Title: The DANCE
Page One
Panel One
Close-up of grasshopper head – realistic as possible while still being lazy
No dialogue
Panel Two
Grasshopper jumps, is half-way out of panel. Tip of white rubber seen in panel corner. Wood floor.
No dialogue
Panel Three
GH bounces again – line follows his movement down to the wood floor and up again, dodging what is now realized as a shoe
No dialogue
Panel Four
Shoe crushes grasshopper. Shoe fills panel, fluid and GH legs emerging from bottom of shoe.
FX: CRUNCH!
Panel Five
Some slacks and a dress: the legs of a boy and girl in dance hall with wood floor. Teenagers. Few other dancers in background.
No dialogue
Panel Six
Their faces: The girl with a sly smirk, and boy nervously grinning. Both white, realistic. Girl’s hands on his shoulders. His hands on her waist (out of picture).
BOY: H-heh….
Panel Seven
A fuller view of the boy and girl. Boy is looking at floor.
BOY: I’m no good at this….
Panel Eight
A full front-on view of the girl’s face. It’s a little dark in the room – impressive shadows on her face.
GIRL: You don’t like dancing?
Page Two
Panel One
Boy’s face is now at normal height but eyes are pointed upwards, at ceiling. He scratches his head.
BOY: That’s…
Panel Two
Boy’s face is at three-quarters view.
BOY: …It’s not really that.
BOY: I don’t like….
BOY: [farthest from face]…Humans….
Panel Three
Girl at two thirds, opposite side of panel as boy was before, face angled at opposite direction. Raised eyebrow, open mouth. Quizzical look.
GIRL:Ummmm… huh?
Panel Four
Boy looks at floor again. Frowns.
No dialogue
Panel Five
Both faces in this panel, but only faces – not much room for their heads. Lines of shock extrude from boy’s face. Girl looks a little irate.
GIRL: HEY! Zac.
GIRL: Girl here.
Panel Six
Girl now looks a little worried. Eyes look straight at you.
GIRL: I don’t understand.
GIRL: Are you feeling well?
Panel Seven
Boy looks at you now as well. Opposite as before.
No dialogue
Panel Eight
Boy is determined, upset, at two-thirds. Fills panel. Dramatic extreme close-up.
GIRL: Zac?
BOY: I’m fine. And I don’t like humans.
BOY: I am a misanthropist.
Panel Nine
Girl opposite as before, mirror of eighth panel. Eyebrow raised VERY much. She has no clue what’s going on.
No dialogue
Panel Ten
Zac walking away. He is sad, sad. His arm swings behind him, below his waist, waving away at the girl.
No dialogue
Panel Eleven
Zac looks back, forlorn.
No dialogue
Panel Twelve
Girl is waving at another boy, facing away from Zac.
No dialogue
Page Three
Panel One
STARS!
No dialogue
Panel Two
Zac’s head looking up, stars in BG
No dialogue
Panel Three
EXACT SAME THING
Panel Four
EXACT SAME THING, AND
ZAC: Wow.
Panel Five
Bottom of dress (different than before), black shoes, and another grasshopper on the grass. Girl walking.
No dialogue
Panel Six
Girl stops near Zac. Dress about a yard from the boy’s black slacks.
NEW GIRL: Hey, beautiful stars, huh?
ZAC: Totally.
Panel Seven
Slacks have turned to face dress. Still we only see their bottom halves.
No dialogue
Panel Eight
Just speech with stars in BG
ZAC: [top] I’m a misanthropist.
NEW GIRL: [bottom] …Me too.
Page Four
Only Panel
Stars.
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