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Fairy Dinosaur Date Night - Act 2 Storyboard

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Scene 11: EXT. HOUSE - MORNING

Duration: 0:15 | Panels: 3 | Investigation aftermath

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Panel 11A - Wide Establishing

House exterior morning, police cars in driveway, yellow tape, investigation underway

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Panel 11B - Official on Phone

Detective coordinating investigation, on phone with notepad

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Panel 11C - Nosy Neighbor

Neighbor in bathrobe gawking at police activity, comedy beat

Scene 12: INT. HOUSE - MORNING

Duration: 1:15 | Panels: 4 | Detective interviews babysitter

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Panel 12A - Interview Setup

McNattin and Jenny at dining table, interview in progress

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Panel 12B - Jenny's Testimony

Jenny's face recalling details, nervous but earnest

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Panel 12C - McNattin's Interest

Detective's face, interest piqued, suspicion forming

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Panel 12D - Notepad Insert

McNattin's notepad with "hesitated to promise" underlined

Scene 13: INT. HOUSE - DAY

Duration: 2:30 | Panels: 7 | Kids interviewed at breakfast

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Panel 13A - Breakfast Table

Kitchen with kids at table, social worker interviewing, cereal chaos

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Panel 13B - Leo Eating Messy

Leo's face, cereal everywhere, completely unbothered

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Panel 13C - Mia Serious

Mia's face, more serious than her age, intuition showing

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Panel 13D - Leo "Poof!"

Leo demonstrating explosion, knocking over cereal, comedy

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Panel 13E - Social Worker Overwhelmed

Social worker watching cereal spread, out of depth

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Panel 13F - Kids Explain Together

Siblings working together to tell their story

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Panel 13G - McNattin Takes Phone

Phone being taken as evidence, connection to parents taken away

Scene 14: INT. JURASSIC CAVE - DAY

Duration: 1:00 | Panels: 5 | VFX: Phone effects | Parents discover phone connection

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Panel 14A - Cave Interior

Cave with parents huddled, T-Rex shadow at entrance

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Panel 14B - Phone Screen

Nina's phone frozen and glitched, faint blue glow

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Panel 14C - Battery 65%

Battery indicator introducing the ticking clock

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Panel 14D - Nina Inspects

Nina piecing together the portal connection theory

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Panel 14E - Nina Calls Out

Nina calling desperately to her children through phone

Scene 15: INT. CAR - DAY

Duration: 0:15 | Panels: 3 | VFX: Phone effects | Kids hear parents' voices

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Panel 15A - Kids in Back Seat

Kids behind police car barrier, phone on passenger seat

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Panel 15B - Phone Crackling

Phone on seat with faint static and glow

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Panel 15C - Kids Notice

Kids recognizing their mother's voice through static

Scene 16: INT. JURASSIC CAVE - DAY

Duration: 0:30 | Panels: 3 | VFX: Phone effects | Nina calls, Gabe finds exit

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Panel 16A - Nina Calling Louder

Nina on knees calling desperately into phone

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Panel 16B - Gabe Finds Exit

Gabe finding tunnel with light at end

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Panel 16C - Decision

Quick decision moment, move toward exit with phone

Scene 17: INT. CAR - DAY

Duration: 0:20 | Panels: 4 | VFX: Phone effects | Kids desperately try to reach phone

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Panel 17A - Kids Scream

Kids pressing against barrier, screaming for mom

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Panel 17B - Barrier Close-up

Small hands pressed against barrier, phone visible beyond

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Panel 17C - McNattin Enters

Detective entering car, unaware of the drama

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Panel 17D - Engine Starts

Engine drowns out phone, connection lost, kids defeated

Scene 18: INT. JURASSIC CAVE TUNNEL - DAY

Duration: 0:30 | Panels: 3 | VFX: Signal bars | Parents crawling, signal weakening

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Panel 18A - Parents in Tunnel

Parents moving through narrow tunnel, phone held like torch

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Panel 18B - Signal Dropping

Phone signal bars dropping, hope fading

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Panel 18C - Hope Fading

Nina devastated, signal gone, but exit light ahead

Scene 19: MONTAGE

Duration: 1:00 | Panels: 6 | Time passage, parallel struggles

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Panel 19A - Cave Journey

Parents exiting cave into Jurassic jungle

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Panel 19B - Kids Processed

Kids in institutional settings, being processed

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Panel 19C - Jurassic Jungle

Epic shot, parents tiny in massive prehistoric landscape

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Panel 19D - Leo's Snack Backpack

Setup shot: Leo's backpack with colorful snacks

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Panel 19E - Jurassic Sunset

Stunning sunset, parent silhouettes on ridge

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Panel 19F - Modern Night

Police station at night, kids being settled, Ruben glimpse

Scene 20: INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT

Duration: 4:00 | Panels: 11 | VFX: Wings, magic | Fairy Godfather revealed

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Panel 20A - Conference Room

Kids in makeshift sleeping area, alert, planning

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Panel 20B - McNattin Leads Kids

Detective settling kids for the night

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Panel 20C - Ruben Appears

Janitor appears with mop, something off about him

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Panel 20D - Ruben Winks

Knowing wink, magical sparkle in tired eyes

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Panel 20E - Ruben Explains

Fairy godfather crouching to explain to kids

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Panel 20F - Wings Revealed

Droopy iridescent wings peeking from coveralls

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Panel 20G - Kids React

Pure wonder on kids' faces, belief activated

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Panel 20H - Mop Demonstration

Weak magic demo with mop wand, pencil barely levitates

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Panel 20I - Doorstop Metaphor

Mop propping door, explaining phone/portal connection

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Panel 20J - McNattin Returns

Almost caught! Wings hidden, kids overselling innocence

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Panel 20K - Planning

Kids in sleeping bags, eyes open, determined, plan made

Scene 21: EXT. JURASSIC - NIGHT

Duration: 2:30 | Panels: 8 | Most emotional scene of Act 2

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Panel 21A - Giant Tree

Massive prehistoric tree, parents on branch high up

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Panel 21B - Ruined Shoes

Nina removing destroyed heels, blisters visible

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Panel 21C - Settling on Branch

Parents finding comfortable spots for the night

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Panel 21D - Nina's Confession

Nina vulnerable, confessing she hates galas

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Panel 21E - Nina Breaks Down

Nina fully crying, fear of never seeing children

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Panel 21F - Night Sky

Beautiful Jurassic night sky through trees, breathing room

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Panel 21G - Gabe Comforts

Gabe holding Nina, promising to be different

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Panel 21H - Battery Countdown

Phone battery at 50%, ticking clock reminder

Scene 22: INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT

Duration: 4:00 | Panels: 14 | VFX: Magic effects | Slapstick escape comedy

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Panel 22A - Ruben Sneaks

Ruben pushing squeaky mop bucket, comedic stealth

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Panel 22B - Magic Misfire #1

Wheel disappears instead of being oiled

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Panel 22C - Chair Spell

Chair barely moves with weak magic

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Panel 22D - Ceiling Hole

Magic overcompensates, blasts hole in ceiling

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Panel 22E - Through Glass

Ruben's POV of kids through window

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Panel 22F - Kids Wake

Kids "waking up", ready to help

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Panel 22G - Chair Ram

Kids use rolling chair as battering ram

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Panel 22H - McNattin Sleeping

Detective asleep at desk, oblivious to chaos

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Panel 22I - Cabinet Locked

Evidence cabinet with phone inside, locked

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Panel 22J - Magic Misfire #2

Spell curves toward McNattin instead of cabinet

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Panel 22K - Freeze Spell

McNattin frozen mid-yawn, successful spell!

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Panel 22L - Leo Pokes

Leo poking frozen detective, comedy gold

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Panel 22M - Grab Phone

Retrieving phone from evidence cabinet, triumph

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Panel 22N - Elevator Escape

Group rushing to elevator, escape achieved

Scene 23: EXT. STREETS - NIGHT

Duration: 2:00 | Panels: 8 | VFX: Magic effects | Kids driving, comedy chase

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Panel 23A - Exit Station

Group bursting out into parking lot

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Panel 23B - Phone Signal

Mia using phone as compass to portal

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Panel 23C - Jump in Car

Piling into police car, kids in driver area

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Panel 23D - Mia Drives

Absurd image: Mia driving, Leo on lap helping

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Panel 23E - Mop Starts Car

Magic starting ignition with mop wand

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Panel 23F - Car Chase

Comedy chase through night streets

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Panel 23G - Signal Improving

Phone signal bars increasing, getting closer

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Panel 23H - Parents' Voices

Emotional payoff: hearing parents clearly

Scene 24: EXT. JURASSIC - TREE - NIGHT/DAWN

Duration: 0:45 | Panels: 3 | VFX: Phone effects | Parents hear children

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Panel 24A - Gabe Wakes

Gabe waking to sound of phone crackling

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Panel 24B - Phone Voices

Kids' voices coming through phone clearly

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Panel 24C - Parents Elated

Both parents clutching phone, tears of joy, dawn breaking

Scene 25: EXT. STREETS - NIGHT

Duration: 2:00 | Panels: 7 | VFX: Time Warp Portal | ACT 2 CLIMAX

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Panel 25A - Car Crashes

Chase ends, car stopped, must continue on foot

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Panel 25B - Continue on Foot

Running toward portal, phone as guide

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Panel 25C - Phone Conversation

Clear conversation with parents while running

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Panel 25D - Leo's Report

"I DROVE A POLICE CAR!" - comedy in tension

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Panel 25E - Time Warp Spotted

The portal visible ahead, bright blue swirling

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Panel 25F - Phone Stashed

Phone hidden in bushes - the doorstop must stay

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Panel 25G - THE JUMP

CLIMAX: All three leaping into portal, heroic silhouettes