aljubarrota 1385 - royal battle - storyboard

One of the storyboards done for Fundação Batalha de Aljubarrota (FBA) Aljubarrota Battle Interpretation Center (CIBA) in Portugal Production Companies: Maverick ICS Grid VFX Filmes do TejoStoryboard for a film projection on large screen in CIBA - the Battle of Aljubarrota Interpretation Centre - Aljubarrota, Portugal. Along with visual development this storyboard was used to pitch the Fundação Batalha de Aljubarrota and furthermore as a tool to help writing the adaptation itself in sequences. The script is an adaptation of Fernão Lopes chronicle depicting the 1383-1385 Portuguese crisis - known as Interregno. Fierce political fights for power over the kingdom followed the death of the King Fernando I, and a civil war ensued culminating with the Aljubarrota battle in 1385, which involved Portuguese troops and English longbowmen allies fighting against Castilian and French knights.