Floating on Calm Water — storyboard

WIDE SHOT, camera across the room at standing height. his bright airy room — pale walls, a tall wide window full of open sky, a woven rug, a low bookshelf with family photographs, a folded blanket over the chair arm. Bright soft midday daylight. An older South Asian man with thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a blue-grey shirt, lowers himself into the high-backed armchair and settles back into it. He is small in frame with the whole bright room around him. Camera static.

MEDIUM WIDE SHOT, camera at his LEFT side at seated height, his whole reclined body and the footstool in frame. the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool. He lets his head come back against the chair and his weight sink in, once. Camera static.

MEDIUM SHOT, camera straight in front of him at seated eye level. the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool. He breathes out once and his shoulders drop. His eyes are open and lowered. his bright airy room — pale walls, a tall wide window full of open sky, a woven rug, a low bookshelf with family photographs, a folded blanket over the chair arm. Bright soft midday daylight. Camera static.

A tall wide window in a bright pale room, filled with open sky and the tops of green trees, a folded blanket and the corner of an armchair at the edge of frame. High cloud moves very slowly across the sky. Static camera, medium wide. No people, no text.

HIGH SHOT, camera above and behind his RIGHT shoulder angled down so BOTH his face and both hands on the armrests are clearly in frame. the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool. His hands uncurl and relax open on the armrests, then slide down into his lap. Camera static.

LOW SHOT, camera down beside the footstool looking up along the length of the chair, his reclined body and his face visible at the far end of the frame. the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool. He settles his feet and goes still. his bright airy room — pale walls, a tall wide window full of open sky, a woven rug, a low bookshelf with family photographs, a folded blanket over the chair arm. Bright soft midday daylight. Camera static.

PROFILE SHOT, camera at his RIGHT side at eye level, the bright window behind him rimming his face and beard with light. the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool. He takes one slow breath in through his nose and lets it out through his mouth. Camera static.

CLOSE SHOT, camera straight in front at eye level, his head and shoulders filling the frame. the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool. One full slow visible breath, his chest rising and falling once. His eyes are open and lowered. Camera static.

CLOSE SHOT, camera in front of him and slightly to his LEFT, a little above eye level, framing his face against the pale headrest. the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool. His eyes close gently and stay closed and his face settles. Nothing else moves. Camera static.

Looking straight UP at a plain pale ceiling in a bright room, the top edge of a tall window and its daylight at one side, the camera drifting very slowly UPWARD and settling. Soft even light. Static and quiet. No people, no text.

A plain pale ceiling seen from directly below in a bright room, the corner where it meets the wall and the top edge of a tall window still faintly readable at one side, everything going gradually soft and out of focus. Pale and quiet but NOT a blank white frame - the shape of the room is still there. Static camera. No people, no text.

A wide open pale blue sky with soft high cloud, seen from directly below, filling almost the whole frame; along the very bottom edge, a flat calm water horizon just visible. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

Open sky above and, along the bottom of the frame, the flat calm surface of a wide body of water stretching away, catching soft daylight. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

A warm open sky over a very calm sea, the far horizon a soft line low in the frame, the water glassy and almost unmoving. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

Very close to the water: the calm surface right at the bottom of the lens, almost at eye level with it, tiny ripples moving past, open sky filling everything above. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

Wide pale sky with one soft band of high cloud, the water horizon low and level and completely undisturbed. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

A calm, almost empty sky, softly lit, the water horizon steady along the bottom edge. Nothing happens at all. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

Open sky with slow high cloud drifting, the water below the frame edge catching light, the whole view tilting very gently from side to side. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

Looking almost straight up: sky filling the entire frame, the horizon only just clipping the very bottom corner, soft cloud turning slowly overhead. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

Pale open sky, completely still, the water edge just visible along the bottom of the frame. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

A wide bright sky over glassy water, one gentle swell lifting the whole view and setting it down again, unhurried. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

Soft open pale sky and the flat level water line, holding completely still. The water is completely empty and unbroken to the horizon: nothing floating in it, no object, no debris, no rock, no buoy, no head, no swimmer, no silhouette, no dark shape of any kind anywhere in the frame. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

The view rocking gently and rhythmically: the water horizon rising and falling slowly across the bottom of the frame as small easy waves pass, open sky above. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

Sky and the low horizon, the rocking slower and smaller now, the light warmer and softer. The water is completely empty and unbroken to the horizon: nothing floating in it, no object, no debris, no rock, no buoy, no head, no swimmer, no silhouette, no dark shape of any kind anywhere in the frame. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

A quiet warm sky and a level water line, almost no movement at all. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

Looking straight up into a wide, open, soft sky, luminous and almost empty, the horizon gone from the frame entirely. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

The same open sky, one faint wisp of high cloud, the water horizon easing back into the very bottom of the frame. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

An almost empty pale sky, barely changing, the faintest water line along the bottom edge. The stillest shot in the film. The water is completely empty and unbroken to the horizon: nothing floating in it, no object, no debris, no rock, no buoy, no head, no swimmer, no silhouette, no dark shape of any kind anywhere in the frame. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

A single small soft cloud drifts slowly across the open sky overhead, from one side of the frame and out of the other, and is gone. Nothing else in shot. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

The open sky it left behind, clear and calm, the water horizon low and level again. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

Sky and horizon, rocking almost imperceptibly, warm and quiet. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

A wide warm sky over calm water, the light beginning to soften and go golden, everything unhurried. The warm light is diffuse and comes from high and behind the camera - the sun itself is NOT in the frame. No sun disc, no sunball, no sunset on the horizon, no sun flare, no bright hotspot. The water is completely empty and unbroken to the horizon: nothing floating in it, no object, no debris, no rock, no buoy, no head, no swimmer, no silhouette, no dark shape of any kind anywhere in the frame. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

A calm golden sky over still water, the horizon level, holding completely. Nothing changes but the light. This is a first-person point of view from someone lying on their back floating on the water: the camera is at water level, tilted up, so the sky fills most of the frame and the flat horizon line and the water surface ride along the very bottom edge. The whole frame rocks and tilts very slightly and slowly, as if on a gentle swell. No people, no boats, no land, no text.

A soft open sky going gradually out of focus and pale until it is almost a field of light, the water horizon fading out of the frame entirely. Static camera. No people, no text.

Looking straight UP at a plain pale ceiling in a bright ordinary room, the top edge of a tall window and its daylight clearly visible at one side and the top of the wall running across a corner of the frame, so it reads unmistakably as the ceiling of a real room. Resolving from soft focus into clear focus as the camera drifts very slowly DOWNWARD. Static, quiet, domestic. No cornice, no plaster medallion, no vaulting, no chandelier. No people, no furniture, no text.

CLOSE SHOT, camera in front of him and slightly to his LEFT, framing his face against the pale headrest. the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool. His eyes open gently and he looks up and away, taking his time, then breathes out once. Camera static.

HIGH SHOT, camera above and behind his LEFT shoulder angled down so BOTH his face and both hands in his lap are in frame. the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool. He spreads and flexes his fingers once, slowly, and looks down at them. Camera static.

MEDIUM WIDE SHOT, camera at his RIGHT side at seated height, his whole reclined body and the footstool in frame. the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool. He brings his head forward off the headrest, unhurried, and rests one hand on the chair arm. his bright airy room — pale walls, a tall wide window full of open sky, a woven rug, a low bookshelf with family photographs, a folded blanket over the chair arm. Bright soft midday daylight. Camera static.

WIDE SHOT, camera across the room at standing height, the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool small in frame with the whole bright room and the tall sky-filled window around him. He turns unhurriedly to look toward the window and the open sky. Camera static.

CLOSE SHOT of the face of the same South Asian man in his early seventies, thick white-grey hair and a short white beard, in a soft blue-grey cotton shirt, reclined back in a high-backed armchair with his feet up on a footstool, bright soft daylight across him, the pale room out of focus behind. A quiet held moment at the end of a calm few minutes.