Production Guide
Storyboards
The A B Chrysalis

Scene 2, slate 1X.
Pinpoint of light appears halating and expanding. Not too busy space sky.

Scene 10, slate 2X.
Explosion approaching camera. High speed 500 fps

Scene 11, slate 3X.
Eight Eagles hovering above Moon surface. 2 more Eagles join formation & finally one more. Moon rotating.

Framing is changed, with Moon above, and Eagles moving in from side. While an ambitious shot in number of elements (11 Eagles, plus Moon and stars), the side views of the Eagle are a little dull compared to the storybard art.

Scene 24, slate 4X.
A searing light floods Moonbase Alpha from left screen brilliantly lighting the base. Light pulsates as it increases.

Scene 26, slate 5X.
Set-up as scene 24. Swirling dust fills foreground.

Not used. We only see interior shots of the Moonbase as the shockwave hits, and the aftermath in scene 30.

Scene 26A, slate 6X.
Another angle closer on buildings. Dust storm continues.

Not used.

Scene 26B, slate 7X.
Another angle close on radar installation almost submerged in dust.

Not used.

Scene 30, slate 8X.
Piles of lunar dust driven against buildings like snow. Track for 15 secs if possible.

Opening titles shot.

Scene 31, slate 9X.
Eagles commences landing on dust covered pad. Jets blast dust away to expose orange cross. Start close and pull back.

Static shot as the Eagle lands on the cross-shaped pad (not an orange pad).

Scene 35, slate 10X.
Moonbase buildings almost covered with dust. Start close. Jets blasting dust away. Pull back to reveal Eagle.
Min. 18 secs for narration.

Static shot, with the Eagle slowly lowering. It's not clear what the Eagle is doing- it looks like it is trying to land on the buildings. The narration continues over a repeat of scene 31, above.

Scene 40, slate 11X.
Alien planet in space sky.

Scene 42, slate 12X.
Eagle blasts off.

Again, using the cross pad, with a different angle.

Scene -, slate 100X.
Slowly revolving green planet as original.

Scene -, slate 101X.