E2 Story Script | The Desk

Scene 1

The Desk

0:00 - 0:07

"Every world starts somewhere. Mine started at this desk, late at night, with a pencil."

Shot 1

Camera pushes through Sally's bedroom door at night. She's at her desk, sketchbook open.

Shot 2

Close on her hand. Pencil moving across the page. This is where every world starts.

Scene 2

The Map

0:07 - 0:15

"I was drawing a map. Not of somewhere I'd been. Of somewhere I wanted to go."

Shot 3

Over her shoulder: she's drawing the map of E2. The City, the Beach, Crystal Lake, the Mountains.

Shot 4

Closer on the page. A whole planet taking shape one pencil line at a time.

Scene 3

Years

0:15 - 0:31

"I've been thinking about this for years. Like, many years. A different world. A kinder world, a nicer world. I think I'm going to call it E2. And everywhere I go, I'm thinking about it. Drawing it. Different doodles, different places. It's always there."

Shot 5

Little Sally, about 6, on her bedroom floor with crayons. A simple childlike island: round shape, palm trees, sun, waves. Her first E2. A safe island.

Shot 6

Sally alone on a park bench, sketchbook open, drawing intently. Lost in her own world, dreaming of E2.

Shot 7

Sally at a bus stop in the rain at dusk, sketching under the shelter. Rain streaks down, she's oblivious, lost in the drawing.

Shot 8

Sally at a crowded club, people dancing around her, but she's not paying attention. Small notebook out, sketching E2 at the edge of the noise.

Scene 4

The Friend

0:31 - 0:39

"I tried showing a friend once. I unrolled the whole map, I was so excited. She looked at it for a long time. Then she said, 'So it's like... a game?' She wasn't being mean. She just didn't see it. I rolled the map back up. I didn't show anyone for a while after that."

Shot 9

Sally unrolls the whole E2 map across a cafe table, beaming, pointing at everything at once. Her friend leans in, trying to follow.

Shot 10

Her friend tilts her head. Polite, blank, lost. "So it's like a game?" Sally quietly rolls the map back up. Nobody was cruel. That almost makes it worse.

Scene 5

The Call

0:39 - 0:46

"Then one night I thought, maybe I just need to ask the right person. So I called Dinesh. I held up the map and said, what if we actually built this?"

Shot 11

Sally holds up her phone. It's Dinesh, mid-explanation, hands flying. She's showing him the map.

Scene 6

The Build

0:46 - 0:54

"And he just started building. That's what he does. You dream it, he builds it."

Shot 12

Cut to Dinesh at his battlestation, three monitors glowing, code flying. E2 wireframe becoming world.

Scene 7

Hello

0:54 - 0:59

"So hi. I'm Sally. And this is E2. It's real, and it's waiting for you."

Shot 13

Sally turns to the camera and talks straight to you. This is the invitation.

Scene 8

E2

0:59 - 1:03

"Come see it."

Shot 14

That smile. The lamp glows, the room is warm, and somewhere out there a whole new planet is waking up.

Seedance Shooting Script - Paste-Ready

E2 STORY - SEEDANCE SHOOTING SCRIPT
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Format: 16:9, 720P | Model: Seedance 2.5 | Total: 63 seconds
Character references: @Sally (late-teens, brown hair low side ponytail, red tie, olive hooded jacket, rust-red tee, round pendant).
Audio: Voiceover mixed in post, NEVER generated. Every shot SILENT.
Style: Pixar-style 3D animation. Warm practical lighting. One verb per shot, one camera move per shot.

SCENE 1: THE DESK (0:00-0:07)
VO: "Every world starts somewhere. Mine started at this desk, late at night, with a pencil."

SHOT 1

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Interior, Sally's cozy bedroom at dusk. The camera pushes slowly through the bedroom doorway: Sally, late teens, brown hair in a low side ponytail with a red tie, olive jacket over a rust-red tee, sits at her wooden desk, sketchbook open, pencil moving. Warm desk lamp glow, evening blue in the window. Quiet, thoughtful. SILENT shot: no audio, no music, no dialogue. @Sally defines her identity, face, and wardrobe. Maintain consistent face, clothing, and hair. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism, extra people.

SHOT 2

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Tight close-up on Sally's hand holding a pencil, drawing on a sketchbook page. The pencil moves with purpose, sketching lines. Warm desk lamp light on the paper. The camera holds tight on the drawing hand. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SCENE 2: THE MAP (0:07-0:15)
VO: "I was drawing a map. Not of somewhere I'd been. Of somewhere I wanted to go."

SHOT 3

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Over Sally's shoulder, looking down at the sketchbook: her finished hand-drawn map of E2. 'E2' written at the top. Snowy mountains, pine forest, a sparkling lake, a little town with orange rooftops, the glass Studio building, the beach along the bottom edge. Her hand adds one last tiny detail with the pencil. Warm lamplight. The camera holds on the map. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles beyond the map labels, photorealism.

SHOT 4

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Closer on the hand-drawn E2 map page. The camera drifts slowly across the map: past the mountains, the forest, Crystal Lake shimmering, the little town. Hand-drawn labels in pencil. It feels like a real place. Warm light. SILENT shot: no audio. Avoid: subtitles, photorealism.


SCENE 3: YEARS (0:15-0:31)
VO: "I've been thinking about this for years. Like, many years. A different world. A kinder world, a nicer world. I think I'm going to call it E2. And everywhere I go, I'm thinking about it. Drawing it. Different doodles, different places. It's always there."

SHOT 5

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Little Sally, about 6 years old, sits on her bedroom floor surrounded by crayons. She draws a very simple childlike island: a round shape, a few palm trees, a sun, waves around it. Crude and sweet, her first E2. A safe island. Warm light, cozy. The camera holds on her happy absorbed face, then the drawing. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity, aged down to 6. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.

SHOT 6

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Sally sits alone on a park bench, sketchbook open on her lap, drawing intently. Soft afternoon light through trees, empty park around her. Quiet, wistful. The camera holds wide, then drifts closer. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.

SHOT 6

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Sally waits alone at a bus stop in the rain at dusk, sketching under the shelter while rain streaks down. Streetlights glow, wet pavement reflects. She's lost in her drawings, oblivious to the rain. Melancholic but hopeful. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.

SHOT 7

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Sally at a crowded busy club, people dancing and laughing around her, but she's not paying attention to any of them. She sits at the edge with a small notebook, sketching, far away in her own world. Colorful club lights. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SCENE 4: THE FRIEND (0:31-0:39)
VO: "I tried showing a friend once. I unrolled the whole map, I was so excited. She looked at it for a long time. Then she said, 'So it's like... a game?' She wasn't being mean. She just didn't see it. I rolled the map back up. I didn't show anyone for a while after that."

SHOT 9

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. A cozy cafe in warm afternoon light. Sally unrolls a big hand-drawn map across the table, beaming, pointing at it mid-explanation, full of hope. Her friend, a teenage girl with curly hair, leans in and studies it. The camera holds on both of them. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, photorealism.

SHOT 10

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Same cafe table. Sally's friend tilts her head with a polite, blank, confused expression. Sally's smile fades gently and she quietly rolls the map back up. Nobody is cruel; it is a quiet mismatch. Soft light. The camera holds, then drifts down to the rolled map. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, photorealism.


SCENE 5: THE CALL (0:39-0:46)
VO: "Then one night I thought, maybe I just need to ask the right person. So I called Dinesh. I held up the map and said, what if we actually built this?"

SHOT 11

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Sally holds up her phone, and Dinesh fills the screen, big and clear, mid-laugh, mid-idea, glasses and all, hands gesturing. She's showing him the map. He's already thinking about how to build it. Warm bedroom light. The camera holds on the phone screen. SILENT shot: no audio, no dialogue. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SCENE 6: THE BUILD (0:46-0:54)
VO: "And he just started building. That's what he does. You dream it, he builds it."

SHOT 9

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Cut to Dinesh at his battlestation: three monitors glowing, code on the screens, his hands flying across the keyboard. On the center monitor: a wireframe becoming a colorful 3D world, E2 taking shape. Blue monitor glow in a dark room. The camera pushes in slowly on the screens. SILENT shot: no audio. Avoid: subtitles, readable code text, photorealism.


SCENE 7: HELLO (0:54-0:59)
VO: "So hi. I'm Sally. And this is E2. It's real, and it's waiting for you."

SHOT 10

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Close-up. Sally looks directly into the camera, warm and earnest, like confiding in a close friend. Her cozy bedroom soft and blurry behind her. She smiles, hopeful and sincere. The invitation. The camera holds steady at eye level. SILENT shot: no audio, no dialogue. @Sally defines her identity, face, and wardrobe. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.


SCENE 8: E2 (0:59-1:03)
VO: "Come see it."

SHOT 11

PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. That smile. Sally in her warm bedroom, desk lamp glowing behind her, the room cozy and golden. She looks happy, at peace. Somewhere out there a whole new planet is waking up. The camera holds, then fades gently. SILENT shot: no audio. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.