First Character Designs

Hey guys, sorry for the delay on putting these up. These are the basic character designs I have so far for the astronaut and the alien.

The Astronaut

The Alien

Treatment for 2/02/2011

Here is my first treatment of the journeyman script. Enjoy!

Journeyman

An astronaut finds life in a lifeless planet.

Late afternoon on a reddish planet resembling mars. High winds pick up the Martian soil and swirl it around. Long shot of a solitary figure walking through the rampant dust storm. His face reveals a tired looking man in his early 30’s gazing wearily ahead. The spaceman approaches a Martian rock and eyes it carefully. He briskly jogs towards it and crouches down. He takes out a strange looking probe from his belt and points it under the rock. There is a longer pause and a loud single beep sounds off. The astronaut sighs and puts the device back into his holster. He gets up and approaches another rock before him. He again takes out his strange looking device and scans under the rock. After the three beeping noises and another loud beep, the astronaut gets up and continues walking.

The spaceman trudges through the sandy Martian soil. He stops to view a huge, precipitous cliff lies before him. He looks up at the sheer face of the cliff. The spaceman looks down to reveal a small cave mouth at the base. The spaceman walks towards it. He approaches the cave mouth and looks around, eyeing a large rock in the corner. He walks and sits down on it heavily. The spaceman puts his elbows on his knees and leans his head down, closing his eyes.

A sudden squeak noise is heard. From under the spaceman’s rock, a strange creature emerges. It is a small, black four legged creature with four beady eyes. It cautiously walks out and looks up at the spaceman. The spaceman’s head is still facing downwards as if he didn’t notice his entrance. The Martian then approaches the spaceman’s foot and quickly scampers up his leg. The creature then effortlessly climbs on top of his helmet and peers over, looking down at the spaceman’s face. The spaceman’s eyes are still closed. 4 beady eyes stare directly at him from above. The spaceman screams. He immediately gets up, brushes the creature off of him, and runs away from the rock, panicking. He looks back to see the creature gazing back at him. The two stare at one another. A smile slowly creeps across the spaceman’s face. He begins to walk slowly towards the curious creature. He leans down and stretches out his arm towards the alien. The creature crawls back at first, hesitates, and then slowly walks towards the outstretched hand. The spaceman places his palm facing upwards as the creature crawls into his hand. The spaceman brings the creature slowly up to his face. The Martian looks back at him with eagerness.

The spaceman then quickly grabs the creature and reaches his other arm into his belt. While the creature struggles, he pulls out a large specimen jar and plops the alien inside. The jar quickly makes a locking sound as the top is now sealed. The spaceman pulls the jar in front of his face and smiles at the creature. The ecstatic spaceman looks at the frightened, fidgeting creature inside the jar and tucks the jar comfortably underneath his arm.

The spaceman defiantly begins to walk out of the cave with the jar tucked underneath his arm. Tapping noises are heard coming from the jar, the spaceman looks down to see the creature staring back at him with large saddened eyes. The spaceman looks back at it and sighs. He tucks the jar back under his arm. Small squeaks are heard again. The astronaut brings the jar back up to his face, shaking the jar a little, and looking directly at the alien. The alien stares back with large gloomy eyes. The spaceman sighs and looks upwards, sighing deeply. He brings his other hand on top of the jar lid as he crouches down, and opens up the jar. The alien scampers out. The spaceman depressingly looks on as the alien runs into the cave. He sighs and shakes his head. The astronaut turns his back and begins walking out from the cave mouth.

A loud squeak is heard. The spaceman turns around to see the alien looking back at him. The alien moves his head back and forth as if to motion the spaceman to follow him. The spaceman walks up to it. The alien scampers further into the cave. The spaceman hesitates, but then begins to follow it. As the pair walk, the device on the spaceman’s belt begins to beep. The spaceman looks around him and sees something small and green to his left.

A little green plant juts out from underneath a Martian boulder. He crouches down and scoops it up with the Martian soil, eyeing it enviously. Another squeak is heard as the astronaut turns to see the alien continuing to run further into the cave. The astronaut gets up, and places the plant back down in the soil, and continues following the alien. The eerie green light is now visibly emanating from deep within the cave, lighting the ground and the now wet interior. The beeping noise from the astronaut’s device is now growing increasingly louder.

The alien stops at the edge of a steep drop-off and looks beyond. It looks back at the astronaut, its face aglow from the now pronounced green light. The astronaut slowly approaches the edge and looks beyond with a shocked expression.