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The First Night.

the whole two-minute world-reveal, every shot in its final look, with the on-screen cards in place. read it top to bottom like the cut: the dark is new and big, Tuck wakes, the lantern makes it kind, the first dream rises. Storyboard renders, low-res, Tuck reference-locked so the look is final. This is the first key-frame pass; the full 24-shot premiere script lives on the scripts page.

Fear → Comfort  ·  ~2:00  ·  wordless
Shot 10:00
Shot 1
Cold open. Out of pure black, Tuck lifts the lantern and the first warm light blooms into the dark. The signature open.
Shot 20:10
Shot 2
We fall into a child's moonlit room, vast and quiet, its edges lost to blue-dark. Tuck is tiny in the folded blanket.
On-screen card
THE DARK WAS NEW.
Shot 30:22
Shot 3
A low camera pushes in. The room turns enormous, the bed an island, the corners endless. Smallness and awe.
On-screen card
AND IT WAS BIG.
Shot 40:38
Shot 4
Close on the folded corner of the blanket. Two sleepy eyes open. Tuck stirs awake for the very first time.
Shot 50:54
Shot 5
Tuck lifts the lantern. A warm pool pushes the shadows back and gentle, friendly shapes emerge. The dark turns kind.
On-screen card
BUT SOMETHING SMALL WAS WAITING IN THE LIGHT
Shot 61:14
Shot 6
Wide. The room is soft and golden now, the fear gone out of it.
Shot 71:32
Shot 7
Hero. The first dream-wisp rises; Tuck reaches up for it. Pure wonder, the heart of the film.
On-screen card1:50
THE FIRST NIGHT
On-screen card1:55
A new dream. January.

one of twelve. the other eleven are scripted and ready to board the same way.

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