The Aviator's Letter.
“Some letters arrive after the writer is gone.”
1944. A field nurse pulls a downed pilot out of the Channel. He hands her a sealed letter — for a woman she's never met. By the time the war ends, she's the woman in the letter.
- 16 generated stills
- 800
- scene narration
- 144
- 5 cast identity sheets
- 1,500
- poster + final render
- 110
An estimate at the default settings — you only pay for what you generate, and you can shoot fewer stills or animate only your favourite shots.
How the season unfolds
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- S0101The Channel Rescue
Field nurse Margot drags a downed pilot from the surf at dawn. He is breathing. He hands her a sealed letter and a name.
CliffhangerHe whispers: 'If I don't make it, find her. She's in Belmont. She thinks I'm dead.'
beach dawn2 cast - S0202The ICU at Three AM
The pilot fights to survive. Margot reads the letter under a hooded lamp. It is to a woman named Iris.
CliffhangerThe letter ends: 'When the war is over, I will know your face by the way the light falls on it.'
loc field hospital 19443 cast - S0303The Pilot's Watch
Margot stares at his pocket watch on the nightstand. The inscription says 'For Iris — until the war.'
CliffhangerShe opens the back. The photograph inside is — herself. A version of herself she has never seen.
loc field hospital 19441 cast - S0404The Letter to Iris
Margot tracks down Iris in Belmont. Iris reads the letter. She has been engaged to another man for two years.
CliffhangerIris says: 'I never sent that photograph to him. I have never owned that photograph.'
victorian parlor2 cast - S0505The Lighthouse Storm
Margot writes to the pilot every night for six weeks. He answers in pencil. The letters cross at the lighthouse.
CliffhangerThe pilot writes: 'The Iris I love is the one who pulled me out of the water.'
lighthouse storm2 cast - S0606The Newsroom
VE Day. The war is over. Margot reads in the newspaper that the pilot is being decorated in London tomorrow.
CliffhangerThe accompanying photograph shows him with Iris on his arm. The caption: 'The pilot and his fiancée.'
newsroom bullpen2 cast - S0707The Departure Lounge
Margot waits at the airfield. The pilot arrives off the transport. He sees her. She has not written in three days.
CliffhangerHe hands her his watch. The inscription has been changed. It now says 'For Margot — after the war.'
loc wartime airfield2 cast - S0808The Last Letter
She reads the letter Iris gave back to her — the original. The handwriting matches the pilot's. The name on the envelope is Margot's.
CliffhangerThe envelope is dated three days before the crash. He wrote to a Margot he had never met. He knew her name.
beach dawn1 cast
- awl erik dahl
- awl margot moretti
- awl amos kane
- awl priya sengupta
- aristocrat east asian 30s woman 3
- beach dawn
- loc field hospital 1944
- victorian parlor
- lighthouse storm
- newsroom bullpen
- loc wartime airfield
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