i have been working on this scene in my head for a while people.
it is a scene set in the 80's movie.
one that would reveal the true connection between he and optimus
one that takes place shortly after the death of optimus prime.
one in which ultra magnus is walking across the battle scarred metallic flooring of the courtyard in a slow determined and yet at the same time all together semizombie like manner.
his state of mind for the scene is essentually what one could think of as being an intense and all together unyeilding form of psychological shock. that is to say that he isliterally going through an all too personal emotional experience of loss and greif that his mind has literally been robbed for the time being of the ability to comprehend what has actually happened to him, much less understand or comprehend the situation in anywhere near a semilucid manner.
with each and every step he takes towards the center of the courtyard his armored form opens up little by little and bit by bit .
first at the rectanguler raised armored shoulder columnes as they rotate back and behind his armored shoulders then at the front of his shoulders as they fold out to the sides. with the effect then moving on to his upper and lower arms as they split down the center at the the outer side revealing his true inner core robot form bit by bit as the effect continues to his lower torso which splits down the center of the front all the way down to the groin whil his upper legs split down the center at the front. as he comes to a stop the helmet portion of his head rotates forward and down over his face while his upper torso and chest moves out and away from him and then finishes the change as it rotates up over his head and onto his back.
all the while that this is happening the wheather continues to intensify giving the viewer the impression that an intense storm is building up over head.
at the center of the courtyard stands a large statue mount inside of which is a burning funeral pier.
this part of the scene is meant to be somewhat symbolic in nature when it comes to how the romans would lay the fallen warriors body out on a funeral pier and set it and the body on fire.
while on top of the statue mount is a lifesize gold colored statue of optimus.
magnus is maybe all of 3 whole steps from standing directly in front of the statue as he comes to a stop.
what the viewer sees is a white and silver optimus prime look alike.
in otherwords this scene would reveal the fact that ultra magnus is and always has been optimus's twin brother.
as the front of lower legs fold down to the ground he steps out of his suit of armor onto the ground.
he looks up at the face of the statue for a moment as though lost in thought and then he bows his head for a moment of silence as he raises his right arm out in front of him with it folding in at the albow.
his right hand is closed into a fist with it resting over his spark core and energon pump or as we humans could callit his heart.
the moment passes and his hand falls to the side.
the camera moves around to the front of his body and moves in for a close up shot of his face as it begins to rain and the rain begins to trickle down his face. his optics have ahaunted look to them and his facial features are those of someone coming out of an intense state of shock as reality begins to set in.
to the viewer the scene comes across as being symbolic in nature at first until slowly but surely the viewer realises that some of the liquid running down is face is fluid from his optics.
think off it this way their optics can secret opticfluid primarily for cleansing purposes. in times of intense emotional greif though it can also pass as a way for them to literally cry.
the close up shot moves back to a full body shot of magnus from the front as his hands clench into fists,
his entire body starts to triemble and bristle on him as he slowly sinks to his knees slams his fists into the metallic ground leaving aconsiderably large semi sinkhole like impression in the ground and then raises his head up to the sky and screams in greif as the steam rising up out of the ground covers him ina fog like mist.
as for the song for the scene im thinking NO EASY WAY OUT could work for it.