Please bear with me this
week. My script is a curve ball.
The whole page is in black and
white, with a blue tint over it.
PAGE
ONE
9
PANEL GRID
1.
A MAN sits at a desk, a computer screen in front of him, his back to us; the
screen illuminates the room with an artificial blue tint. A silenced pistol is
being held to his temple, the SHOOTER holds the pistol with a gloved hand, and
all we can see of him is his arm coming in from right of panel.
A
grilled cheese sandwich sits half eaten on the desk.
SHOOTER
(0.P):
Send
it already.
2.
A close up on the computer screen. We can see the contents of an email about to
be sent.
The
email reads:
So I am afraid to say the next one will have
to be my last.
That’s
is all that can be seen.
3.
The cursor sits over the send button.
SFX:
CLICK.
MAN
(O.P):
It’s
done.
4.
The man sat at the computer has turned to face the shooter. He is in profile. We can now make out that it is comic creator KURTIS J. WIEBE.
The shooter is still aiming his gun but remains unseen.
KURTIS:
Now what? I did what you asked? I’m no longer part of The
Process.
SHOOTER (O.P):
Put this on.
5.
The shooter is handing Kurtis a strange looking watch. It has a number of
different clock faces on it and a digital read out on the top and bottom.
The
read out says 10/5/1940.
SHOOTER
1:
I’m
not going to kill you.
(LINK)
SHOOTER
2:
But
lets see how long you last in occupied France.
6.
A close up on Kurtis, despite everything he can’t help but smile a little bit
at what’s being said.
KURTIS
1:
Hah.
You’re sending me back in time?
(LINK)
KURTIS
2:
Kinda
like they are doing in that flick Looper?
7.
A shot over the shoulder of Kurtis, he still sits in the chair; however we can
see he is wearing the watch. We are looking up towards the shooter. It is a future version of Murder Book creator Ed
Brisson. He has a full-grown beard and wears an eye patch over one eye,
but it is still clearly him. He still holds the gun put is no longer pointing
at Kurtis, in his other hand he holds what looks like a detonator with one
large button on top. Brisson looks really pissed off.
BRISSON
1:
Looper?
Looper? This is nothing like Looper!
SFX
(Around the detonator)
CLICK.
8.
Same shot as 7. However once where Kurtis had sat now just a small cloud of
mist floats upwards.
BRISSON:
One
down.
9.
Close up on a sheet that Brisson is holding. The sheet contains three close up
headshot photos. One of Kurtis J Wiebe, now crossed out. The other two are of Ryan K Lindsay and Jeremy Holt.
BRISSON
(O.P):
Two to go.
NEXT ISSUE:
Houdini Holt.
Very meta-textual there, Shaun. I like the idea of Ed slowly hunting down the original members of the Process so that he can run the podcast himself. It's so ridiculously minor as a motivation to commit murder / time travel, which makes it all the more enjoyable in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI'm conflicted about the Looper joke. Part of me really digs it and part of me feels like it's coming out of left field here (maybe because I believe the changing of the guard came about before Looper released? Am I getting too anal about anachronisms when it's a time travel script?), but that could just be me.
I was conflicted about the Looper gag as well. As you pointed it came out after the changing of the Process team. However after hearing Mr Brisson talk about looper on the podcast I had to keep it in.
DeleteAs soon as I saw the grilled cheese sandwich part in the panel description I *knew*. Haha.
ReplyDeleteNice, fun script that doesn't take itself too seriously.