Rescue Swimmer, the 4K storyboard
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The animatic all 14 frames cut to the song, 40 s
The locked wide the master every angle is built from
Shot 1 0:00-0:05.9
Camera B, front row
"I was angry at the water / at the sky" SINGS
Shot 2 0:05.9-0:11.2
From the stage past her shoulder, onto Abuela
"till Abuela sang Amazing Grace / in Spanish, soft, late in the night" cutaway
Shot 3 0:11.2-0:16.2
Camera C, through the grill smoke
"And I heard it in her trembling voice / the same God you swam toward" SINGS
Shot 4 0:16.2-0:21.4
Camera D, reverse from the corral
"He goes out past where the lifeguards stop / He is the rescue, not the shore" her back
Shot 5 0:21.4-0:31.0
Camera A, the phone, pushing down the aisle
"You went out where the water gets wild / and you swam back holding every child" SINGS, one take
Shot 6 0:31.0-0:35.0
Drone rising
"Now I sing your name when the night comes in" cutaway, lights on
Shot 7 0:35.0-0:44.0
Close-up
"y tú me enseñaste a creer / when I'm singing" SINGS, after dark in the final
