Hilo Signature Show Scene Breakdown
Scene #	Description	Duration	Storyboard Frames	Animator
Walk-in	On-screen text quotes	2:30	n/a	E&S
0	Black	:25	n/a	E&S
1a	Big Bang	:10		E&S
1b	First stars and galaxies	:10		E&S
1c	Deep Field imagery	:10		E&S
1d	Zoom into Milky Way; fly-in	:10		E&S
1e	Diffuse Nebulae	:10		E&S
1f	Zoom into solar system to Earth	:15		Starlight Productions
2a	Fly into atmosphere and sweep downward on Hawaiian islands	:20		Starlight Productions
2b	Islands appear on horizon; fly from one island to the next	:40		Starlight Productions
2c	Fly toward and focus on Mauna Kea; fly up to summit	:30		Starlight Productions
2d	Drop down to low angle shot looking up at mountain surrounded by starry sky	:10		Starlight Productions
2e	Superimpose MAIN TITLES	:10		E&S
3	Underwater scene showing lava forming islands over time; we break through ocean's surface	1:00		Simon Edgar
4a	Pele and Na Maka o Kaha'i	1:05		Simon Edgar
4b	Pele and Poliahu	1:15		Simon Edgar
5a	Winter sky at latitude of Hawaii with ocean panorama	:30		E&S
5b	Indicate Sirius and Rigel	:10		E&S
5c	Indicate the Pleadies	:10		E&S
5d	Indicate Orion's belt	:10		E&S
5e	Indicate the Big Dipper	:10		E&S
6	On ancient Hawaiian canoe in the ocean; slowly pull back to reveal recreation of Herb Kane's painting	1:00		Simon Edgar
7a	Beach scene with waterfall	:10		Starlight Productions
7b	Fly up mountain to snowline; reveal footprints	:15		Starlight Productions
8a	Arrival of western ships	:15		Starlight Productions
8b	Stars over Lake Waiau	:10		Simon Edgar
8c	Hawaiian Shrine on Summit	:10		Starlight Productions
9	Montage of old photographs	:30		E&S
10	Fly-in to Mauna Kea, below cloud deck	:15		Starlight Productions
11a	Break through clouds and circle top of the mountain to see observatories	1:15		Starlight Productions
11b	Enter Gemini dome; emerge through slit that opens to sky; sail through interstellar space	1:15		Starlight Productions
12	Slow flight past Trifid nebula	:25		E&S
13a	Naked-eye view of Orion constellation with ancient Hawaiian in foreground as ghostly silhouettes	:15		E&S/Starlight Prods.
13b	Fly into Orion Nebula	:45		E&S
14a	Naked-eye view of Serpens and Scorpius constellations with ancient Hawaiian in foreground as ghostly silhouettes	:10		E&S/Starlight Prods.
14b	Fly into Eagle Nebula	:35		E&S
14c	Edge-on view of Milky Way	:20		E&S
14d	2D pan of early galaxies	:10		E&S
15a	Night sky on top of mountain with observatories in foreground	:10		E&S/Starlight Prods.
15b	Flight through stars; stars fade to black	:35		E&S
15c	Big Bang animation from Wonders	:10		E&S
15d	Colliding Galaxies	:30		E&S
16a	3D Starfield; zoom in on red dwarf star	:20		Simon Edgar
16b	Fly around planetary nebula	:35		E&S
16c	Add on images of other planetary nebulae			E&S
17a	Black Hole scene	:40		E&S
17b	Supernova scene from Wonders	1:10		E&S
17c	Leading edge of Supernova colliding with diffuse nebula	:25		Simon Edgar
18a	Solar nebula from Savage Sun	:20		E&S
18b	Add on images of glowing human forms	:20		Starlight Productions
19	Finale shot; beauty fly-around Mauna Kea; pull back to reveal lava flowing to sea and canoe approaching island	1:00		Simon Edgar