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1. INT. A dingy
bar New York City. DOCTOR JOHN STRANGE (John Constantine/Doctor Strange) sits
at the bar drinking water from a whiskey glass. He has blonde hair with graying
sides, he has a blonde version of Doctor Strange’s facial hair. He wears a white
vest with an open Hawaiian shirt over the top, the shirt is blue, red and
yellow. Over the shirt he wears Constantine’s signature trench coat. An old CRT
Television hangs on the wall of the bar. We can’t see the screen. A balding
barman GRANT stands behind the bar facing JOHN. Apart from JOHN and GRANT the
place is empty.
GRANT:
Everyday you’re in here John, and everyday you just
have water. It’s not like I’m rushed off my feet in here so buy a damn drink
will ya.
JOHN:
Booze
is bad for my line of work.
REPORTER
(Coming from TV)
This
is your afternoon bulletin…
2. Close up on
JOHN.
JOHN:
Hey
turn that up Grant.
3. Frame filled
by the old CRT Television. The picture is grainy. A young female NEWS REPORTER
sits behind a desk, the New York skyline is the image behind her. A logo along
the bottom of the screen reads DAILY FRONTLINE.
REPORTER
1:
Welcome to Daily Frontline, channel six one six’s
leading news outlet.
(Link)
REPORTER
2:
Earlier reports of a crash in the Hudson River have
since been cleared up by local climate agencies as a downed weather balloon.
(Link)
REPORTER 3:
A clean up team is currently on site. In other
news….
4. Cut back to
close up on JOHN. A smirk on his face and an unlit cigarette hanging out of his
mouth.
JOHN
1:
Bollocks
was that a downed weather balloon.
(LINK)
JOHN
2:
Hey
you mind if I smoke in here?
5. Cut to close
up on GRANT. He hangs his head slightly as if giving up on JOHN.
GRANT:
Sure,
wouldn’t matter if I said no anyway.
6. Close up on
JOHN’s hand, he holds his thumb and middle finger together ready to click them.
SFX
(Around his thumb.)
Klik
7. Same as 6.
However now a small blue flame has sprung into life in between his thumb and
middle finger.
NO
COPY.
8. Same as 7.
However JOHN now holds his cigarette in his other hand and lights it on the
blue flame he holds.
NO COPY.
9. JOHN is
taking a drag on his cigarette; he is looking down at the bar. A shadowy figure
stands behind him. The shadowy figure rests a hand on JOHN's shoulder.
SHADOWY
FIGURE:
You
really do need to quit Doctor Strange.
JOHN
1:
I
wondered when you’d turn up.
(Link)
JOHN
2:
A
weather balloon? That the best you boys got
these days?
these days?
Nice combination of elements, especially Constantine/Strange, and the continuing Juliet and John storyline has me intrigued.
ReplyDeleteI know I wanted Juliet to have a partner in this story who had some magical element as i wanted to play with both sci fi and fantasy as I go alone here. So Constantine and Strange gave me the perfect combo of power, wit and mood.
DeleteYour story continues to build, and my interest is building with it. I really appreciate the time you're giving to establish your characters and the world they're in. Instead of rushing right into the action, you're taking the time to inform the reader of the world they're getting themselves into, and I think it will be well worth the time and effort.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I can't imagine why, but I am quite taken with that bartending character of yours. Seems like good people for whatever reason...
Thanks for the kind words, I felt as I am planning on keeping these guys around for 52 pages I wanted to give them a few pages each to set themselves up.
DeleteHaha I thought you may have a soft spot for the Bartender, he is good people. I am planning on naming a character after each thoughtballoons member as my story carries one. I just so happens that you got the gig severing one of my leading characters a drink. haha.
A nice continuation of last week's strip. Curiouser and curiouser.
ReplyDeleteNice combination of Strange/Constantine too. Plus, who doesn't want to light cigarettes with their fingers?