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Spring: transcript

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0:00 Above the clouds

  1. 0:01 Described A frozen forest. Strange trees, ringed with curled, shelf-like leaves, stand among hanging icicles.
  2. 0:15 [note plays]
  3. 0:17 Described Blender Animation Studio presents.
  4. 0:21 Described High mountains. Far below, a long valley lies under a sea of cloud.
  5. 0:29 Described The view rises over a rocky ridge to a grassy summit scattered with boulders.
  6. 0:39 [dog barking]
  7. 0:41 Described A scruffy little dog trots up the path, carrying a stick.
  8. 0:46 [Spring whistles]
  9. 0:47 Described Spring, a young shepherd girl with dark braids and a red coat, crouches for the stick.
  10. 0:54 Oo...ha!
  11. 0:57 [exclaims]
  12. 0:58 Described The dog leaps for the stick. Then both look down into the clouded valley.
  13. 1:04 Described Spring grips a tall, twisted wooden staff with a single green leaf. She looks afraid, then determined.
  14. 1:11 Described Girl and dog stand at a cliff edge above the clouds, then set off down toward them.
  15. 1:22 Described Beneath the clouds lies a dark, misty forest. A nest of eggs sits in a dead tree, grey with frost.

1:23 Into the frozen forest

  1. 1:31 Described Purple flowers hang frozen, icicles dripping from their petals.
  2. 1:37 Described Spring walks in, the dog at her heels.
  3. 1:41 [breathing more heavily]
  4. 1:43 [creature snores]
  5. 1:46 Described Something huge sleeps above.
  6. 1:48 - [exhales] - [dog calls]
  7. 1:51 Described She hushes the dog. They creep on between giant roots toward a tall carved stone.
  8. 1:58 Described The stone is a great carved shrine, many times her height. The dog sniffs at its base.
  9. 2:08 [barks, echoes]
  10. 2:10 Described Spring steps up to the stone. She closes her eyes and breathes, then looks up at it.
  11. 2:18 Described She lowers her staff. Deep in the carvings, a faint orange glow stirs.
  12. 2:23 [grunts]
  13. 2:25 Described Seen from high above, she is tiny beside it. Something moves in the treetops.

2:30 The spirit wakes

  1. 2:31 Described Spring stares upward, open-mouthed.
  2. 2:37 Described A giant leg, like a tree trunk, swings down out of the fog and plants itself beside her. Then another.
  3. 2:48 [creature groans]
  4. 2:51 Described Straight above, an enormous spirit stands on long, spindly legs, its body speckled with light.
  5. 2:58 Described It towers over Spring and the dog.
  6. 3:02 [bones move melodically]
  7. 3:05 Described Rows of curved bones, like a giant ribcage, ripple along its back.
  8. 3:10 Described Eyes closed, Spring steadies herself on her staff and walks toward it.
  9. 3:17 Described The great bones bend down toward her staff, glowing blue.
  10. 3:23 [mystical tunes]
  11. 3:27 Eh?
  12. 3:27 Described She holds her staff up among the glowing spines, then leans back against the carved rock.
  13. 3:35 [tunes in response]
  14. 3:40 [giggles]
  15. 3:43 Described A thread of blue light flows down from the spirit into her open hand.
  16. 3:48 Described In her palms it turns into a warm orange flame, shaped like a leaf.
  17. 3:54 Described She sets the flame on her staff. Its tip blazes like a torch, and sparks fly up.

3:56 A lantern in the dark

  1. 4:01 Described Sparks rise through the fog. Pale lights drift among dark trees.
  2. 4:07 Described Smiling now, Spring carries the burning staff through the dark forest like a lantern.
  3. 4:13 Described Its red light falls on the tall trunks.
  4. 4:19 Described A small blue light bounces away over the rocks.
  5. 4:24 Described The tree trunks nearby are giant clawed feet. The dog pricks up his ears.
  6. 4:30 Described Spring crouches low. The blue light darts past, and the dog chases it.
  7. 4:36 Described He runs off between the giant feet. Spring scrambles after him.
  8. 4:43 Described Ahead, the dog bounds beside the blue flame.
  9. 4:48 Described It drops to the ground and lies glowing, like a fallen leaf.
  10. 4:53 Described A huge clawed foot comes down nearby. Giant legs stride overhead. The blue light fades.
  11. 4:59 Described Spring grits her teeth, gripping her staff.
  12. 5:03 Described A great dark claw hangs right above her. She holds the burning staff up to it.
  13. 5:10 Described She holds the flame to the base of a trunk. Flowers and leaves sprout from her staff.
  14. 5:17 [groaning]
  15. 5:19 Described The dog is back.
  16. 5:21 [barks]
  17. 5:23 Described Spring smiles at her staff, now in blossom.
  18. 5:27 Described She stands alone on a rocky outcrop, a small flame in the dark.
  19. 5:33 Described In the mist, the spirits walk on tall legs, trailing lights.

5:37 Spring comes to the valley

  1. 5:38 Described Dawn. Fog fills the valley below the mountains.
  2. 5:43 Described The clouds surge up the cliffs, streaked with green light. The valley floor turns green.
  3. 5:49 Described Spring runs out of the clouds onto a meadow, staff blazing, her dog beside her.
  4. 5:55 SPRING: Woohoo!
  5. 5:56 Described The clouds settle on bare trunks and bloom into white, fluffy treetops.
  6. 6:01 Described Cloud blossoms fill the valley. Sunlight breaks through bare branches.
  7. 6:07 Described Icicles melt and drip.
  8. 6:12 Described Grass spreads over the bare path, and purple foxgloves open.
  9. 6:18 Described The carved stone stands in a green, sunlit forest.
  10. 6:22 Described On a rock above sunlit peaks, Spring and her dog look out over the valley.
  11. 6:29 Described She turns and smiles, her staff sprouting fresh leaves.
  12. 6:34 [water flowing]
  13. 6:36 Described Spring climbs a bright green slope, the dog trotting behind.
  14. 6:42 Described She reaches up to a strange plant hung with pods, thawed now in the sun.
  15. 6:48 [giggling]
  16. 6:51 Described New shoots unfurl across the whole mountainside, reaching for the sun.

6:57 Title and credits

  1. 6:58 Described Title: Spring.
  2. 7:07 Described Directed by Andy Goralczyk. Produced by Francesco Siddi. Executive producer, Ton Roosendaal.
  3. 7:14 Described Music by Torin Borrowdale. Sound design by Sander Houtman.
  4. 7:18 Described The credits list the artists and crew.
  5. 7:32 Described Made with Blender.
  6. 7:36 Described cloud.blender.org/spring. Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.