WORK IN PROGRESS

GFX 010 - HISTORY – EDWARD SENDS HAROLD TO FRANCE

At the start of our story, King Edward has been on the throne for 23 years. England is still a relatively new country, but it is a peaceful and prosperous one.
There’s only one problem. The king has no children, no heir. And the Confessor is yet to name a Successor.
He meets with his brother-in-law, Harold Godwinson, the Earl of Wessex, and sends him on a mission to France.
The exact purpose of the trip we can’t be sure, but some say he orders Harold to swear allegiance to William, Duke of Normandy, to whom he has promised the throne.
This agreement will secure the future of the monarchy and the safety of England.

/ landscapes / farming / skies / water mill / birds / cliffs / 
/ Palace of Westminster / throne room / Harold kneeling / 
/ horses travelling slowly / hills / forest / banners / 
/ saxon longship at sea / 

GFX 020 - HISTORY - HAROLD SWEARS AN OATH TO WILLIAM

/ Norman castle / feast / goblets / hearth fire / spit roast / flaming torches / candles / 
/ 2 banners / soldiers moving / horses / banners / foot soldiers / 
/ battle / 
/ Bayeux Cathedral / religious ceremony / relics / candles / 

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GFX 030 - HISTORY - EDWARD DIES, HAROLD BECOMES KING

/ Palace of Westminster / royal apartments / candles / deathbed scene / 
/ coronation / more candles / 

GFX 040 - HISTORY - WILLIAM ASSEMBLES A FLEET

/ galloping messenger on horseback / Normandy castle / parchment on table / sweep parchment on to floor / candle snuffed out / 
/ trees chopped down / ship building / sharpening swords / fletching arrows / 
/ army assembled on cliffs / Harold looking out to sea / 
/ rain / clouds / ocean / seagulls / 

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GFX 050 - HISTORY – THE SHIPS SET SAIL

/ lightning / storm clouds / roiling sea / 
/ ships at sea / too violent / 
/ boats moored / army camp / 
/ William standing in the water / waves coming in / 
/ weathervane / church / wind / rain / 
/ night / moon / sails unfurl / fleet of ships moving away / 

GFX 060 - HISTORY – THE NORMANS INVADE

/ fleet of ships arriving / small boats on beach / soldiers walking through waves / 
/ army on top of hill / banners / 
/ CU torches touching thatched roofs / WS burning village / soldiers moving / horses walking / banners /

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GFX 070 - HISTORY – THE LULL BEFORE THE STORM

/ army camp / tents / Harold banners / Harold receives messenger / 
/ army camp / tents / William banners / feast / flaming torches / 

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GFX 080 - HISTORY – THE BATTLE

/ Harold surveys scene from hilltop / lines of soldiers / 
/ shield wall / 
/ XCU arrow heads / archers / hail or arrows / 
/ shield wall full of arrows / soldiers killed / 
/ horses charge forwards / Battle of the Bastards / 
/ fighting! / horse rears up / 

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GFX 090 - HISTORY – THE END OF THE STORY

/ CU crow taking flight / dead soldiers / dead horses / lots of lances in the ground / ruined banners / arrows sticking out everywhere / crows / 
/ Harold dead in pool of water / 

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