Page 1 – (6 Panels)
1.1: Interior, day, the opulent dining car of
the Orient Express. Two young male Backpackers,
early 20’s, sit facing each other, about to clink tea cups. They are dirty, weather beaten, their hair
tangled and their clothes grimy and dusty.
Both have large beards and sun burned faces. They have been on the road for quite some
time, backpacking through Europe, and are now enjoying this respite.
Backpacker 1: I can’t believe we’re actually on the Orient
Express!
Backpacker 2: Yeah.
We may have spent half our backpacking money on the tickets, but it’s so
worth it.
1.2: The entire dining car, all chandeliers and
linen tablecloths. It is full of
passengers in 1890’s finery, having stepped out of pictures of the past back
onto the same train car they travelled in 125 years ago. The Backpackers are clearly out of place, and
are looking around, tea cups still raised, not a sip taken. Approaching down the center aisle is the
Tuxedo Man in black coat and tails, white gloved and immaculate.
Backpacker 2: Did it say anything about this being a “costume
trip” of something?
Backpacker 1: No. I
guess most people just get really into the vibe.
Backpacker 2: I feel a little out of place.
1.3: Exterior, the rushing Orient Express
approaching a tunnel carved through a European mountain range, steam billowing
from the smokestack that caps the engine.
Backpacker 1 (from
inside the dining car): Who
cares! Let’s just enjoy the experience.
1.4: The Tuxedo Man from Panel 1.2 standing before the Backpackers, who are staring at him
in stunned silence. Backpacker 1’s jaw
is dropping while Backpacker 2 looks incredulous.
Tuxedo Man: You don’t belong here.
1.5: All black panel representing the Orient
Express going through the tunnel from Panel
1.3.
Silent Panel
1.6: Interior of the train, the Tuxedo Man
standing before the now vacated seats where the Backpackers had been
sitting. The tea cups are suspended in
mid-air, gravity not yet taking them from the spot the now vanished hands of
the Backpackers had been holding them.
Silent Panel
A creepy little page you have here, Derek. I dig the thrust of it and the silent panels to finish it work well.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you might be able to seed the horror factor a little earlier. The Tuxedo Man's dialogue in panel 4 certainly signals the turn, but it seems a little sudden and doesn't necessarily pack the oomph it could. Just a thought.