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Atoleiros Battle Animatics Part 02

2nd April 2014

Atoleiros Battle animatic - Virtual chess chamber, Initial conundrum

Storyboard — Juan I de Castilla

Confrontation over the throne of Portugal

Chessboard and throne chamber, set

Fernando I de Portugal morre

Storyboard — Ferdinand I of Portugal funeral

Leonor Teles de Meneses expelled

Juan 1 de Castela leaves Lisbon

Virtual chessboard chamber set

Virtual chessboard / Throne room — High angle shot

Juan 1 leaving throne chamber

Juan 1 of Castile on warhorse

Juan 1 of Castile facing Lisbon defensive wall

Juan 1 of Castile in knight armour

John 1 of Portugal watches the Castilian camp from Lisbon defensive wall

Portuguese relief army conducted by Nuno Álvares Pereira

Portuguese relief army — Storyboard draft snapshot on drawing table

Storyboard — Nuno Álvares Pereira leads troops towards Atoleiros

Visual Narrative

Part two of a series of animatic drawings done for a cross media project on display at the Battle of Atoleiros Interpretation Centre, Fronteira.

See Atoleiros Battle animatics — part 01.

These drawings complement the battle reconstitution film within a larger cross media installation. The Portuguese Interregnum, or the 1383-85 Crisis, is a story of royal tangle, intrigue and treason. To translate it into visual narrative for a larger public, we imagined a virtual chessboard set. It shows each character’s role in their fight over Portugal’s throne, like in a theatre scene. Exhibition design by Maverick ICS.

Check more drawings from this project in the Film Storyboards Drawers blog. If you liked this post you’ll enjoy to watch the Aljubarrota battle storyboards.

animation storyboard cross-media documentary drawing historical non fiction show Atoleiros 1384 horse