Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Man in the Woods: Chapter 1 (first draft)


Panel 1: Close up on a girl, Terrwyn’s, face turned sideways. She is asleep with a few long brown hairs down her face. Its night leaving the scene in a blue tint with a glow from the moon.
Daemyn: (off panel drawn small to imply whisper) Terrwyn, wake up

Panel 2: Same shot. Terrwyn has turned over so her back is to us. All there is now is her long mess of hair.
Daemyn: (off panel; drawn larger to imply increase in volume) Terrwyn, get up!

Panel 3: Medium shot. Terrwyn is siting up on her bed pushing back her hair. A small child, Nena is dead asleep next to her. The walls are very bare with the woodwork completely exposed. Terrwyn is wearing a plain white dress

Panel 4: Still a medium shot. Terrwyn is looking out the window beside her bed. Daemyn is peeking out with a great big grin
Terrwyn: This better be important Daemyn

Panel 5: Close up on Daemyn his face slightly in shadow still excited.
Daemyn: The Church doors are closed

Panel 6: Medium shot Terrwyn rolling back into bed pulling the covers with her. She is pissed.
Terrwyn: Really? You woke me for that lousy gag?

Panel 7: Medium shot; Daemyn is almost falling out the window as he reaches over to shake Terrwyn  over Nena
Daemyn: I’m not joking! They’re really closed! This might be our only chance to see them.

Panel 8: Terrwyn peeks up from the covers. Intrigued
Terrwyn: For real?

Panel 9: Daemyn overly excited
Daemyn: Yes!

Panel 10: Medium shot; Terrwyn jumps up and throws the covers behind her, she is excited

Panel 11: Long shot; see more of the room. Daemyn is gone from the window. Terrwyn is raiding through her drawers looking for clothes. Nena sits up.

Panel 12: Closer on Nena still sitting on the bed. She is pretty much a smaller version of Terrwyn. She is rubbing her eyes still tired. She is not happy to have been woken up
Nena: What’s going on?

Panel 13: Over the shoulder shot; Terrwyn is leaned over slipping on her shoes.
Terrwyn: Nothing Nena. Go back to sleep.

Panel 14: Over the shoulder shot from Terrwyn POV; Nena is dropping off the bed holding on to the sheets.
Nena: Where are you going? I wanna go too!

Panel 15: Medium shot; She is going through her own clothes making a lot of noise

Panel 16: Terrwyn puts her hand on Nena’s shoulder and the other is a finger to her lips. Nena is looking at her with a random cloth in her hand
Terrwyn: Okay. You can come, just be quiet

Panel 17: Close on Nena with a great girly smile on her face. Eyes twinkling. She has a finger to her lips too. The only thing containing back her excitement
Nena: Okay

Panel 18: Long Shot; Terrwyn helps Nena slip on a gown. Its half way down and Nena has her arms up in the air.

Panel 19: Same Shot; They are both buttoning up long jackets

Panel 20: Long Shot; Terrwyn and Nena peek around the corner spying on their parents room. You can barely see them still lying in bed.

Panel 21: Long shot; outside by the house by the Daemyn is waiting, looking around keeping guard

Panel 22: Same shot; Terrwyn and Nena come out.

Panel 23: Medium shot; Terrwyn and Nena are standing beside each other. Terrwyn is shrugging
Terrwyn: She was throwing a fit

Panel 24: Same shot; same set up Nena is looking up at Terrwyn
Nena: No I wasn’t

Panel 25: Medium shot; Daemyn has his back to them but is looking over his shoulder doing the come on gesture with his hand
Daemyn: Whatever let’s go!

Panel 26: Long shot; the three of them walking a long, Daemyn ahead fallowed by Terrwyn than Nena in the rear holding her sister’s hand. They are in near silhouette with the woods in the background and a few other homes.
Nena: Where are we going?
Terrwyn: To the church

Panel 27: Medium shot; looking down at Nena. She stopped, looking very angry, still holding her sister’s hand
Nena: Oooo. Why? We go there all the time

Panel 28: Medium shot; Nena’s POV looking up at Terrwyn. Her back is facing us still walking along
Terrwyn: The doors are closed

Panel 29: Same shot and same setup as Panel 27 of Nena looking less amused. An arm up in the air to gesture her point
Nena: The doors close all the time after we leave

Panel 30: Same shot and same setup as Panel 28 of Terrwyn this time looking over her shoulder at her sister. She is looking very excited
Terrwyn: Not those doors. The big heavy ones in front. The ones mama says are just for decoration.

Panel 31: Same shot and same setup as Panel 27 of Nena looking very curious
Nena: Why do you want to see them?

Panel 32: Medium shot; Daemyn turned around. Wide eyed with an evil looking smirk wiggling his fingers in a very creepy fashion. His face is cast in shadow from one of the homes adding to the eeriness
Daemyn: Because, it is said that they are the first thing Horst cursed. And that he left a horrible mark upon them. So the priest leaves them open so no one can see it

Panel 33: Longer shot; Deamyn is in the foreground and looking forward in shadow. Terrwyn in the med ground turned around grandly pointing off to the side. Nena is looking rather scared up at her sister.
Terrwyn: And if you don’t like it, go back home

Panel 34: Short medium shot, Nena is looking behind her, rather scared but the path is very dark and scary and she doesn’t know her way

Panel 35: Long shot of the three of them landing in a line. The church is insight but still far away. Its very basic looking. Its a cube with a pointed roof with a cross on top. Its made of wood. The forest is too the left

Panel 36: Medium shot facing the three of them still in a line. They are all starting to look a scared.
Terrwyn: Looks closed to me
Daemyn: This is weird

Panel 37: Same shot and setup as Panel 36 Terrwyn is looking at Daemyn
Terrwyn: What is?
Daemyn: Seeing the Church at night
Terrwyn: oh

Panel 38: Same shot and setup as Panel 36 Daemyn is looking at Terrwyn. Terrwyn is smirking. Nena is looking worried and clutches her sister’s hand, saying nothing all these panels
Daemyn: Wanna get closer?
Terrwyn: Yeah why are you chicken?

Panel 39: Same shot and setup as Panel 36 Terrywn has her arms crossed and her smirk is larger. Daemyn is rubbing his neck trying to play it cool.
Daemyn: No… I just… I wanted to check on Nena.
Terrwyn: She’s fine better than you clearly

Panel 40: Medium shot; to the side. Daemyn to prove that he’s tough straightens up and takes a large step forward.

Panel 41: Same shot and set up as Panel 41 Daemyn is off panel. Terrwyn starts walking trying not to laugh. Nena hesitates

Panel 42: Close shot; Nena looking up at her sister very scared
Nena: Why did Horst curse the doors?

Panel 43: Close shot Nena’s POV looking up at her sister
Terrwyn: Because he hates us
Nena: Why?

Panel 44: Same shot and setup as Panel 44 Terrwyn is looking back
Terrwyn: Because he can’t accept an evil thing that he did

Panel 45: Same shot and setup as panel 42
Nena: What did he do?

Panel 46: Medium shot; Nena’s POV, Daemyn looks over his shoulder, quizzical
Daemyn: Don’t you know the stories?

Panel 47: Terrwyn snaps a sharp look at him
Terrwyn: She’s a little young for them

Panel 48: Nena putting on her brave face looks up at her sister
Nena: No I’m not! I wanna know!

Panel 49: Terrwyn stops and drops down to Nena’s level. She puts her arm on her shoulder
Terrwyn: I’ll tell you in the morning, deal?”

Panel 50: Nena nods

Panel 51: They finally get up to the church. It’s too dark to see anything they are staring up at the doors. They are shut

Panel 52: Looking down they all stare up terrified

Panel 53: Terrwyn nudges Daemyn to lift up his lamp

Panel 54: Daemyn lifts up the light whiting up the panel

Panel 55: All White from the lamp

Panel 56: They all look absolutely terrified

Panel 57: Burned into the wood in scratched in font reads “Their Blood Will Spill For Your Sins 

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