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EVOLUTIONS - THE WALKING WHALE

THE WALKING WHALE

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JOB ID: 17833

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Series Title: Evolutions
Episode 1: The Whale with Legs
House No: 3001
1080i 59.59 4:2:2
22/08/06 Nitris 2/C Clark
Program in Seamless at 01:50:00
TPT: 50:00
Credits @01:49:45 for 15 seconds
Clean Covers @ 01:51:00
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00:59:59:27 TIMELAPSE:
 WS across ocean to sun
setting. Water drains
away to leave
mountains and desert 01:00:04:07 NARRATOR
50 MILLION YEARS AGO, A HUNGRY
01:00:05:20 GRAPHIC: LAND ANIMAL

Z/I Pakicetus

01:00:08:09 POV from Pakicetus NARRATOR (CONT)

as it forages for food ... SEEKS A NEW SOURCE OF FOOD.

01:00:09:22 GRAPHIC
SEQUENCE: 01:00:12:21 NARRATOR
THIS SETS HIM ON A SPECTACULAR
FREEZEFRAME on EVOLUTIONARY JOURNEY…
Pakicetus
and Z/I to skeletal
makeup

01:00:15:07 CU bone fragments

01:00:17:24 Waterline shot as NARRATOR (CONT)

crocodile rises up ... AND ON A COLLISION COURSE
WITH RIVALS.
01:00:20:02 GRAPHIC
SEQUENCE:

Underwater encounter
between Ambulocetus
and shark

01:00:22:13 PAN across skeletal

remains of 01:00:23:09 NARRATOR
Ambulocetus TODAY THIS CREATURE LOOKS
LIKE A FISH… BUT IT RETAINS KEY
01:00:27:04 GRAPHIC TRAITS FROM ITS TERRESTRIAL
SEQUENCE: PAST.

Skeletal bones
morph to create tail

01:00:31:15 GRAPHIC: NARRATOR

IT'S WARM-BLOODED.
Z/I to see heart beating
within Ambulocetus’
body

01:00:33:14 TIMELAPSE: NARRATOR (CONT)

 ... A MAMMAL... AND IT BREATHES
Skeletal remains are AIR THROUGH ITS LUNGS.
pieced together

Z/I to jaw

01:00:37:16 GRAPHIC
SEQUENCE:

Z/I head to show area

of brain activity

01:00:41:26 MONTAGE:
01:00:42:24 NARRATOR
Skeletal shots HOW DID A CREATURE BUILT FOR
LAND BECOME MASTER OF THE
01:00:45:06 GRAPHIC OCEANS?
SEQUENCE:

Ambulocetus
underwater

01:00:48:19 Light beams through

skeletal remains

01:00:50:21 TITLE CARD:

Space for Opening Title

01:01:00:21 GRAPHIC:
01:01:04:15 NARRATOR
Z/O to WS of planet ASIA. PAKISTAN. THE SULAIMAN
earth. Z/I to Asia MOUNTAIN RANGE.
landmass

01:01:13:03 RAPID ZOOM to:

01:01:15:06 WS of the snow peaked

Sulaiman Mountain
Range

01:01:16:01 CAPTION:
Sulaiman Mountain
Range, Pakistan
1978

01:01:20:02 SLOW PAN across

Sulaiman Mountain 01:01:21:18 NARRATOR
THIS ROCKY TERRAIN WAS ONCE
THE BED OF THE ANCIENT TETHYS
SEA. LOCKED AWAY IN THIS ROCK
 ARE SECRETS OF ANCIENT MARINE
LIFE AND DEATH.

01:01:35:20 GRAPHIC:

Ambulocetus
swimming underwater

01:01:37:04 RAPID MONTAGE:

Crocodile hunting in
the waters

01:01:44:14 PULL focus to WS

across foggy terrain
01:01:46:04 NARRATOR
IN 1978, A TEAM OF FOSSIL HUNTERS
01:01:50:21 TIMELAPSE: FROM MICHIGAN SETS TO WORK.

Low angle shot up to

sky as clouds pass

01:01:55:19 PAN down rocky slope

to palaeontologists 01:01:59:10 NARRATOR
excavating below PALAEONTOLOGISTS ARE TIME
TRAVELLERS.
CUT closer then
continue PAN down 01:02:05:22 NARRATOR
rocks below THEY VISIT THE ANCIENT PAST BY
DIGGING INTO THE EARTH.

01:02:18:07 NARRATOR
EACH LAYER OF ROCK IS LIKE A
01:02:20:01 TRANSITION TO TIME CAPSULE, RECORDING MAJOR
GRAPHIC EVENTS IN THE PLANET’S HISTORY.
SEQUENCE:

Continue rapid descent

through the rocks to:

01:02:26:03 INSET:
01:02:27:22 NARRATOR
POV asteroid heading ASTEROIDS…
towards earth

01:02:29:08 TRANSITION TO
GRAPHIC
SEQUENCE:
 Continue rapid descent
through the rocks to:

01:02:31:17 INSET: 01:02:31:16 NARRATOR

NATURAL DISASTERS…
Forest burning

01:02:33:20 TRANSITION TO
GRAPHIC
SEQUENCE:

Continue rapid descent

through the rocks to:

01:02:36:06 INSET: 01:02:36:21 NARRATOR

CLIMATE CHANGE…
Polar caps melting in
great avalanches

01:02:39:24 TRANSITION TO 01:02:39:02 NARRATOR

GRAPHIC IT’S ALL RECORDED IN LAYERS OF
SEQUENCE: ROCK, PLANET EARTH’S DNA.

Rapid ascent back to

earth’s surface

01:02:48:00 PAN up to
palaeontologists 01:02:50:27 NARRATOR
continuing their A TEAM MEMBER CRACKS OPEN A
excavations ROCK.

01:02:54:24 CU as rock falls away

01:02:57:20 CU HS of
palaeontologist wearing
sun glasses 01:02:59:04 NARRATOR
INSIDE IS A FOSSIL, UNLIKE
01:03:01:15 WS rock ANYTHING THEY’VE SEEN BEFORE.

01:03:03:02 GRAPHIC OVERLAY:

Skeletal remains within

rock

FADE AWAY

01:03:07:15 INTRODUCING: 01:03:07:22 NARRATOR

THIS FOSSIL SETS ONE MAN ON A
 Prof. Philip Gingerich VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.

01:03:12:11 RAPID MONTAGE:

Shots of skeletal
remains

01:03:13:16 GRAPHIC:

Ambulocetus attacks
the camera

01:03:14:12 INTRODUCING:
01:03:17:04 NARRATOR
Prof. Philip Gingerich THE EXPEDITION LEADER WAS
in the basements of PHILIP GINGERICH.
Michigan university.
He pulls a skeletal 01:03:22:08 NARRATOR
remain from one of the IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
drawers VAULTS, HE EXAMINES HIS
AMAZING FIND.

01:03:27:18 CAPTION:
University of Michigan 01:03:30:26 NARRATOR
Basement IT'S THE PARTIAL SKULL OF A
MAMMAL THAT LIVED 50 MILLION
YEARS AGO.

01:03:34:28 CU shot of Prof. Philip

Gingerich studying the
skeletal fragment 01:03:37:08 NARRATOR
IN 1978, GINGERICH COULDN’T
WORK OUT WHICH FAMILY OF
01:03:40:10 MONTAGE shots of ANIMALS IT BELONGED TO.
skeletal fragment
01:03:45:08 Prof. Philip Gingerich
When we found it, when we cleaned it, I
01:03:46:10 INTERVIEW: really wasn’t sure what it is.

Prof. Philip Gingerich

01:03:47:10 CAPTION:
Prof. Philip Gingerich
University of Michigan

01:03:51:13 MONTAGE shots of

Sulaiman Mountain
range

01:03:54:03 CU as rock piece is

 cleaned by 01:03:55:25 Prof. Philip Gingerich
palaeontologist I was a specialist of land mammals…

01:03:57:23 MONTAGE STILLS:

Skull remains of
various animals

01:04:04:10 LS of Prof. Philip 01:04:04:13 Prof. Philip Gingerich

Gingerich studying …and it didn’t look like anything I knew.
skeletal fragment in his
laboratory

CUT to HS as he
continues his study

01:04:10:26 DISSOLVE to: 01:04:10:29 NARRATOR

GINGERICH COMMISSIONED
GRAPHIC EXPERTS IN MAMMAL ANATOMY TO
SEQUENCE: RECONSTRUCT ITS SKULL.

WS skeletal fragment
set against BLACK.
The skull is 01:04:30:20 Prof. Philip Gingerich
reconstructed It gives you an idea of what the whole skull
would have looked like. This is real
01:04:35:26 INTERVIEW: and this is reconstructed, but it’s a
reconstructed following the plan of a typical
Prof. Philip Gingerich mammal.
holding his
reconstructed skull

01:04:42:14 MONTAGE:
01:04:52:19 NARRATOR
CU shots as rocks are LATER DIGS UNCOVER MORE
drilled away CRUCIAL PIECES OF THE SKELETAL
JIGSAW.

01:04:58:20 Prof. Philip Gingerich

walks through 01:05:03:08 NARRATOR
laboratory FINALLY THIS ENIGMATIC ANIMAL
COMES TO LIFE.

01:05:06:08 Prof. Philip Gingerich’s

POV as he walks
through laboratory

END on large skull

01:05:10:21 INTERVIEW: 01:05:10:20 Prof. Philip Gingerich

 I think it would have four limbs.
Prof. Philip Gingerich
holding reconstructed
skull

01:05:13:09 CU skeletal limbs

01:05:14:17 INTERVIEW: 01:05:14:27 Prof. Philip Gingerich

I expect probably it had short hair.
Prof. Philip Gingerich
holding reconstructed
skull

01:05:17:19 CU skeletal limbs

01:05:18:28 Prof. Philip Gingerich

They still have hooves. We think it’s a
01:05:22:14 INTERVIEW: land animal, we’d expect it to look wolf-like.

Prof. Philip Gingerich

holding reconstructed
skull

01:05:25:01 MONTAGE:
01:05:28:24 NARRATOR
Different angled shots BUT GINGERICH STILL COULDN'T
of complete skeleton of IDENTIFY WHICH ORDER OF
Pakicetus ANIMALS IT BELONGS TO.

01:05:38:29 CU skeletal remain:

pencil enters shot from 01:05:39:22 NARRATOR
left to point out a THEN HE SPOTS A TINY S-SHAPED
specific area BONE IN THE EAR REGION.

01:05:47:08 NARRATOR
HE FINDS OUT THAT THIS BONE IS
01:05:48:14 GRAPHIC: KNOWN AS A SIGMOID PROCESS,
AND IT’S UNIQUE TO ONE ORDER OF
Area highlighted by ANIMALS THAT TODAY LIVES IN
Prof. Philip Gingerich THE WATER.
pulsates golden

Z/I

01:05:57:14 MS Prof. Philip

Gingerich in laboratory 01:05:59:07 NARRATOR
holding skeletal GINGERICH FINALLY REALISED
fragment WHAT THIS CREATURE IS.
01:06:05:07 CU skeletal remain
spinning against black 01:06:07:01 Prof. Philip Gingerich
background It’s something primitive, it’s something
transitional but nonetheless with the
01:06:11:01 INTERVIEW: sigmoid process, a primitive whale.

Prof. Philip Gingerich

holding his skeletal
fragment

01:06:15:18 CU skeletal remain

spinning against black 01:06:18:28 NARRATOR
background THIS CAN MEAN ONLY ONE THING.

01:06:23:06 GRAPHIC
SEQUENCE: 01:06:26:21 NARRATOR
THE MODERN WHALE BEGAN LIFE…
Skeletal remain fits into AS A LAND ANIMAL.
the skull of Pakicetus

01:06:35:21 PAN R across rocky

terrain of the Sulaiman 01:06:36:16 NARRATOR
Mountain range TO FIND OUT HOW A LAND ANIMAL
EVOLVED INTO THE MODERN
WHALE, WE MUST RETURN TO
01:06:41:22 PAN down wispy ANCIENT PAKISTAN.
heights of Sulaiman
Mountain range to
valley below

01:06:51:09 TRANSITION TO
GRAPHIC
SEQUENCE:

Rapid descent through

the rocks to strata
below

01:06:59:10 TRANSITION TO:

01:07:00:04 NARRATOR
Arid and rocky terrain THIS IS THE GROUND THE
CREATURE WALKED ON 50 MILLION
YEARS AGO.

01:07:06:00 MONTAGE: 01:07:06:26 NARRATOR

THE WORLD THEN IS A HOTTER
Arid and steaming PLACE.
terrain
01:07:15:20 NARRATOR
 IN THE REGION THAT IS NOW
PAKISTAN, HIGHER TEMPERATURES
LIKELY CREATED AN ARID
ENVIRONMENT.

01:07:23:22 Arid scrubland

01:07:31:18 GRAPHIC
SEQUENCE: 01:07:44:14 NARRATOR
THE WHALE’S ANCIENT ANCESTOR,
Shots of Pakicetus NAMED PAKICETUS, FACES A
foraging for food in the SURVIVAL CRISIS.
arid terrain

01:07:52:19 TRANSITION TO
GRAPHIC: 01:07:54:12 NARRATOR
IT’S THE SHAPE, SIZE AND WEIGHT
FREEZEFRAME: OF A MODERN WOLF…

PAN around WS 01:08:01:07 NARRATOR

Pakicetus …AND LIVES ON A DIET OF PLANTS
AND SMALL ANIMALS.

01:08:06:11 TRANSITION TO
GRAPHIC 01:08:07:28 NARRATOR
SEQUENCE: BUT CLIMATE CHANGE IS WIPING
OUT HIS FOOD SUPPLIES.
Shots of Pakicetus
foraging for food in the
arid terrain

01:08:10:12 POV of Pakicetus

hunting 01:08:14:12 NARRATOR
HE NEEDS TO FIND A NEW FOOD
SOURCE – AND QUICKLY.

01:08:19:09 GRAPHIC
SEQUENCE:

Shots of Pakicetus
foraging for food in the
arid terrain. It laps at
the water’s edge 01:08:22:26 NARRATOR
THE ANCIENT WHALE TAKES ITS
01:08:24:11 POV of Pakicetus as it FIRST TENTATIVE STEPS INTO
steps into the water WATER.

Eyeline descends below

the water’s surface to
TRACK along the
 bottom

01:08:36:01 UNDERWATER
GRAPHIC
SEQUENCE:

LS to Pakicetus
swimming

01:08:43:24 POV of Pakicetus as it

swims above and below
the water’s surface

01:08:52:06 NARRATOR
IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY GAMBLE.
01:08:55:03 GRAPHIC WHAT REWARDS DID THE WATERS
SEQUENCE: HOLD FOR PAKICETUS? THE
ANSWER LIES IN THE EARTH ITSELF
Pakicetus foraging for
food in the arid terrain

01:09:04:26 GRAPHIC
TRANSITION through 01:09:10:10 NARRATOR
water: Z/O to WS of 50 MILLION YEARS AGO, THE LAND
planet Earth. The Earth MASSES OF PLANET EARTH DRIFT
spins on its axis to FURTHER APART.
show ocean currents
01:09:18:14 NARRATOR
Earth spins to show THIS CREATES NEW OCEAN
Polar region CURRENTS.

01:09:25:25 NARRATOR
THESE CURRENTS CONVEY WARM
WATER AND AIR FROM THE
EQUATOR TO THE POLAR REGIONS.

01:09:34:15 NARRATOR
WARMER POLES MEAN A WARMER
PLANET.

01:09:39:01 RAPID Z/I to:

TIMELAPSE: clouds
passing over a blue sky.
Sun breaks through 01:09:42:20 NARRATOR
 HOTTER TEMPERATURES CAN
BOOST PHOTOSYNTHESIS,
01:09:45:29 UNDERWATER life PRODUCING AN ABUNDANCE OF
and fauna MARINE LIFE.

01:09:51:16 NARRATOR
PAKICETUS FINDS A BANQUET OF
FOOD IN THESE SHALLOW WATERS.

01:09:59:04 Prof. Philip Gingerich

I think they probably started as
01:10:01:20 INTERVIEW: scavengers, running along a strand line
feeding on dead fish
Prof. Philip Gingerich
holding the
reconstructed skull

01:10:02:04 CAPTION:
Prof. Philip Gingerich
University of Michigan

01:10:06:05 TRACK along water’s Prof. Philip Gingerich (cont)

edge …that washed up on the shore.

01:10:11:10 Prof. Philip Gingerich

And once you’re in the water feeding on
01:10:12:04 INTERVIEW: dying fish,

Prof. Philip Gingerich

01:10:14:20 CU water surface. PAN Prof. Philip Gingerich (cont)

up to rocky terrain …it’s a logical step to try to catch other fish.

TILT down underwater

01:10:19:15 POV underwater as

fishes swim by 01:10:22:04 NARRATOR
JUST AS PAKICETUS SOLVES ONE
GRAPHIC CRISIS – FOOD – IT FACES ANOTHER
SEQUENCE: PREDATORS.

Pakicetus swims by

01:10:31:28 Water line shot as

crocodile surfaces

01:10:35:02 Crocodile’s POV to 01:10:35:22 NARRATOR

Pakicetus swimming TO SWIM, PAKICETUS HAS TO
PADDLE LIKE A DOG.