A sequence from Nimona - Nimona and Gloreth, 'Truth' - Storyboard Animatic
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- This storyboard was drawn during Blue Sky Studios production of the film. The studio closed down during production and eventually the project was produced and released by Netflix in 2023.
This storyboard was produced with an early script. Here Nimona is shown living a life alone with the animals, possible for thousands of years. She eventually discovers a human village and befriends a young girl called Gloreth. When Nimona reveals herself as a shape shifter Gloreth and the villagers reject her as a freak. In a moment of anger she burns down the village. As the leader of her people Gloreth vows to kill the monster and eventually does so unaware that Nimona still loves her friend and had 'allowed' her to slay the beast. When Gloreth's time on this earth had passed Nimona stayed in the shadows until she meets a new knight in need of some help. Nimona believes she can offer Sir Ballister a change in his fortunes.
Storyboard by Dean Roberts
Voice artist - scratch actor.
Music ·Christophe Beck
Nimona (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
Composer: Christophe Beck taken from the soundtrack
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Thanks for the comments everyone. This animatic shows the process that storyboarding a script goes through. It also hilights failings in a script. I could see many things wrong with character development as I was drawing it but in the early stages of a film we as board artists are tasked with getting the script visualised. I could always see that Gloreth's betrayal of Nimona was a problem. Nimona burning down the village was also a decision that Nimona's character couldn't really recover from. One thing I did like in this version, the book and in the final movie was Nimona's attitude to life despite the setbacks she had in life. She always remained a positive character with mischievous side to her. The film version of Gloreth's betrayal made more sense. Here Gloreth flat out rejected her as a freak. In the film it was her family and the rest of the villagers that twisted Gloreth's thoughts. That's the story development process.
thank you
So wait, in the final product, did Gloreth genuinely see nimona as a monster because of the parents, or did she play along with her parents incorrect thoughts, just to fit in?
I think the final version that made it to the film was better.
1.) Nimona burning down an entire village on purpose because of the actions of a few terrible kids is not a good look.
2.) Glorith originally accepting Nimona as she was until the adults around her made her believe otherwise is both a good way to show how prejudice is passed down to younger generations and also makes the destruction of their friendship more heartbreaking because Glorith WAS a good accepting friend.
3.) It shows how stories can be twisted overtime for a society to spread messages that suit them.
I agree
I could not stress wnough your sevond point!
the final version makes Nimona more sympathetic anyway
Yeah, I like the idea better that Glorith was never really this great warrior but that's just how people remember her.
Yes
This actually makes more sense why the other animals didn't accept her. In the movie she completely blended in with them while she only changed a few parts of herself in this video.
Nah. Animals can feel when something is wrong with other animal. They actually felt that Nimona wasn't one of them, which in nature, you need to be the same as others or stronger in order to survive (hence the reason why animal albinos are left behind, if not murdered). They have their own interaction cues and selective group choice.
There's a scene in Star Trek Deep Space Nine where someone asks Odo, the shape-shifting security officer, about why he has trouble with humanoid forms when he's so good at impersonating animals, and he responds that while humans might think he makes a convincing bird, the birds would disagree.
Apparently humans aren't the only species to experience the uncanny valley effect when things aren't quite right.
@@rosavillanueva5189yeah I agree that it would have been better to show she takes the perfect image, but just lacks social cues, doesn't communicate properly...
Uhhhh, she was still bright red? I recognize a some animals are colourblind, but that kind of contrast would still be pretty easy to spot, wouldn't it?
Well she probably wasn’t accepted because she was always changing and had to change due to physical discomfort.
This version does give clarity that Gloreth did "kill" Nimona, meanwhile in the movie it's not as clear. In the movie one interpretation can be that Gloreth never fought Nimona, and her story simply was exaggerated.
IIRC, it was kind of a "conspiracy theory" in the comic: Did Gloreth slay the monster as the legend told? Or did the monster _slay Gloreth and take her place?_
From behind the fires, her parents and the town couldn’t see much. I believe nimona ran away out of sorrow once Gloreth cast her out, and the parents, seeing nimona gone after Gloreth did that, came to the conclusion she killed her, and Gloreth went along with the lie.
Either to fit in more so she also wouldn’t be seen as a threat, or to protect nimona so they wouldn’t hunt her down.
Honestly prefer that she didn't have a "base form" in the movie. She isn't any one defined thing, which further distinguishes her from everything else. She simply is.
Kinda happy they changed it, because realistically kids would think Nimona is cool for being able to shapeshift unless there’s already a pre-existing stigma.
I think I like more the final result. It feels better and follows the old say "Winners write the story", which in the end, it always turns incredibly twisted in lies or fantasy or plot holes, like legends or kids' history books.
There is also a saying when getting movie rights based on other works: “once you sign the copyright to movie executives, go and never turn back”
I'm glad they changed this segment in the final product, it's much less cliché
Gotta remember that this was originally under Disney.
@@PizzaHorseno, it was under blue sky
@@treaveannyretro92Disney bought out blue sky only to let it die.
I loved Nimona, and seeing this version of the story was just- insane
This would’ve been a better opening to the movie but still the movie was great
@@CatKun1234 agreed!
I actually like the movie version better here's why:
1. In the blue sky version, nimona shapeshifted body part by body part which was frankly very weird I'm sorry.
2. Gloreth accepts nimona after she shapeshift, only turning on her once she sees how others including her parents acted around nimona. Hate is always taught.
3. Nimona never burned the village, the villagers brought it on themselves
4. This also shows how history was exaggerated about how a child beat a monster
Exactly!
Agreed. The final ver is definitely better imo and gets the point of the movie across better.
While this is cool and all, I like the final version a little better. The fact that, at first, Gloreth DID accept Nimona for who she was...and it was only after the village burned and Gloreth blamed Nimona that she became her enemy.
I like the final version more in its impact fulness, but I like with the version that they showed more of what happened afterwards in this :)
This looks awersome!!❤
However, I think it's too long, the final version is shorter and more impactful, it also doesn't spoil the whole movie, because this piece seems to be put at the beginning(?) and not built up slowly, unlike the final product.
I prefer her fully transforming into the animals like we got in the final version more than having that "monster" form and growing body parts (which obviously scares other animals), because in the final movie it shows how much she Genuinely tried to blend and be friends with them and still being rejected;
also making it have more sense when she morphs into a fully human (she didn't morph fully for the other animals, why did she do it for humans?)
But if you look at everyone around her, she's still different. She still stands out (enough that another human calls her a "freak"). Her eyes still reflect light (which may be one thing she can't change) and she frequently shows off her shark looking teeth. Her expressions are too wide, too big, and sometimes her eyes move unnaturally (for humans). I don't think she perfected being human, either. But she probably doesn't want to.
@@PizzaHorse Yeah, she just wants to be herself! She doesn't want to hide who she is, every transformation it's her, she has no "real form" she's herself! Same when she shifts into other animals in the flashback, she's still pink
She did perfect the way she uses hands tho, in the scene with Gloreth she can't throw a rock, but in the prison break scene she trows an axe randomly and hits someone in the background haha
She had plenty of time to train her "human skills"
@giulf3der957 Trying not to overdo it on unrealistic human strength vs not caring at all since she becomes unafraid to shift in front of people.
It's really cool to get this peek behind the curtain. Really great board--just, really glad they DIDN'T go with Nimona being an actual, tangible threat in the script though?? Kind of throws off a lot of her characterisation and the themes of the story. It's cool to see how much things improved over time in terms of how that sequence was written, like cutting out the narration, making her friend being Gloreth a reveal.
Also, seems like this was at the beginning of the film, which is so weird to think about!
You are right about this being the beginning of the film - I even drew a version where we started the movie with a small pink amoeba in a primordial pool. Nimona could have always been there from the beginning of all life . But maybe that would have been too far .As I remember the book, Nimona did indeed burn down the village. It’s been a while since I looked at the book . Could anyone confirm this ?
The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.
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Tbh I like the final version more, because this version has some cliché elements, and it's like a normal 3d animated movie, nothing special; but a lot of things have more sense with the informations from this animatic, than before, and I really happy to see this video, because Nimona is one of the best animated movies I ever seen. Sorry if I wrote something wrong, I'm a bit tired rn😅
-if you see this, have a great day c : or night
RIP Blue Sky…
This is fascinating to see, even though I prefer the version in the finished film. Also, Ballister looking straight out of the comics was a treat. 😁
Somewhere in another Another dimension,…
This is their canon event.
I think a mix of these two would be good, but I feel one element that could definitely have changed was Nimona straight up doing as the legend said and purposefullly attacking the village, instead going for the movie's version where the legend was fearmongering exaggeration.
Gorgeous work (as always) Dean!
Hey thanks, Patrick. It was a shame Blue Sky shut as I was really enjoying this project. I’m glad it was finally completed though and I think it’s a pretty good movie.
Lol her burning down the villiage just actually just made her the bad guy in the situation...
3:45 PLEASE I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH THE VIDEO AND THIS WAS SO FUNNY OUT OF CONTEX
“NATURE”
I think nimona 2 should be about how nimona finds her people and family like her
I'm not sure about it, mainly becouse that I like untypical element in Nimona. It showed somehow in this world, being example of "strange" living being, sticks out from the crowd. Also It said to Balister that it was a little girl in the past. Of course maybe it supposed to be a little lie, but y'know maybe.
But your idea would nice if we go with problem of intercourse "untypical peoples " with "normal people". Like maybe characters gonna find a society of Nimona's race and somehow they would try to asocialize them with the humanas, but we would get a troubles cause they both have a different cultures , styles of life and et cetera?
Ok I do like this a lot better. The transition is flawless
Omg this would have been so much more watchable imo, the one that came out is pretty design-wise but the pacing is SO fast
Gloreth's turn certainly makes a lot more sense and doesn't feel rushed, though Nimona's reaction and retaliation unfortunately does not. In the I end I think it's a better trade to have it the other way around, Nimona's character was better for it.
Nices job with the video on A sequence from Nimona - Nimona and Gloreth, 'Truth' - Storyboard Animatic
@studioredrobin6865 can you post more videos on smurfs the lost village storyboard animatic on smurfette and the other smurfs from the 2017 film
This was absolutely stunning❤❤❤
this would actually make a cool recap if they ever make a sequel, showing her first time in the world and a different perspective or take on her origin leaving us uncertain which one is real(her being a shapeshifter that fits remarkably well)
Its so cool too see the story thus way and the animation is amazing
i think nimona shouldve been a show
interesting pilot
I loved how in the final version the betrayal was that of a friend. A close friend. I’ve never seen the loss of a friendship portrayed as shattering or impactful as it was in this film. I feel like media doesn’t take those betrayals as seriously as that of family or a love interest, but this resonated with me in a way most betrayals don’t quite reach.
I like this version better. it shows nimona did something horrible in the past and feels deep shame of what she's done. makes more sense for me when she turned into a monster when rejected by the main character
I think part of me likes a part of how this story explain why Gloreths story became so prevalent and dominant, like the whole monster slaying aspect wasn't just something from her childhood but defined her entire life. But I agree I prefer the version we have, but I think it would have been cool to have had a second meeting between Nimona and Gloreth, maybe when Gloreth is older and Nimona still lets her "kill her" to prop up her story.
The movie was pretty good. Although Nimona (imo) works better as a show, ya know?
In a certain way it's more accurate to the graphic novel because (spoilers alert) Nimona lied about being stuck as a dragon.
This was brilliantly animated and created and it makes a lot more sense for Nimona story and why the animals didn't accept her
Its perfect
The flashback scene didn’t make sense to me because Nimona and Gloreth were friends then all of a sudden she pulled out a sward, but she was a kid. But as an adult Gloreth was seen as a hero for protecting the village and the kingdom from Nimona but Nimona never turned into a monster 1000 years ago. She didn’t like to be seen as a monster. It makes no sense that they were friends and then Gloreth just pointed a sword at her. This deleted scene makes so much more sense because it shows Gloreth as an adult who protected the kingdom from Nimona
Very interesting.
The final product had less talking, so it’s obviously better!
I really wanna see Nimona’s full monster form
I like it and prefer this version
This is better!
Fight me!
*readies fists*
C’est ce qui c’est réellement passé ? Il paraît que le film a des parties modifié
son escenas descartadas, iba a ser asi pero decidieron cambiarlo y ponerlo como lo vimos en la pelicula
Okay, who was the ONLY one with a heartbeat that did that and why didn't he direct the movie instead of poor enslaved Monkey who OBVIOUSLY wasn't one of those who sold us as the writers and directors?
It's just, seriously, how do you make a movie with SUCH BAD execution and WORST details? Do you want to know what the BEST SCENE in the WHOLE movie is?
Here it goes:
Ballister and Nimona discover that the OBVIOUS VILLAIN is the obvious villain and they put up a whole show to get the Headmistress to confess to a fake Ambrosius (Nimona transformed into him), which she ends up stabbing. And then Ballister records everything and uploads it to the networks. What's the detail...? In the video, Ballister only records the face of the Headmistress confessing, not the fake Ambrosius... And Ambrosius and everyone in the kingdom have a chance to believe that Ballister and Nimona are still guilty... You understand the PROBLEM, right? And at no time do they explain that Ballister had difficulty recording. Neither if his prosthetic arm, nor his location. There is no explanation as to why he only recorded the Director's face confessing and nothing more knowing that the kingdom already knew that he worked with a Shapeshifter.
ah a disney lover
Observing the fact that at NO TIME did I mention Disney and that there is no specific information about you on your channel, I am only going to assume that you are a 13-year-old girl who parrots everything she hears from Influencers.
But to make sure that "just as special kids" as you don't think they have something silly to say and think a little bit, I'll be objective: Disney may be a billionaire monopoly richer than you or your entire family will ever be, but They are still a bunch of burlesques who laugh at their audience with productions just as mediocre as this movie that I just pointed out as an OBVIOUS FAILURE among many others.
I know this sequence got changed in the final cut, but thankfully it is still emotional and heartbreaking in the best way!!! 🥲🥲🥲💜👏