My story is told in the third-person, as I would aim it to be a children’s television show, and by being in the third person it allows a narrator and it also makes it easy to switch between two characters in distant locations.
For my storyboard, I will be telling the origin of my characters, which would (if made into a show) be during the introduction of the first episode; it could also be used as the introduction to every episode if a quicker version of it were made.
Start
Far out in space there is a planet called Somnus which is inhabited with many different plants, animals, and most importantly, there are homo-sapiens who simply refer to themselves as Hyooms. The planet is a beautiful place which is covered in forest land, spreading far beyond the eye can see. Hidden away beneath the leaves there are small villages of Hyooms, living their daily lives and slowly cutting away the forests to build new homes for the ever-expanding population.
It was a quiet night, almost too quiet. On most nights you would hear the cries and howls of the creatures in the forest, but this night was different. On this night there were no sounds around the village, only the light crackling of bonfires lit by Hyooms were echoing through the trees. Suddenly, a cloud blast was heard from above and the villagers quickly shot their gaze into the cloudy sky, only to see a large amount of light being cast down upon their planet, lighting it up with an orange glow. Just then, they saw the source of the light shooting through the clouds above, and it appeared to be a small speck of orange falling at incredible speeds towards the forest. Another loud blast was heard as it hit the ground, causing a small rumble beneath the feet of every villager, and then the orange glow faded away once more as peace was returned.
Middle
Somewhere in the middle of the forest, there was still a small tint of orange lighting up a few meters of grass. At the centre of the light, a rock no bigger than the palm of a hand was resting in the small hole it created. Around the rock the various plants began to move, their leaves branching out as they grew and shook; the plants were given new life that day.
In the middle of it all, perched over the hole created by this mysterious rock was a very small budded flower. This flower bud was a dark green, and if you were to look closely, you could see the yellow and pink petals poking through. The bud suddenly began to sprout, opening up slowly to reveal two red eyes looking out of the darkness as the flower became self-aware. It was clear from the arched, clunky movements it made as it grew, and the evil expression on its face, that this plant had no goodwill towards its surroundings. This was the day Baneslime and his evil plant army was born, and it was also the day that he proclaimed his revenge against the Hyooms for stealing his land.
End
[A few weeks later]
Buried beneath the earth, only a few short meters away from the mysterious rock lays a small and confused plant. This plant, which looks similar to a turnip, had been slowly becoming self-aware whilst trapped under the earth, secluded from the outside world. He was lonely; he didn’t know his purpose in life and just wanted somebody or something to communicate with. He suddenly felt the ground rumble around him and sensed the presence of another being.
Above ground a young Hyoom, only 8 years old, had ventured afar from the nearby village of Kinelly to explore the forest and all of the wonderful life it grew. As he was walking he spotted the tip of a plant sticking out of the grass near him and thought that it was some sort of vegetable waiting to be plucked from the ground. The boy lent down and gently grabbed the strange plant, and then with one great yank he pulled it out from the ground, gravity pulling him backwards as he fell to the ground. To the boy’s surprise, in his hands he held a small creature, no taller than his knee.
There was an awkward silence during this surprise meeting, until the boys felt something slimy touch his foot; he turned around, only to see a very large, menacing, shadowy creature looming over him. The Baneslime’s piercing red eyes squinted as he made out the boy to be a Hyoom, and then lifted one of his 8 tentacle-like vines, preparing to strike the boy. As the vine fell towards him, the boy felt himself moving, and suddenly he was gliding along the ground at blazing speeds! Bewildered by his current situation, the boy looked down below him to see that he was being carried along by the small plant he rescued from the ground earlier, it was running at amazing speeds, weaving in and out of the trees gracefully before slowing down to a stop.
From this moment on, the boy and the plant knew that they held a great friendship with eachother after saving eachothers lives that day. The boy had found a new best friend, and the plant had found a purpose in life: protecting this boy and defeating the evil creature he’d just encountered. The two of them then ran back to the boy’s village, the plant making a small “Pip!” sound as they scurried off.
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