6 VARIOUS MONTAGE - ANIMATION
VOICE OVER: And so King Arthur gathered his knights together … bringing from all the corners of the kingdom the strongest and bravest in the land … To sit at The Round Table …
Under this voice over we have a montage of shots of ARTHUR recruiting his Knights:
1. ARTHUR, PATSY, BEDEVERE and PAGE riding through hillside.
MIX TO:
2. A castle. LONG SHOT of SIR GAWAIN standing outside and ARTHUR’s group approaching and shaking hands perhaps.
3. MIX TO the group now plus SIR GAWAIN and PAGE (who is weighted down by an enormous quantity of luggage) riding down by a stream and approaching SIR HECTOR. ARTHUR dubs him.
4. MIX TO the group (now plus HECTOR and PAGE) approaching some group of buildings or whatever. In the distance SIR ROBIN is being taught the lute by one of his MUSICIANS. ARTHUR calls and SIR ROBIN immediately reacts and hands the lute to his MUSICIAN and comes to join ARTHUR & CO.
5. MIX TO SIR GALAHAD surrounded by chickens. He is wearing a carpenters apron over his immaculate armor and is finishing off a hen-house. We see the group approach and he throws off the apron and puts down the hen-house and goes to join them.
6. MIX TO the group riding along again.
7. MIX TO SIR LAUNCELOT handing a BABY to his WIFE (who has several other CHILDREN hanging about) and he strides off to join ARTHUR, leaving his castle, WIFE and CHILDREN. The castle (Eilean Donan) has washing hanging outside it. A real family castle. There are at least six kids.
8. MIX TO the complete group, i.e. ARTHUR and PATSY, BEDEVERE and PAGE, GAWAIN and PAGE, HECTOR and PAGE, GALAHAD and PAGE, SIR ROBIN and six MUSICIANS, LAUNCELOT and PAGE.
6 CLOSE-UP of a book on which is written:
THE BOOK OF THE FILM
VOICE OVER: The wise Sir Bedevere was the first to join King Arthur’s knights … but other illustrious names were soon to follow …
Hand turns page.
VOICE OVER: Sir Launcelot the Brave …
Hand turns page.
VOICE OVER: Sir Galahad the Pure …
Hand turns page.
VOICE OVER: And Sir Robin-the-not-quite-so-pure-as-Sir-Launcelot …
Hand turns page.
VOICE OVER: … Who had nearly fought the Dragon of Agnor …
Hand turns page.
VOICE OVER: … Who had nearly stood up to to the vicious Chicken of Bristol …
Hand turns page.
VOICE OVER: … and who had personally wet himself at the Battle of Badon Hill … and the aptly named …
Hand turns page.
VOICE OVER: Sir Not-appearing-in-this-film.
Hand turns page.
VOICE OVER: Together they formed band whose names and deeds were to be retold throughout the centuries… The Knights of the Round Table …
A gorilla’s hand snatches away the hand.
Music swells and fades.