Documentary · 18:22 · Animated
The night the Titanic's last lifeboat left half empty
Narrated history with the grain, the bars and the patience of the real thing.
Stage 01 · input
What was typed
This is the entire brief. Nothing else was written by hand.
Theme
Documentary
Target
18:22
Mode
Animated
Stage 02 · script
The hook it wrote
At twenty past one in the morning, a boat built for sixty-five people rowed away from the largest ship in the world carrying twenty-eight. The water was two degrees below freezing. Fifteen hundred people were still on board.
Words
2,790
Sections
12
Runtime
18:22
Stage 03 · character
No recurring character
The documentary theme has no protagonist. The subject is the subject, so scenes are built from locations, objects and archival composition rather than a character sheet.
Stage 04 · storyboard
92 scenes, timed to the narration
Narration is split into scenes and every one gets an illustration. This is the point where the run pauses and waits for approval.
Scene 1 · 0:00
Black water, moonlight, no ship in frame
Scene 4 · 0:31
Title card — APRIL 15, 1912
Scene 23 · 4:10
The boat deck, crowded, officers at the davits
Scene 51 · 9:47
A half-filled boat lowering past lit portholes
Scene 74 · 14:22
Oars in still water, the ship's lights behind
Scene 92 · 17:58
Empty sea at dawn, no wreckage in frame
Stage 05 · thumbnail
Three variations, 1280×720
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Ready to paste into YouTube
Title options
- The Night Titanic's Last Lifeboat Left Half Empty
- Why Titanic's Final Lifeboat Rowed Away With Empty Seats
- 28 People In A Boat Built For 65
Description
At twenty past one in the morning, a boat built for sixty-five people rowed away from the largest ship in the world carrying twenty-eight. This is the story of Titanic's final lifeboat, the decisions that filled it, and the ones that did not.
Tags
Runtime
18:22
Scenes
92
Generation time
54 min
Cost to produce
$12.31
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