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Film-Within-the-Show After DeMarr Davis uses his powers to save everyone in the nightclub fire, he becomes an overnight celebrity and a highly sought-after actor. However, during the making of a new heist movie—Cash Grab 2—a tragic accident involving DeMarr and Josh Gad results in the Doorman clause, which forbids the hiring of people with superpowers on movie sets. For the creation of the film-within-the-show, the director and DP wanted an unbroken shot, or "oner" for the establishing shot. The camera travels backward from inside the armored truck cabin through the window into the vault where we land on DeMarr and Josh. We actually storyboarded an extended part of the establishing shot where the camera continues through the rear window and exits the truck, then tracks along with the truck as another car drifts into frame and drives alongside the truck (as if we're still inside the Cash Grab 2 universe). However, the second half of the oner didn't make it into the finished episode. The beats that were storyboarded of Josh tossing the money bags through DeMarr to the other car was ultimately changed to them landing on a crash pad outside the truck on the soundstage surrounded by the film crew. One of the great things about the storyboarding process is that it allows you the opportunity and time to go big. So even if down the line a more practical storytelling solution presents itself, or you learn what is ultimately doable versus what is not, having those initial storyboards will help you better arrive at that decision. I'm very proud of these boards I drew and love that I can share them here.