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Episode 2 · THE GUEST-GIFT

What does a flashback look like when two people remember it differently?

Episode 2, THE GUEST-GIFT: all of Book 9 told at the feast by two tellers who disagree. Five acts, each a CINEOSIS sign of the recollection-image.

22 sheets · Oct 18 18:55 to Oct 18 20:16

How it was made

  1. Give each teller a style: his version a black-figure pot, Polyphemus's version the film itself, in colour.
  2. In the split-screen act, anything that crosses the seam changes style as it crosses.
  3. Two hands argue in the margins in gold and blue ink, crossing out each other's notes.

What this case teaches

  1. A point of view can be a visual style, and a conflict between two views can be a seam between two styles.
  2. Each act card names its sign, so the episode is also a lesson in five CINEOSIS signs.
  3. Callbacks (the hop on the name, "see Ep. 1") start the series memory.

How it differs. Episode 1 had one narrator. Episode 2 has two who contradict each other.

First sheet and last sheet

Where the stage started and where it finished.

Contact sheet 1
Contact sheet 1Oct 18 18:55
Episode contact sheet
Episode contact sheetOct 18 20:16

The sheets, step by step

Grouped by working session. Click any sheet to view it full size; use the arrow keys to move through them.

Step 1Scene test and Contact sheetOct 18 18:55–19:33 · 14 sheets
Contact sheet 1
Contact sheet 1Oct 18 18:55
Contact sheet 2
Contact sheet 2Oct 18 18:55
Contact sheet 3
Contact sheet 3Oct 18 18:55
Contact sheet 4
Contact sheet 4Oct 18 18:55
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Polyphemus test
Polyphemus testOct 18 19:00
Scene test, hall
Scene test, hallOct 18 19:07
Scene test, odys
Scene test, odysOct 18 19:10
Scene test, poly
Scene test, polyOct 18 19:14
Scene test, fork
Scene test, forkOct 18 19:19
Episode contact sheet
Episode contact sheetOct 18 19:23
Scene test, sons
Scene test, sonsOct 18 19:24
Scene test, rams
Scene test, ramsOct 18 19:26
Scene test, curse
Scene test, curseOct 18 19:32
Scene test, back
Scene test, backOct 18 19:33
Step 2Scene test and chk polyOct 18 19:35–20:16 · 8 sheets
chk poly
chk polyOct 18 19:35
chk tile
chk tileOct 18 19:36
chk fork
chk forkOct 18 19:42
One body, many costumes: the first gods
One body, many costumes: the first godsOct 18 19:48
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Scene test, olympus
Scene test, olympusOct 18 19:55
Scene test, shore
Scene test, shoreOct 18 19:59
Scene test, raft
Scene test, raftOct 18 20:02
Episode contact sheet
Episode contact sheetOct 18 20:16

What came out of it

ODY-E2 8:29Episode 2 · THE GUEST-GIFTThe Cyclops again, as a flashback at the Phaeacian feast, told by two tellers who remember it differently. The experiment: the recollection-image. ODY-04 1:29 · testEpisode 2 · draft openingFirst cut of Episode 2's cold open and title.

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Carried forward

Point of view becomes the rule for a whole episode.