Title: ...
Length: ~5 min.
The objective of this short
animation/interactive comic is to show the journey of a man fueled by
his passion of discovering the unknown. He goes through many daunting
obstacles that threaten to turn him away and it is up to the viewer
to find out if he finds what he is looking for.
Day1:
Camera starts off looking at middle
aged male protagonist bent over an open electrical panel. He seems
like a strong capable guy as he prepares a small long distance ship
for his journey. He stands wipes the sweat off his brow and looks out
to the horizon. The camera pans across a busy future metropolis on a
planet that is not earth for there are multiple suns and moons
littering the sky making it unclear what time of day it is. The man
looks to hologram like gadget on his wrist that says 14:15 am making
it more apparent he is on a different planet. He lets out a confident
sigh still looking towards the horizon and steps inside the ship. The
interior is well organized, he walks down a hallway, passing doors
that have words like “kitchen”, “armory”, “bath”, “gear”,
and “rest”. It is obviously not a large vessel, but a good size
for this one passenger. He gets into the control room, which is
littered with personal touches, like a coffee mug, stickers, photos,
an old map, and a hanging dashboard decoration. He sits in the seat,
and places a new picture onto the dash, which is a picture of he and
a young woman. He smiles and buckles in.
A hologram of a very complicated map
appears as the engines begin to turn on, various other smaller
holograms of various workings of the ship condition appear as well
which the man glances at. He is working with the map and finally taps
his desired destination which looks much less crowded than other
areas of the map. The time “7 months: 12 days: 5 hours” (*longer
time??*) appears as well which is obviously not so pleasing to the
main character, as he has a close up of a thoughtful face. Then most
more resolute he grabs the flight controls and finally takes off. A
shot goes back to view the ship and follows it as it leaves the
planet's atmosphere. The ship then blips as if in hyper speed and
blips again in a new part of the galaxy. The man turns on auto pilot
and leaves to go to a living room like area where he looks at maps.
Month 2 Day 23:
The man is seen from behind have a
holographic conversation with the woman in the picture. Then an alarm
goes off he says a quick good buy and heads to the control room. A
warning of solar flares appears, he straps in, and grabs the
controls. A series of shots show him expertly weaving in and out of
large flame like waves. The man is sweating at after he is clear of
the threat, and lets out a large sigh.
Month 4 Day 3:
He is now seen eating breakfast, when
another warning goes off. A hologram that states “Warning: Large
Dust Cloud: Shields Deployed”. He pauses eating as the room mildly
shakes and then resumes his meal.
Month 4 Day 16:
He is seen in another conversation with
the woman. They hold their hands as if pressed together then log off.
He slumps in this chair.
Month 5 Day 9:
He is seen in a space suit outside the
craft, parked on small meteor. He is working on a part of the ship
when another hologram warning appears. “Warning Unidentified Ship”.
A radar appears, as well as a grainy image of the ship and an unknown
sigil appear. The man appears to be in terror, and rushes back inside
not bothering to take off his suit. He punches some keys and “Cloak
Deployed” appears on screen and all lights go out within the ship.
A wide shot of a large intimidating ship pass right above the man's
minuscule vessel. We see him watch tensely with wide eyes as the
gigantic ship passes by. He continues to watch the radar, rigidly
standing as the threat moves farther away.
Month 5 Day 20:
Catch him sleeping. Another Alarm goes
off. “Warning: Cosmic Storm en Route”. He wearely gets out of
bed and hobbles to control room. He switches on screens and eyes
widen. The storm is huge and headed directly towards them. He begins
to preform multiple calculations, from fuel levels, to the strength
left in his shields. He bites his nails nervously, and slides slowly
into the seat. He notices a meteor field relatively near by and hopes
to find shelter there before the storm reaches him. He is tense for
hours, pushing his craft at all power to reach the possible safe
zone. “Time Until Contact: 20 Minutes”. He is sweating and takes
control as he flies into the meteor field looking for a decent place
to possibly land. “5 Minutes”. He looks ahead and sees an ominous
cloud too large to comprehend ahead of him. Bright sparks flash
across its great mass, as it billows at impossible speeds toward him.
He spots a Meteor with a crater large enough to fit his ship. He
lands, straps in, and turns shields on to full blast. The storm hits
with violent force. Lights flash everywhere. All goes black. He wakes
with an obvious headache, sirens blaring. He sees several areas of
the ship have been severely damaged. The worst of it being the oxygen
levels are going fast. He is stunned. He also sees on the map the
storm blew him shockingly close to his destination. He fixes up the
ship as best as he can, fires all engines and takes off, going full
speed to the planet, unknown if there is any oxygen. Oxygen warnings
continues, he puts on his suit. He is steadily getting closer.
Readings tell him there is indeed oxygen on in the planet's
atmosphere but unknown if it is suitable to safely breathe. He
continues anyway. Time is running out quickly, the leak is getting
worse. Time is ticking faster and faster and he is in emergency
supply and getting very light headed. His vision is cutting out...
Ahead of him he glimpses something
glowing in space, with the new planet right behind it. He has no clue
what it is, but it is obviously coming towards him, and is
unbelievably beautiful. Louder alarms sound, he is barely able to
prepare the landing gear. The giant creature appears to have arms
trying to grab his ship, it appears even brighter now. He can't stop
staring in awe. His breathing is in spurts. A wide shot reveals the
giant creature is surrounding the planet serpent like, reaching out
to the ship. It closer long fingers around it. “Landing in 5.
4....” A tear appears out of his eye, it floats, the false gravity
is off. He breathes deeply, everything goes white as the creature
embraces the ship, and he closes his eyes.
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