Marc Tucker
Pre-Production
Merlin’s Ball
Brief Description
Box is lying on top of a table. The ball hits the box from the inside and makes the box pop up and turn a little. It does this a little harder the second time and still harder the third time. On the third hit it falls to the ground. With one more big hit, the ball escapes. It is so happy that it begins doing the cabbage patch (to the best of it’s appendage free ability). Just as it finishes it’s dance there is a slight pause before it begins to move away and a cardboard box falls from the sky and traps it again.
Outline
Part 1: Box falling
BALL
· Can’t see it. It is inside the box.
BOX
· Box pops up as it’s hit from the inside and slight rotates to the left.
· On the second hit the box pops up a little higher and rotates more.
· On the third hit the box pops up, rotates with it’s corner off the edge of the table and slides tips over the edge.
· It lands on the floor and settles in.
CARDBOARD
· Not yet available in scene.
Part 2: Box opening
BALL
· Ball bursts out of the box and lands on the floor.
· Jiggles up and down as if it is laughing.
BOX
· When ball bursts out the flap flies upward and then falls back down and settles as it closes again.
CARDBOARD
· Not yet available in the scene.
Part 3: The near escape
BALL
· After laughing the ball starts the cabbage patch stretching and moving left and right.
· The ball will do this twice then come to a rest.
· The ball will then squash and lean forward as if it is about to jump away.
BOX
· Does not move in this step.
CARDBOARD
· Box falls from off-screen above the ball.
· Lands with flaps facing down and open, trapping the ball.
