Lens Distortion

{
 "output": "Full-screen live-action period scene from The King's Speech (2010), from its very first frame: one single continuous locked-off shot, a single unbroken take. Muted 2010 35mm look with soft grain; a tall 1930s London townhouse stairwell seen from the very top, cold flat overcast daylight from above, sage green and grey-green painted walls with pale plaster moldings, dark polished wood stairs, desaturated cool palette with one warm blush-pink coat.",
 "characters": {
  "S1": {
   "name": "Queen Elizabeth, played by Helena Bonham Carter",
   "look": "slim woman, dark hair pinned up under a small hat, long pale blush-pink wool coat, seen from above",
   "voice": "light, warm, brisk, a mother busy with her children"
  },
  "S2": {
   "name": "Princess Margaret, played by Ramona Marquez",
   "look": "small girl about six, dark bobbed hair, grey wool dress, white socks, seen from above",
   "voice": "small, eager child's voice"
  },
  "S3": {
   "name": "the elder daughter, an older girl",
   "look": "girl about ten, dark curled hair, grey dress like her sister's, seen from above",
   "voice": "bright, excited child's voice"
  },
  "S4": {
   "name": "a maid",
   "look": "woman in a long plain black dress, hair in a tight bun, hands clasped in front",
   "voice": "silent: she never speaks"
  },
  "S5": {
   "name": "removal men",
   "look": "two or three men in dark work clothes carrying a long dark heavy piece of furniture, tiny far below",
   "voice": "silent: they never speak"
  },
  "S6": {
   "name": "a man on the lower stairs",
   "look": "small dark-suited figure far below",
   "voice": "silent: he never speaks"
  }
 },
 "shots": [
  {
   "shot": 1,
   "camera": "locked-off and perfectly still for the whole shot, looking straight down from the top of a tall square stairwell through an oval opening in the ceiling, extreme wide-angle lens with strong barrel distortion edge to edge: the thick pale plaster rim of the oval bows outward and wraps around all four frame edges like a dark vignette, the paneled walls lean inward and curve toward the center, the two white columns of the upper landing at the top of frame splay outward in a V; far below, the rectangular stairwell and hall floor at the center stay small and nearly straight",
   "action": [
    "BEGINNING: alive from the first frame, on the upper landing at the top of frame, behind a white balustrade lined with suitcases, bags and red bundles, S1 stands right of center between the two white columns facing the wall, S2 stands just to her left; at the far right by a white door S4 stands half hidden behind the right column; far below on the hall floor, S5 are already at the right edge carrying the long dark piece; on the lowest flight of stairs at the bottom of frame S6 walks slowly toward the left.",
    "THEN: S1 turns from the wall to S2 and hands her a dark bundle with both hands; S2 takes it against her chest.",
    "THEN: S4 steps out from behind the right column into the open on the right side of the landing and stops, facing the family, hands clasped, and stays still there to the end.",
    "THEN: S2 turns to her left and bends down to the bags along the balustrade, rummaging; S1 holds a dark bundle at her left hip; far below S5 shuffle the long dark piece from right to left across the hall floor, reaching the middle.",
    "THEN: S2 straightens up; S1 reaches her right hand out and touches S2's head.",
    "END: S3 comes in from the left side of the landing holding up a dark toy horse with both hands; S1 leans left and stretches out her right arm to take it while S2 bends to the bags between them; below, S5 reach the left part of the hall and S6 disappears at the bottom-left of the stairs; the walls keep bending around the tiny figures and the camera never moves."
   ],
   "dialogue": [
    {
     "speaker": "S1",
     "on_screen": true,
     "when": "from the first frame, as she turns from the wall toward the small girl",
     "delivery": "cheerful, busy",
     "line": "<d>[English] - I'm sure you'll love it. - There you go.</d>"
    },
    {
     "speaker": "S1",
     "on_screen": true,
     "when": "while she hands the bundle over and the maid steps into view",
     "delivery": "quick, affectionate, listing things",
     "line": "<d>[English] Thank you, darling. Saddles. Margaret.</d>"
    },
    {
     "speaker": "S2",
     "on_screen": true,
     "when": "while the small girl bends down to the bags",
     "delivery": "eager, pleased",
     "line": "<d>[English] - There's Montezuma. - Oh, here's one.</d>"
    },
    {
     "speaker": "S3",
     "on_screen": true,
     "when": "as the older girl comes in from the left holding up the toy horse, near the end",
     "delivery": "excited; the mother answers lightly",
     "line": "<d>[English] - Mama, here's a horse and saddle. - Thank you. Oops.</d>"
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "sound": {
  "ambience": "hollow echo of a tall stairwell, footsteps on floorboards, rustle of coats and bags, heavy shuffling steps of the removal men far below",
  "speech": "exactly these spoken phrases, each said once, in this order",
  "never_spoken": "no narration and no voice-over: the descriptions, performance notes and step words of this prompt are never spoken aloud",
  "music": "a film score under the scene, always below the voices: gentle warm chamber strings with a light, unhurried piano figure",
  "subtitles": "none"
 }
}Copy