Dark Between The Stars

Question: “What about you Chris? Do you think the world is in a tailspin?

Response: “No I think it’s more of a nose dive.”

INT. BASEMENT STORAGE ROOM - NIGHT

Both men hear a noise coming from a gaping hole in the wall. They both
turn and face it.

HERBERT

What was that?

WILLIAM WHITE BEAR

The past is a light sleeper. You’ve woken it up.

HERBERT

We’ve got to kill it.

WILLIAM WHITE BEAR

It’s already dead. It’s been dead longer than mankind has been alive.

Something, deep inside the ground, moves with ancient hunger and rage towards them…


Basement set	Aged grave markers	Basement set	Table where the bone are assembled

Ruins of town steeple (mid construction)	Forced perspective hall	Forced perspective Hall (other end)	Overhead view of house set

House sets	Jay Woelfel in forced perspective hall	Ghost town	Ghost town

Ghost town	Ghost town	Water tank (a body is discovered inside)	Desert house where much of the film occurs

Desert house, looking out into the surroundings	Desert town	Ken Foree chest casting (see storyboards)	Ken Foree chest casting

Ken Foree head casting	Ken Foree head casting	Ken Foree head casting	Design for a human sand sculptures

Sand sculpture of cat (un painted)	Sand sculpture of cat (un painted)	Sand sculpture of cat (un painted)

Production Design Sketches


Teaser poster	Sketch (represents how the creature sees our world)	Underground chamber (note paintings on walls)	Underground chamber (alternate)

Underground chamber (alternate)	Underground chamber (alternate)	Underground chamber (alternate)	Reference image (Underground chamber)

Reference image (Underground chamber)	Reference image (Underground chamber)	Back of Shaman's pendant concept sketches	Back of Shaman's pendant concept sketches

Front of Shaman's pendant	Detail to show how pendant opens	Concept sketch for "creature killing" harpoon	Jay Woelfel next to giant sloth skeleton

	Final color sketch of the creature - by M. Slusarski	Numbered earlier version of creature

Storyboards (by Marc Akins)