Murder Book- 'Off' Switch -Dan Hill

I may have gone 'off reservation' with this one. The scope is so wide this week and I really wanted to try and do something that would be 'complete' and function by itself as a single page. I also shamelessly 'stole' from Blazing Combat with some of my panel choices. Ahem.

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Page One

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We OPEN on a CLOSE UP of a ten year old BOY looking towards CAMERA whilst clutching a HUNTING RIFLE nervously. He’s dressed in a thick, warm looking lumberjack shirt and a woolen hat. Cold breath shoots from his mouth. The gloved hand of an ADULT rests on his shoulder reassuringly.

ADULT (OFF)

Go on son, you can do it.

1.2
Nothing but black.

ADULT (TAILLESS)

Do it--

SFX

BLAM

1.3
CUT TO a CLOSE UP on the same boy, now eighteen. His head is shaved and he’s wearing the fatigues of a U.S Marine.

On the left of the panel we can see the shoulder of a DRILL SERGEANT. Behind the boy we can see other RECRUITS, all facing forwards, backs ramrod straight.

DRILL SERGEANT (OFF)

--do as I say and repeat after me--

1.4
CUT TO the boy, now a bit older. He’s wearing desert combat gear and lying prone, looking down the scope of a HIGH POWERED RIFLE (the barrel pointing towards CAMERA).

RADIO

--take the shot--

1.5
FIXED PANEL. The boy, now older, continues to look down the scope, now dressed in jungle combat gear.

RADIO

--take the shot--

1.6
FIXED PANEL. The boy, older still, continuing to look down that scope, the combat gear now suited to arctic climes.

RADIO

--take the shot.

(link)

Do it--

1.7
CUT TO to a CLOSE UP on the boy, now an empty shell of a man looking towards CAMERA, clutching a HUNTING RIFLE. He’s dressed in a thick, warm looking lumberjack shirt and a woollen hat. He has spatters of blood across his vacant face and there are no reassuring hands on his shoulder. Above him a helicopter shines its SPOTLIGHT on him. Behind him we can see we’re in a shopping mall.

LOUDHAILER (OFF)

Don’t do it, son. Don’t do--

1.8
Black. Nothing.

SFX

BLAM