#CinematicScript

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Blog 29: Script Development: From Beats to Cinematic Sequences

When it came time to translate the vision of Shambhala into a screenplay, I realized something vital: the script couldn’t just tell events. It had to carry emotions at every step. It had to breathe.

I started with core emotional beats: moments of wonder, fear, betrayal, and awakening. From there, I built cinematic sequences that would not just show the story but would make players feel it deeply. A lab hidden inside a ruined temple. Children playing unknowingly with elemental powers. Ancient gates cracking open to reveal lost worlds.

The script had to flow like a dream collapsing into memory. Fast cuts during battles. Slow tracking shots through empty ruins. Crashing storms giving way to blinding dawns. Every movement of the camera, every line of voiceover, had to serve the emotional journey first.

I didn’t want dialogue that explained everything. I wanted moments where silence said more than words ever could.

Shambhala: The Ascension Protocol became not just a narrative but a living heartbeat made of images, sounds, and emotions. And through that, the players would not just understand the story. They would become part of it.

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Mob/Crime movie: John Travolta as Chili Palmer in “Get Shorty” 1995. He initially declined an offer to be in this movie, but was convinced by Quentin Tarantino to do it. Tarantino was meant to direct the movie, but took a different movie instead- though the movie was pretty decent & had a Tarantino vibe (a lot of his normal crew were offered roles but declined), it would have been way better had he done it. Comment yours thoughts!