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The Busy Chemist is having a bad day. The Evil Chemist complicates matters when he tightens the door with both hands. With help from the Savvy Chemist & The Diligent Chemist the Busy Chemist gets the door open. There is additional conflict when all of the lab members want to use the Glove Box at the same time and further problems when one of the lab members incorrectly uses the cycle wheel

Learning Objectives

 To reinforce two important safety points in Task 2:  Door tightening  Cycle Wheel usage.

Sound  Silent Movie Style  Piano Music

Film  Combination of black and white filming and text stills.

Lighting  Low-key lighting style

FX  Dry ice to produce a smoke effect

Synopsis

Film Learning Objective

Production Summary Storyboard Legend (Shot Type)

WS = Wide Shot MS = Medium Shot CU = Close Up LS = Long Shot

MCU = Medium Close Up ECU = Extreme Close Up

Duration: 6 seconds Music: “The Bandit” Kevin Macleod

Shot: Still FX: - - Notes: Cut


Shot: WS FX: - - Notes: Cut

Film Notes:  The Busy Chemist moves quickly through the frame. She prepares a chemical in a sealed container.  She runs to her fume hood and takes a round bottom flask and places a condenser on top of it, joining the two glass pieces together.

Film Notes:  The Busy Chemist runs to her work station and ruffles through her notebooks.  The Busy Chemist grabs at her hair!  She mouths, “so much to do so much to recrystalize”


Shot: MS FX: - - Notes: Cut





Film Notes:  The Evil chemist uses both of his hands to tighten the glove box door.  He twiddles his fingers and exits the frame.


Shot: WS FX: - - Notes: Fade out

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Film Notes:  The Busy Chemist is in the foreground running back and forth between her fume hood and her work station.  The Evil Chemist sneaks behind her to the glove box.

Duration: 12 seconds Music: “Dark Hallway” Kevin Macleod




Film Notes:  The Diligent Chemist enters the frame and tries to help the Busy Chemist.  Together they pull.  They pull and pull and pull.

Film Notes:  The Savvy Chemist enters the frame and tries to help the Busy Chemist.  Together all three pull  They pull and pull and pull, until finally they open the door.  Together they mouth, “Phew”





Duration: 5 seconds Music: “Gymnopedie No 3” Kevin Macleod

Shot: MCU FX: - - Notes: Cut



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Film Notes:  The Busy Chemist looks discouraged.

Film Notes:  The Busy Chemist races over to the glove box and tries to open the door.  She canʼt.  She tries again.  She canʼt.  She tries again.  She still canʼt.



Duration: 6 seconds Music: “Gymnopedie No 3 ” Kevin Macleod


Film Notes:  The Savvy Chemist looks discouraged.



Duration: 6 seconds Music: “Gympodeia No 3” Kevin Macleod






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Film Notes:  The Diligent Chemist looks discouraged.

Film Notes:  The Savvy Chemist, The Diligent Chemist and the Busy Chemist all get up at once with their chemicals in sealed containers and move towards the glove box. They all bump into each other.  They get mad at each other.

Film Notes:  The Diligent Chemists, yells “STOP” and raises his hand in the air.  The Diligent Chemist says, “We can do it at the same time!”

Duration: 6 seconds Music: “Super Circus” Kevin Macleod




Film Notes:  The Busy Chemist does cycle one but forgets to turn the cycle wheel to 1.




Shot: CU FX: - - Notes: Cut

Duration: 10 seconds Music: “Super Circus ” Kevin Macleod




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Film Notes:  The Diligent Chemist enters.  He starts bringing the sealed chemical into the box.  Pan to the computer.  The alarm goes off.

Film Notes:  The Savvy Chemist, the Busy Chemist and the Diligent chemist all look excited.  They do rock paper scissors.  The Savvy Chemist chooses rock.  The Busy Chemist scissors.  The Diligent Chemist rock.

Film Notes:  Image of the cycle wheel on “3”





Film Notes:  The Busy Chemist, The Savvy Chemist and the Diligent Chemist all look confused.





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Film Notes:  The Busy Chemist & the Savvy Chemist come running towards the Diligent Chemist.  The Busy Chemist says, “what did you do?


Shot: Text Scroll FX: - - Notes: Cut

Film Notes:  Credit 1: Writer & Director  Credit 2: Actors & Crew  Credit 3: Music  Credit 4: Visual Border Credit

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