Practice Treatment (Before group work)

 The Deep / Shore line / Horizon

Logline: "A boy searching for a great adventure, falls deep in to the ocean after a yearning wish on a constellation. The darkness unveils a new world like Kane had never known, and friendship that could only be written in the stars."

Summary: Kane's family are sea merchants, delivering goods between the two islands of Leia and Mobano. Kane finds the view of the same ocean horizon dull, and longs for an adventure - so when he sees a constellation in the sky, he makes his wish. The tentacle of a kraken tips the boat upside down and knocks Kane in to the ocean, before pulling him in to the deep. The ocean is dark and the kraken glows, looming over him so he's blocked out in shadow. He reaches out and touches the kraken and then the two children become friends. The Kraken introduces Kane to a whole new world under the sea, with them both swimming through coloured rocks and glowing coral.

The climax would be a much larger tentacle hitting Kane away from the kraken and back in to the darkness. The audience now know the first kraken is a child by size comparison of the large tentacle. Kane becomes winded, and then the vision of the audience becomes hazy with Kane's P.O.V. There are small shots of the Kraken pulling Kane to the shore, to the now upright boat. The Kraken stares at the glow of the sunrise, also being lonely like Kane was in the complete darkness of the ocean. Kane is pulled in to an embrace by his parents, and he looks over to watch the glow of the Kraken swimming off towards the sunrise, glowing under the waves. 

  

Characters: 

• Kane Kaiwi: 12 years old, protagonist. He wants an adventure, he's helpful on the ship and very smart, but he's helpless against the krakens. He's not as prepared for adventure and danger as he thought he was.
• Kraken, female: Bane's ocean counter part who just wanted to play with the humans above the water. You think they're large until you see the parent's giant tentacle. They live in complete darkness but she glows pink. She stands out against the ocean with her glow, so she's a wonderous sight for Kane and the audience - but she blends in with the sunrise to show how Kane's life above water was just as magical. Her bright glow also makes the darkness of her home in the depth look really dull.
• Kaiwi parents: Older adults, who are quite short, and not as well built as a life on the ocean would suggest. They have rough close to show how hard they work to get by. Their ship is handmade with straw and fabrics.
• Kraken parent: Only a tentacle - thinks Kane is going to hurt their daughter which is why they attack. 

Possibly 2D/ human world and a 3D world under the water to separate them. Kane always stands out even in the darkness of the water because of his 2D style. Hawaiian inspiration designs for the islands and clothing and the boat.