't print the return.”
Camera: OTS, 65mm, rack to the ticket.

65mmRack focus0:22 — 0:26

15C

Action: 04:18. Two minutes. The second hand is the loudest thing in the building.
Dialogue: —No dialogue. Tick sits forward in the mix.
Camera: Low angle static, 18mm. Two beats.

18mmStatic0:26 — 0:29

Match cut on the second hand

SC. 16

2 shots · 00:29 → 00:41

16A

Action: Nell is a black cut-out against the ferry's windows. Halfway across she pauses — then keeps going.
Dialogue: Deckhand (O.S.)“Last one. You're the last one.”
Camera: Crane down 3m, ends level with rail.

28mmCrane0:29 — 0:36

16B

Action: From the terminal roof: the ferry pulls out. Its wake widens until it touches both edges of frame, then nothing.
Dialogue: Nell (V.O.)“Nobody watches you leave at four in the morning.”
Camera: Locked EWS, 200mm. Fade to black over 3s.

200mmFade out0:36 — 0:41

Fade to black · End of reel

Boards run in story order; the floor runs in this one. Two nights on the terminal permit.

Unit A · Nights 3 & 4
Shot	Setup	Lens	Move	Night
14A	Hall wide	24mm	Locked	N3
14B	Departures board	40mm	Push in	N3
15C	Ceiling clock	18mm	Locked	N3
14C	Nell close	85mm	Handheld	N3
15A	Stanchion maze	32mm	Dolly R	N4
15B	Ticket window	65mm	Rack	N4
14D	Duffel insert	50mm	Locked	N4
16A	Gangway	28mm	Crane down	N4
16B	Wake from roof	200mm	Locked	N4