1. EXT. VILLAGE TOWER – WIDE SHOT (WS), low angle – Ancient bell violently ringing, camera tilts down to reveal chaotic village square below.
2. WS, handheld – Panicked villagers packing belongings, children crying, carts overloaded.
3. MEDIUM WIDE (MW), tracking – Guards rushing past, shouting orders; shops with “LAST WATER” signs.
4. CU – Village gate creaking open as desperate families push through.
5. CU – Torm’s face as she enters frame, eyes wide at the chaos.
6. OVER-THE-SHOULDER (OTS) Torm – She watches people frantically pumping a dry well.
7. CU – Muddy trickle coming from pump; a woman (Torm) slams the handle in frustration.
8. TRACKING SHOT – Torm hurries toward town center, riverbed visible in background, completely dry.
9. SERIES OF QUICK CUTS (9A–9E) – 5 rapid shots: empty water distribution hubs, signs reading “DRY”.
10. MW – Torm knocking on first door; Villager 1 shakes head sadly.
11. CU – Villager 1 signing/mouthing “We don’t have any water.”
12. OTS Torm – Door after door closing on her.
13. INT. PHONG’S HOUSE – DOORWAY – MS – Phong (deaf man) opens door; Torm signs nervously.
14. CU hands – Torm signs: “Do you have any river water to spare?”
15. CU Phong’s face – He signs back sympathetically.
16. TWO-SHOT – Phong offers small rain-collection bottle; Torm signs “It has to be river water.”
17. CU – Torm reluctantly accepting the tiny bottle, conflicted expression.
18. EXT. PROFESSOR’S HOUSE – TRACKING – Torm finds Professor hurriedly packing barrels.
19. INT. PROFESSOR’S HOUSE – TWO-SHOT – Professor glances at Torm’s bottle on table.
20. CU Professor – “All my water reserves were taken… Very insignificant amounts.”
21. OTS Torm – Professor: “I knew I should have hidden the barrels… I’m so sorry, Torm.”
22. CU Torm – “Don’t be sorry. Your honesty is one of the reasons I know I can trust you.”
23. TWO-SHOT – Professor warns about “village slumber” order; Torm asks what to do.
24. CU Professor – “Go to town and get water from where and who you can… You almost have the cure!”
25. MS – Torm nods determinedly, exits frame as Professor continues packing.
**SHOTS 26–40: ELDER & MESSAGE BOX SCENE**
26. EXT. PATH – MS tracking – Torm walking home; distant alarm bell rings again.
27. CU – Torm’s water station machine struggling, low water level.
28. CU Torm – “Why is the river so low?”
29. MS – Torm shuts off machine, continues walking.
30. MS – Elderly man fumbling with message line box, frustrated.
31. OTS Elder – Torm approaches: “I wouldn’t touch those two lines together…”
32. TWO-SHOT – Elder startled; Torm offers to help.
33. CU Elder – Explains chaos, messengers sent, shorthanded.
34. INSERT – Torm’s hands opening box, examining wires.
35. FLASH CUT (Torm’s mind) – Quick animated graphic overlay: glass plate, berry acid, electrical diagram.
36. CU Torm – “Hold on, I have an idea.”
37. SERIES OF CUTS (37A–37D) – Torm crushing berries between glass plates, wiring them into box.
38. CU – Machine suddenly lights up, prints message.
39. CU Elder – Amazed: “It works! How did you do that?”
40. CU Torm – Explains berry-acid solar grid; Elder reads message, face falls: “The Great Falls has stopped flowing.”
**SHOTS 41–45: SECRET MIXTURE (LILIX & RINA)**
41. INT. MEDICINE ROOM – CU – Lilix secretly mixing fresh root potion, hiding it.
42. MS – Rina enters; Lilix quickly covers mixture.
43. TWO-SHOT – Rina notices open medicine locker, angry: “Lilix! Why do I always have to remind you?”
44. CU Rina – Service bell rings; she slams locker: “Try to have that ready by the time I get back.”
45. CU Lilix – Sneaky smile as she returns to her secret root mixture once alone.
**SHOTS 46–65: INT. TORM’S HOUSE – SISTER CONVERSATION & WALTZ BEGIN**
46. INT. TORM’S HOUSE – WS – Torm enters exhausted, places tiny water bottles on table.
47. MS – Sister sitting up anxiously: “So what was the alarm for?”
48. TWO-SHOT – Torm: “The water in the rivers stopped flowing.”
49. CU Sister – “What if the rivers stay dry and the vapors…”
50. CU Torm – Sharp pains hit sister; Torm rushes to comfort her.
51. CLOSE TWO-SHOT – Torm soothing: “It’s okay… ‘What if’ has to be more dangerous than Shadow Fever.”
52. CU Sister – Weak, teary: “I’m trying not to be afraid…”
53. MS Torm – “Perhaps if I play for you…”
54. CU Sister – Weak nod: “Mom and dad’s wedding song.”
55. MS – Torm fetches violin and music scroll.
56. CU Sister – “Torm?… I’m sorry I got sick.”
57. CU Torm – Tears held back: “Close your eyes.”
58. MS – Torm winds music machine; it begins soft melody.
59. CU Violin – Torm lifts violin to neck, starts playing “Heart Waltz.”
60. SLOW PUSH-IN on Sister’s face – Eyes closed, breathing slows into peaceful sleep.
61. MS – Torm playing full Heart Waltz, bittersweet expression.
62. SLOW DOLLY around Torm – Music swells.
63. CU Sister’s face – First dream glow begins (soft light).
64. DISSOLVE transition – Room fades as dream world emerges.
65. FINAL NOTE – Torm holds last violin note, eyes on sleeping sister.
**SHOTS 66–85: DREAM MONTAGE – SURREAL FANTASY BALLROOM (20 shots – fantasy & surreal)**
66. FADE IN – EXTREME WIDE, ethereal – Infinite glowing ballroom materializes; parents (young, radiant) begin slow waltz in 6/8 time.
67. SLOW MOTION CU – Mother’s dress flowing like river water, fabric turning translucent.
68. LOW ANGLE TRACKING – Father spins mother; chandeliers float and drip liquid starlight.
69. DUTCH ANGLE MS – Parents dance across mirrored floor that reflects village chaos below.
70. CU hands – Parents’ hands intertwined; faint root-like veins glow with medicine light.
71. OVERHEAD CRANE SHOT – Ballroom ceiling opens to night sky filled with floating water vials.
72. SURREAL INSERT – Mother’s dress hem dissolves into dry riverbed that suddenly floods with sparkling water.
73. SLOW MOTION TWO-SHOT – Parents laugh silently; their faces briefly morph into Torm & sister as children.
74. WHIP PAN – Ballroom walls turn into giant message boxes printing glowing “Heart Waltz” notes.
75. CU Mother’s eyes – Reflection shows Phong signing lovingly.
76. TRACKING AROUND COUPLE – Shadows of village elders and Professor dance in background like ghosts.
77. FANTASY CU – Father lifts mother; they float upward as berry-acid solar sparks swirl around them.
78. SURREAL SPLIT SCREEN – Left: parents dancing; Right: Torm’s violin bow moving in perfect sync.
79. DUTCH ANGLE – Ballroom tilts; parents keep dancing perfectly upright as gravity fails.
80. SLOW MOTION – Mother’s veil becomes river mist; father catches it like saving water.
81. WIDE FANTASY – Entire ballroom now floating in endless starry void; couple at center.
82. EXTREME CLOSE-UP – Tear from mother’s eye turns into perfect raindrop that falls into sister’s sleeping face (dream link).
83. GRACEFUL 360 ORBIT – Parents waltz faster, glowing brighter, surrounded by swirling glass-plate diagrams.
84. SLOW FADE – Ballroom edges dissolve back into Torm’s bedroom walls; parents become translucent.
85. FINAL SHOT – Torm lowers violin; last note fades. Sister deeply asleep, peaceful smile. Torm gently stops music machine and returns to work table as soft light lingers on her face.
**END OF SEQUENCE**
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SCENE SUMMARY
10. HEART WALTZ
With the village in chaos over the mysteriously dry river, Torm scrambles to find water for her experiments — exhausting every hub, going door to door, and finally accepting a small container from a kind Head Nurse who believes in her work, while a cruel nurse had already turned her away. Along the way, Torm helps an Elder fix a dead message box using berry acid as a solar charge, only to learn the devastating news that the Great Falls itself has stopped flowing. Back home, she finds her sister awake and frightened by the bells, and soothes her fears with a quiet lie about crop villages before the girl breaks down in guilt for getting sick. Torm silences her with love, winds the music box, and plays their parents' wedding waltz on her violin while her sister closes her eyes and dreams of them dancing — then sets the violin down and goes back to work.
10. HEART WALTZ
10. (HEART WALTZ)
A: village ( people chaotic,
Village tower bell....ringing
Large dreamer village gate
Torm sees chaos in village: people packing their items, shops over selling, goods, guards moving quickly etc....
people are is using a pump attempting to get any water they a guard rations out the water supply,,,,
...........
(b) elders 1 ( eves drop )
Torm can hear the village alarm bell as she makes her way back from the Professor's house. She stops by her water station, which she finds is struggling to collect water.
TORM
Why is the river so low?
She shuts her machine off and continues homeward. On her way back, she sees an Elder attempting to fix a message line box, which is odd to her since she knows he isn't qualified to do so. She decides to help before he hurts himself or breaks something.
ELDER
Come on!
the Elder says annoyed at the box.
TORM
I wouldn't touch those two lines together or you will short it out.
ELDER
You scared me, Torm.
TORM
Sorry, let me look at it. You must have been getting a lot of messages. What was that bell?
The Elder gets out of the way as Torm goes in for a closer look.
ELDER
It is an old message bell saying that lines are out. It's been nothing but chaos for the past 24 hours. We have sent out every messenger we have to find out why the river is so low and the number of message lines that have been going out has left us shorthanded, so in desperation I'm out here trying to help fix them.
TORM
It could be a crop village damming the water again or something.
ELDER
Negative: all the crop villages sent word this morning. They are having the same problem. Water is drying up everywhere. Can you see what's wrong with the box?
TORM
The power is very low. I suspect because the river is so low the power station's water wheels can't turn as fast, hence the low power.
ELDER
If the water doesn't return, major outages will happen. I need to see if there are any messages. We'll have to hand-crank the main lines.
Torm has a flash in her mind: animated graphics of how to fix the box. She sees a glass plate, a system of electrical and mechanical diagrams, and a berry bush.
TORM
Hold on, I have an idea.
Torm pulls out glass plates from her bag, some berries, wires, and small tools. She crushes the berries between the plates and connects wires to them and then patches them into the box. Instantly the machine starts working; it comes alive with noise and prints out a message. The Elder is amazed at her cleverness. Torm tears off the printed message and gives it to him.
ELDER
It works! How did you do it?
TORM
I used the acid in the berries to create a solar grid that converts the sun's power into a charge. It should power it until it can be fixed properly.
The Elder's attention goes to the message in his hand. His awe turns to worry. He looks up at Torm and reveals the message to her.
ELDER
The Great Falls has stopped flowing. Sorry Torm, I must get this to the Council of Elders immediately.
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13 (SECRET MIXTURE )
Lilix secretly prepares a fresh mixture from the root, making sure Rina can't see her. Rina comes in. Lilix hides her mixture quickly and works on another.
RINA
Is that Mrs. Whitesaw's daily?
LILIX
Yes.
Lilix replies shortly. Nurse Rina notices that the medicine locker is open, making her angry.
RINA
The medicine locker is wide open again? Lilix! Why do I always have to remind you? If something goes missing, you will be to blame.
A service bell rings for the main doors.
RINA
Ugh, what now?!
Nurse Rina is annoyed as she shuts the medicine locker. She pauses at Lilix on her way to see who is calling.
RINA
Try to have that ready by the time I get back.
Lilix returns to her root mixtures once Nurse Rina is out of sight.
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int. torms house
Torm comes home and finds her sister awake and anxious from the bells.
SISTER
So what was the alarm for?
Torm puts water bottles on her work table.
TORM
The water in the rivers stopped flowing.
SISTER
What? Do they know why? Will it be okay?
Torm pauses.
TORM
Of course it will, this has happened before. Probably just a crop village damming the water for their harvest. Nothing to worry about.
SISTER
What if the water doesn't start flowing again? What if the rivers stay dry and the vapors...
Sharp pains take over Torm's sister. Torm comforts her.
TORM
It's okay, let it go, shh, it's okay, everything will be okay. ‘What if’ has to be more dangerous than Shadow Fever.
Her sister's pain settles down, but leaves her weak.
SISTER
I'm trying not to be afraid, but nothing I think about helps.
TORM
Perhaps if I play for you that will take your mind off of these little problems. Would you like that?
SISTER
Yes.
her sister weakly nods. Torm fetches her violin.
TORM
Okay then. What would you like to hear?
Torm asks.
SISTER
Mom and dad's wedding song.
TORM
I haven't played that in forever, good choice.
Torm finds a music scroll and comes back to her sister's side where a music machine sits on a small shelf near her sister's bed.
SISTER
Torm?.....TORM..?
TORM
Yes, lil' sis?
Torm responds while loading a music scroll. Torm winds the music box.
SISTER
I'm sorry I got sick.
Her sister says with tears in her eyes. Torm pauses her winding and looks into her sister's eyes with love. Torm holds back tears.
TORM
Close your eyes.
Torm orders softly. Her sister closes her eyes. The box starts to play. Torm lifts her violin to her neck and follows its lead. A bittersweet dance in 6/8 titled "Heart Waltz" plays while her sister dreams of their parents dancing in a beautiful ballroom. Two minutes later, the scroll runs out and Torm takes the violin down from her neck and goes back to work.
( DREAMER MONTAGE SISTER DREAM ABOUT PARTS DANCING IN BALLROOM. IT IS FANTASY AND SERUEREAL AND LASTS ATLEAST 20 MINUTES )....
THE DREAM TRANSTIONS OUT INTO TORM PLAYIGN THE LAST NOTES ON THE VLION...SHE PUTS IT DOWN. HER SISTER IS DEEP IN SLEEEP. TORM STOPS TH PLAYING MAHCINE AND GOES BACK TO WORK....
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A: village ( people chaotic,
Village tower bell....ringing
Large dreamer village gate
Torm sees chaos in village: people packing their items, shops over selling, goods, guards moving quickly etc....
people are is using a pump attempting to get any water they a guard rations out the water supply,,,,
...........
(b) elders 1 ( eves drop )
Torm can hear the village alarm bell as she makes her way back from the Professor's house. She stops by her water station, which she finds is struggling to collect water.
TORM
Why is the river so low?
She shuts her machine off and continues homeward. On her way back, she sees an Elder attempting to fix a message line box, which is odd to her since she knows he isn't qualified to do so. She decides to help before he hurts himself or breaks something.
ELDER
Come on!
the Elder says annoyed at the box.
TORM
I wouldn't touch those two lines together or you will short it out.
ELDER
You scared me, Torm.
TORM
Sorry, let me look at it. You must have been getting a lot of messages. What was that bell?
The Elder gets out of the way as Torm goes in for a closer look.
ELDER
It is an old message bell saying that lines are out. It's been nothing but chaos for the past 24 hours. We have sent out every messenger we have to find out why the river is so low and the number of message lines that have been going out has left us shorthanded, so in desperation I'm out here trying to help fix them.
TORM
It could be a crop village damming the water again or something.
ELDER
Negative: all the crop villages sent word this morning. They are having the same problem. Water is drying up everywhere. Can you see what's wrong with the box?
TORM
The power is very low. I suspect because the river is so low the power station's water wheels can't turn as fast, hence the low power.
ELDER
If the water doesn't return, major outages will happen. I need to see if there are any messages. We'll have to hand-crank the main lines.
Torm has a flash in her mind: animated graphics of how to fix the box. She sees a glass plate, a system of electrical and mechanical diagrams, and a berry bush.
TORM
Hold on, I have an idea.
Torm pulls out glass plates from her bag, some berries, wires, and small tools. She crushes the berries between the plates and connects wires to them and then patches them into the box. Instantly the machine starts working; it comes alive with noise and prints out a message. The Elder is amazed at her cleverness. Torm tears off the printed message and gives it to him.
ELDER
It works! How did you do it?
TORM
I used the acid in the berries to create a solar grid that converts the sun's power into a charge. It should power it until it can be fixed properly.
The Elder's attention goes to the message in his hand. His awe turns to worry. He looks up at Torm and reveals the message to her.
ELDER
The Great Falls has stopped flowing. Sorry Torm, I must get this to the Council of Elders immediately.
............................................................
13 (SECRET MIXTURE )
Lilix secretly prepares a fresh mixture from the root, making sure Rina can't see her. Rina comes in. Lilix hides her mixture quickly and works on another.
RINA
Is that Mrs. Whitesaw's daily?
LILIX
Yes.
Lilix replies shortly. Nurse Rina notices that the medicine locker is open, making her angry.
RINA
The medicine locker is wide open again? Lilix! Why do I always have to remind you? If something goes missing, you will be to blame.
A service bell rings for the main doors.
RINA
Ugh, what now?!
Nurse Rina is annoyed as she shuts the medicine locker. She pauses at Lilix on her way to see who is calling.
RINA
Try to have that ready by the time I get back.
Lilix returns to her root mixtures once Nurse Rina is out of sight.
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int. torms house
Torm comes home and finds her sister awake and anxious from the bells.
SISTER
So what was the alarm for?
Torm puts water bottles on her work table.
TORM
The water in the rivers stopped flowing.
SISTER
What? Do they know why? Will it be okay?
Torm pauses.
TORM
Of course it will, this has happened before. Probably just a crop village damming the water for their harvest. Nothing to worry about.
SISTER
What if the water doesn't start flowing again? What if the rivers stay dry and the vapors...
Sharp pains take over Torm's sister. Torm comforts her.
TORM
It's okay, let it go, shh, it's okay, everything will be okay. ‘What if’ has to be more dangerous than Shadow Fever.
Her sister's pain settles down, but leaves her weak.
SISTER
I'm trying not to be afraid, but nothing I think about helps.
TORM
Perhaps if I play for you that will take your mind off of these little problems. Would you like that?
SISTER
Yes.
her sister weakly nods. Torm fetches her violin.
TORM
Okay then. What would you like to hear?
Torm asks.
SISTER
Mom and dad's wedding song.
TORM
I haven't played that in forever, good choice.
Torm finds a music scroll and comes back to her sister's side where a music machine sits on a small shelf near her sister's bed.
SISTER
Torm?.....TORM..?
TORM
Yes, lil' sis?
Torm responds while loading a music scroll. Torm winds the music box.
SISTER
I'm sorry I got sick.
Her sister says with tears in her eyes. Torm pauses her winding and looks into her sister's eyes with love. Torm holds back tears.
TORM
Close your eyes.
Torm orders softly. Her sister closes her eyes. The box starts to play. Torm lifts her violin to her neck and follows its lead. A bittersweet dance in 6/8 titled "Heart Waltz" plays while her sister dreams of their parents dancing in a beautiful ballroom. Two minutes later, the scroll runs out and Torm takes the violin down from her neck and goes back to work.
( DREAMER MONTAGE SISTER DREAM ABOUT PARTS DANCING IN BALLROOM. IT IS FANTASY AND SERUEREAL AND LASTS ATLEAST 20 MINUTES )....
THE DREAM TRANSTIONS OUT INTO TORM PLAYIGN THE LAST NOTES ON THE VLION...SHE PUTS IT DOWN. HER SISTER IS DEEP IN SLEEEP. TORM STOPS TH PLAYING MAHCINE AND GOES BACK TO WORK....
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