House Meeting | December 2023

This was an incomplete test sequence based on the pilot screenplay of "What We Do In The Shadows", reimagining its live-action story into an animated "The Owl House"-styled mockumentary. These boards follow Nandor as he tries to rally his vampire housemates together.

Transcript

2. 1A Nandor walks in from SCENE LEFT, followed by Guillermo.
3. 1B Nandor: “No,” Nandor walks in from SCENE LEFT, followed by Guillermo.
4. 1C Nandor: “we’re going to have” Nandor and Guillermo walk behind Lazlo towards the bookshelf.
5. 1D Nandor: “we’re going to have” Nandor and Guillermo walk behind Lazlo towards the bookshelf.
6. 1E Nandor: “a house meeting!” Nandor and Guillermo walk behind Lazlo towards the bookshelf.
7. 1F Nandor: “a house meeting!” Nandor and Guillermo walk behind Lazlo towards the bookshelf.
8. 1G Lazlo turns his head to his left.
9. 2A Lazlo: “Didn’t we”
10. 2B Lazlo: “just have a house-meeting” Lazlo sweeps his hand up.
11. 2C Lazlo: “in 1981?” Lazlo holds his hand in a pointing position.
12. 2D Nandor turns his head towards Lazlo.
13. 2E Nandor: “That was in 1891, ” Guillermo turns his head towards Nandor as Nandor speaks.
14. 2F Nandor: “Lazlo.”
15. 2G Lazlo: “Oh,” Lazlo brings his hand down.
16. 2H Lazlo: “hell!” Lazlo turns his head away from Nandor.
17. 2I Nandor: “We’re doing” Nandor points at Lazlo.
18. 2J Nandor: “it!” Nandor points at Lazlo.
19. 3A Nandor: “I have a reputation for being a”
20. 3B Nandor: “very” Nandor stretches out his hand.
21. 3C Nandor: “tough kind of vampire.” Nandor’s hand becomes a fist.
22. 4A Nandor: “I used to be a very ferocious soldier in the Ottoman Empire.” CAMERA MOVE from Ottoman painting to library scene.
23. 4B Nandor: “Which meant a lot of” CAMERA MOVE from Ottoman painting to library scene.
24. 4B/ 4C Nandor: “killing, a lot of pillaging.” CAMERA MOVE from library scene towards Invasion painting.
25. 5A Nandor: “They’d say”
26. 5B Nandor: “have mercy! Stop pillaging me!” CAMERA MOVE from Invasion painting to villagers.
27. 5C Nandor: “No, I’m pillaging everyone! You included!” CAMERA MOVE from villagers to invading Nandor.
28. 6A Nandor: “I was relentless.” Nandor looks up at painting above him.
29. 6B Nandor: “They called me” Nandor turns his head back towards CAMERA.
30. 6C Nandor: “Nandor the” Nandor raises his head.
31. 6D Nandor: “Relentless.” Nandor raises his fist with emphasis.
32. 6E Nandor: “Relentless.” Nandor raises his fist with emphasis.
33. 6F Nandor: “Because I just” Nandor points aimlessly while looking at camera.
34. 6G Nandor: “never relent.” Nandor moves his arm down while looking at camera.
35. 7A Nandor: “WE ARE HAVING A HOUSE MEETING, OKAY!”
36. 7B Nandor: “HOUSE” Nandor moves his hand up and down.
37. 7C Nandor: “MEETING!” Nandor moves his hand up and down.
38. 7D/ 7E Lazlo: “All right!” CAMERA move towards Lazlo and Nadja.
39. 7F/ 7G Nandor: “All right!” CAMERA move towards Nandor and Guillermo.
40. 7H Nandor closes his hand into a fist, inhaling.
41. 7I Nandor closes his hand into a fist, inhaling.
42. 7J Nandor puts his hand down, exhaling.
43. 7K Nandor: “Just think of it as a fun way of catching up with each other.” Nandor looks towards Nandor and Nadja OFF-SCREEN, swinging a fist up.
44. 8A Nadja: “This is” Nadja looks up at the ceiling.
45. 8B Nadja: “worse than” Nadja looks at Nandor OFF-SCREEN.
46. 8C Nadja: “dying.” Nadja looks at Nandor OFF-SCREEN.
47. 9A Nandor: “Oh.”
48. 9B Nandor looks down at the table awkwardly.
49. 9C Nandor: “Sorry you feel that way, Nadja.” Nandor looks back up at Nadja OFF-SCREEN.