Five Senses — storyboard

VERY WIDE shot of a vast open sky over empty countryside in mid-afternoon, tall banks of white cloud moving steadily across it on a strong high wind. Clean bright daylight. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no animals, no text.

WIDE shot of high open grassland on the top of a hill, the wind combing across it in long visible waves, bright afternoon light. Rolling empty country to the horizon. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no paths, no text.

MEDIUM WIDE shot looking up into the crown of one large deciduous tree against a bright sky, the whole canopy swaying and the leaves turning over in the wind. Afternoon light through the leaves. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no birds, no text.

VERY WIDE shot of a long hedgerow and a line of trees at a distance across open fields, the whole line leaning and recovering in the moving air. Clear afternoon light, big sky above. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no text.

WIDE shot of a broad meadow of tall summer grass, the wind crossing it in visible waves that travel from one side of the frame to the other. Warm afternoon light. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no animals, no text.

MEDIUM shot looking up at tall reeds and seed heads against a bright open sky, swaying together in the wind. Nothing else in frame. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no birds, no text.

WIDE shot of the open surface of a large lake, the wind drawing fine texture and small ripples across it, low afternoon light on the water. No shoreline in frame, no scale. Static camera. No people, no boats, no buildings, no birds, no text.

MEDIUM WIDE shot of the same open water as the wind eases, the ripples flattening and the surface going smoother and calmer, warm afternoon light lying across it. Static camera. No people, no boats, no buildings, no text.

VERY WIDE shot of a deep valley receding into pale haze, ridge behind ridge to a far horizon, the nearest trees moving very slightly in the air. Soft afternoon light. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no roads, no text.

LOW WIDE shot with tall grasses close to the camera in sharp focus and the far hedge line soft behind them. The air moves through the near grasses first and then the distant ones. Warm light. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no text.

WIDE shot of a whole field of tall pale grass filling the frame edge to edge. ONE long slow wave of wind crosses the grass from one side to the other and passes out of frame. Absolutely nothing else happens. Low golden light. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no animals, no text.

EXTREME CLOSE shot of the deeply ridged bark of an old tree trunk, warm low sunlight raking across it at a shallow angle and shifting very slowly. Rich texture, shallow depth of field. Static camera. No people, no insects, no text.

CLOSE shot of a weathered grey stone covered in pale lichen, out in open country, one blade of grass moving against it in the air. Low golden light. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no insects, no text.

EXTREME CLOSE shot of a few blades of green grass filling the frame, bending and springing back in a light breeze, warm low sun behind them. Very shallow depth of field. Static camera. No people, no insects, no text.

MEDIUM WIDE shot of long meadow grass leaning slowly over under a steady breeze and easing back upright again, one unhurried movement across the whole frame. Low golden light. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no animals, no text.

MEDIUM CLOSE shot of white hawthorn blossom on a branch out in open country, moving gently in the air, warm low sun behind it. Soft green field far behind, out of focus. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no bees, no insects, no floating particles, no text.

CLOSE shot of wild lavender and long grasses growing together on open ground, the stems moving continuously in the air, low golden sun behind them. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no bees, no butterflies, no insects, no text.

WIDE shot of a whole bank of wildflowers and long grass on a hillside, the entire mass of it moving slowly and continuously in the air. Low golden light across the slope. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no insects, no text.

MEDIUM shot of a stand of tall reeds at the edge of open water, swaying to and fro in a slow regular rhythm, the same unhurried movement over and over. Low golden light. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no birds, no text.

MEDIUM CLOSE shot of small regular waves arriving and withdrawing on a plain stony lake shore, one after another in a steady rhythm. Low golden light on the wet stones. Static camera. No people, no boats, no buildings, no birds, no text.

MEDIUM CLOSE shot of the surface of open water swelling and settling in a slow regular rhythm, with no shoreline and no scale visible at all — only water and warm low light. Static camera. No people, no boats, no birds, no fish, no text.

MEDIUM shot of a wide expanse of near-still water rising and falling very slowly, like something breathing, the last low sunlight lying across it. Static camera. No people, no boats, no shoreline, no birds, no text.

CLOSE shot of low golden light shifting slowly on the surface of almost motionless water, the reflection stretching and easing. Nothing else in frame. Static camera. No people, no boats, no birds, no text.

A warm out-of-focus field of golden light over water with the faintest suggestion of a horizon, barely changing at all, the light shifting only very slightly in brightness. Almost nothing to look at. Static camera. No people, no shapes, no particles, no text.

VERY WIDE shot of a calm evening sky. A single small cloud drifts steadily across the frame from one side and out of the other, and is gone. Nothing else in shot. Static camera. No people, no birds, no buildings, no text.

VERY WIDE shot of the same evening sky, now completely empty, one soft band of colour lying across it and barely moving. Calm and open. Static camera. No people, no birds, no clouds crossing, no buildings, no text.

WIDE shot of open water at last light as a light air touches the surface again and fine texture spreads slowly across it. Quiet and alive. Static camera. No people, no boats, no buildings, no birds, no text.

MEDIUM CLOSE shot of a few reeds at the very edge of still water, moving slightly, their reflection soft below them. Last low light. Static camera. No people, no birds, no buildings, no text.

WIDE shot of completely still open water at last light, the surface almost unmoving, warm colour lying across it. The calmest frame in the film. Static camera. No people, no boats, no birds, no buildings, no text.

VERY WIDE shot of open water and a big evening sky together, far more of both in frame than anything before it, the light noticeably brighter and warmer. Static camera. No people, no boats, no buildings, no text.

WIDE shot of a light wind crossing open water and the grasses along its far edge, everything moving gently again, warm evening light. Alive and easy. Static camera. No people, no boats, no buildings, no birds, no text.

VERY WIDE shot of a broad open evening sky in warm gold and soft blue, high cloud moving slowly across it. Spacious and clear. Static camera. No people, no birds, no buildings, no text.

VERY WIDE landscape shot of open country and water together under a warm evening sky, the grasses moving gently in the foreground, everything unhurried and open. The calmest and widest frame in the film. Static camera. No people, no buildings, no boats, no birds, no text.