We used Google Documents to write the first draft of the script, which included twelve of the Talons. In the end, the script was nine pages long. We assigned all the Talons with a number (according to when they meet our protagonist), with T0 being the protagonist. Here’s a snippet of the script:

T 1: You must be new here. So what did you in? Was it the spikes? Bottomless pit? Fireballs? …Doesn’t matter. You’re here now.
T 0: Here? What do you mean ‘here’?
T 1: Call it what you will but everyone comes here sooner or later.

After Recording the voice recording, we timed all the actions down to the mili-seconds. Essentially story-boarding it with the prepared camera names and the character animated actions. For example, (C:Medium) is the medium ranged camera and (11) is the assigned action of raising one hand. Here’s a snippet of what that looks like:

0:00:000 – 0:03:100
(C: Medium) T0 (11)
0:03:100 – 0:05:500
(C: Medium) TD5 (15)
0:05:500 – 0:07:300
(C: Medium) T0 (14)

And this is what it looks like incorporated with the scripting language:

#SceneTD2, SceneTD2
0:00.000, T0/Side01.activate
0:00.000, T0.run
0:00.000, T0.path.add
0:02.000, T0.hi one hand
0:03.300, TD2/ClosedUp.activate
0:03.300, TD2.dizzy
0:05.000, TD2.both hands

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