Artifact Repository — In Progress
53 storyboard frames, 2 character sheets, production documents — updated as production advances.
High Concept
A shy Parisian florist must confess his love to a famous opera singer — entirely through the language of flowers — before her train departs for Paris. The comedy and tension live in misread meanings, gift timing, and the expressiveness of carefully chosen blooms.
Visual Style
"1930s Technicolor — Oversaturated primary colors, soft-focus diffusion, painted matte backdrop sets, velvet shadows, theatrical spot lighting. The flower shop is an oasis of impossible color against a rain-swept cobblestone world."
Team Composition
- Idea Person: Team-Idea
- Technical Lead: Team-Techlead
- Editor: Team-Editor
Character Casting
Arthur Baudelaire
The Florist. Mid-30s, soft diffuse brown eyes, calloused chlorophyll-stained hands, worn tweed waistcoat. Quiet and introverted — he finds perfect order in the taxonomy of plants.
Genevieve DuBois
The Opera Singer. Late 20s, soprano of the Palais Garnier. Pale porcelain skin, crimson lips, velvet-shadowed eyes, impeccable 1930s fashion — emerald travel suit, wide-brimmed hat, exquisite emerald velvet gloves.
Narrative Flow (Beat Sheet)
Scene 1: The Shop
Arthur's world: Baudelaire's Blooms. Rain-streaked windows, warm amber light, the humid scent of damp earth and crushed petals. Genevieve enters for the third week running. Arthur reaches for a white camellia — "I adore you" — and hands it over in silence.
Scene 2: The Letter
Arthur writes a letter — then tears it up. He composes instead a bouquet: red roses (I love you), white camellia (you're perfect), ivy (fidelity), and a sprig of fennel (I see your worth). He wraps it in brown paper and steps into the rain.
Scene 3: The Run
Arthur sprints through cobblestoned streets, bouquet aloft. Rain hammers down. Steam from grates. He is terrified and elated. The bouquet wilts. He nearly slips. He keeps running.
Scene 4: The Platform
The Gare du Nord. Genevieve stands at the carriage door in her emerald travel suit. He thrusts the bouquet into her emerald-gloved hands. The train whistle blows. She steps aboard. He cannot speak.
Scene 5: The Message Received
Through the window, a beat of recognition crosses her face. She opens the bouquet: every flower a word. She pulls one bloom free — a single red rose — and holds it to her lips. The train moves. She is smiling.