The Catacombs Production Guide
Storyboards
Space Brain

These are effects storyboards for the episode Space Brain. These shots reflect the original script- a new opening hook was written later. See also Library Special Effects

Scene 1 and #35.
Eagle leaves Moon
[Dramatic back lit - beautiful]

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Scene 2.
Eagle twds very small space brain [strange colours - not rotating]

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Scene 3.
Very slow track for POV on Brain + star back

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Scene 4.
Eagle plus slight colour changes on nose.

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Scene 10.
Meteorite diminishing & fast slams towards moon.

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Scene 11.
Tiny meteorite aims at farside of base.

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Scene 12.
Meteorite rolls twds camera edge of alpha base.

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Scene 13 (13A/13B/13C).
Eagle picks up meteorite in grab

As indicated, broken into 3 shots.

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Scene 33.
Slightly closer.

Before the bomb Eagle is launched

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Scene 35.
As #1.

The bomb Eagle leaves the Moon

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Scene 36.
Eagle twds s/b as near as #33

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Scene 38B.
Moon + s/b

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Scene 64B.
Moon inside s/b

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Scene 64C.
Moon exits s/b. As Moon leaves s/b grows dim

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Scene 64D.
Moon leaves s/b slow. S/b dimmer

Not used, instead a shot of the Moon heading into empty space. The 15 second footage is included on the Network DVD releases.

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Scene 68A.
Track away from dying brain

Not used