Advanced 2D - Storyboard

For my animation i have decide to follow what is going on in the poem and create it. For the end though i am going to change it and have the grandfather and grandchild holding hands and walking away with a bright light around them as this will signify the grandfathers death and his soul.

I got my boyfriend to talk through the poem to work out rough timings, which is around 50 seconds.
I thought of cutting the poem down to 30 seconds but i could not find a right place to do this and i feel if i had cut the poem down it would not of had the same affect or emotion as the full poem. Therefor I have chosen to do the full 50 seconds.

 Initial Storyboard:

Stand tall oh mighty oak, for all the world to see,
your strength and undying beauty forever amazes me.
Though storm clouds hover above you,

The tree will grow big and strong from a tiny sapling and then storm clouds will come and it will start to rain. 

your branches span the sky,
in search of the radiant sunlight you
count on to survive.

The storm clouds will go and the tree with stretch out it's branches and reach for the sun.

When the winds are high and restless and
you lose a limb or two,
it only makes you stronger, we
could learn so much from you.
Though generations have come and gone
and brought about such change,
quietly you've watched them all yet still
remained the same.


A strong wind will blow the tree to the side and then some branches will fall off. When the wind stops the tree will look very bare and then the leaves will grow back. People will start to come on and off the screen doing different things, similar to what happens in a park.

I only pray God give to me the strength he's
given you,
to face each day with hope, whether
skies are black or blue,
Life on earth is truly a gift
every moment we must treasure,
it's the simple things we take for granted
that become our ultimate pleasures.

It will then zoom in so we are looking up at the tree and the sky will change colour. It will zoom in more to a bright light then back out to reveal a grandfather and grandchild holding hand and walking into the light. The light will fill the screen and it will end.