Part 2 'Light' : Script, Captions and Storyboard v1

Action

1. Drag Wheel (from explosion) rolls > Passes a Box of Limes
2. Scene darkens, Lime Box is Spotlit.
3. Cam Pulls back to reveal Limelight Lamp (lit)
4. Cut Out Victorian Finger points to Parts (gas, pipes, lime)
5. Finger Presses Down on Bag >Limelight Flares
6. Finger Drops Magic lantern Casing over Light
7. Light projects out of lantern onto Drawing board
8. Camera draws closer towards the 'screen'
9. Slide Sequence begins

Click Here for the Storyboard. It should 'play' the stills without having click thumbnails.
Please note: the models are simple placeholders - to indicate basic form, and function.


Slide Sequence
' >' indicates a cross fade from one slide to the next

1.Bude Castle Night Exterior - single room lit (Gurney hard at work)
a) Gurney went back to the drawing board. By modifying his Limelight, Gurney produced a safer and effective means of illumination.
>Bude Castle Exterior -Light dramatically radiating from all windows
b) Using just ONE of his new lights, Gurney was able to illuminate his entire castle, sending light into each room with an ingenious system of mirrors and lenses.

2. Dim Theatre > Bright Theatre
a) Gurney's Light penetrated into the recesses of Victorian Society, taking entertainment and eductation away from the parlours of the privileged and into the mainsteam.
>Lantern Slide example
b) Large scale Magic Lantern Shows, Theatre, Scientific Demonstrations, Religious Presentations were all made possible by the power of Gurney's Light.
>Drummond Portrait
c) Once again, other Inventors adopted his ideas. Thomas Drummond's theatrical lighting robbed Gurney of the 'Limelight' he deserved as their true inventor.

3.Parliament By Candle Light
a) People had a dim view of politics. The House of commons chamber was a notoriously gloomily place to conduct business.
> Bude Lights (off)
After experimenting with fellow scientist, Farady, Gurney installed lights into the newly built Chamber.
> Parliament (Turned on)
c) Faithfully illuminating political life, they remained in place for another 60 years.

4. Police Light
a) Many parts of London, most notably, Trafalgar Square, Pall Mall, Westminster Bridge were also illuminated with Bude Lights.
>Police light becomes a Lighthouse
b) Gurney transformed the lighthouse lamp, using innovative combinations of lens, mirrors and mechanics...
>lighthouse flashing
c) ...He created a flashing signal that uniquely identified each Lighthouse. Saving the lives of countless seafarers.

End Slide (vignette- Older Gurney)
Gurney had risen from the ashes of default, reclaiming the respect and admiration that his lost in his adventures in Steam.