The Watch Without Hands

Dream Storyboards · Night gouache illustration
The Watch Without Hands

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On a night train she can't find her compartment; a faceless conductor hands her a watch with no hands, and she wades into a warm flooded field as the lanterns go out, wanting only to fix it.
style
Night gouache illustration
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12 key frames
narration
0:54
Storyboard
  1. A woman in a long coat stands in a night-train corridor lined with closed doors.

    01 A woman in a long coat stands in a night-train corridor lined with closed doors.

  2. She turns her head away from the corridor, toward the dark windows.

    02 She turns her head away from the corridor, toward the dark windows.

  3. The same corridor, she looks back down it and it is now far longer: the doors run on to a tiny door in the distance.

    03 The same corridor, she looks back down it and it is now far longer: the doors run on to a tiny door in the distance.

  4. A conductor whose face is a blank oval holds a pocket watch out to her by its chain.

    04 A conductor whose face is a blank oval holds a pocket watch out to her by its chain.

  5. She holds the open watch in her palm: its dial has no hands.

    05 She holds the open watch in her palm: its dial has no hands.

  6. A thin brass pointer stands upright in the red carpet; her fingers reach for it.

    06 A thin brass pointer stands upright in the red carpet; her fingers reach for it.

  7. A train stands stopped in still water under the stars, its five lanterns lit.

    07 A train stands stopped in still water under the stars, its five lanterns lit.

  8. She steps down the train's steps toward the water, one hand on the rail.

    08 She steps down the train's steps toward the water, one hand on the rail.

  9. She stands knee-deep in the water, pale steam around her, the five lanterns lit behind her.

    09 She stands knee-deep in the water, pale steam around her, the five lanterns lit behind her.

  10. Three of the five lanterns have gone dark.

    10 Three of the five lanterns have gone dark.

  11. Every lantern is dark.

    11 Every lantern is dark.

  12. She looks down at the open watch on her palm and holds the brass hand above it.

    12 She looks down at the open watch on her palm and holds the brass hand above it.