Frankenstein Must Die! (3 Pages, First Draft)

FMD! Three Pages, Seven-ish Panels Per, EXT./INT. FLAGSHIP & ADMIRAL'S CABIN

Page 1 of Scene

panel one: EXT. FLAGSHIP, WIDE SHOT, SKIES ABOVE SOUTH SEA ISLAND

EMPRESS HADAZSP: If the empires discover flight, then they discover us.

panel two: EXT. FLAGSHIP, CLOSER, EH AT BALC. RAIL, BD DOORWAY

BAMBOO DANCER: These men want to keep their discoveries secret, Highness.

panel three: EXT. FLAGSHIP, BALCONY, HADAZSP LEANS ON RAIL

EMPRESS HADAZSP: They don't have the strength. Zuhura can't afford that.

panel four: EXT. FLAGSHIP, BALCONY, BAMBOO DANCER AT DOORWAY

BAMBOO DANCER: The technology could free us from the yoke of the Moonfolk.

panel five: EXT. FLAGSHIP, BALCONY, HADAZSP TURNS QUICKLY

EMPRESS HADAZSP: Of course! Why else have I let it go on for so long?

panel six: CLOSE-UP ON BAMBOO DANCER

BAMBOO DANCER: These men - Robur and Nemo - they are so much like you.

panel seven: CLOSE-UP ON EMPRESS HADAZSP

EMPRESS HADAZSP: What? How?

Page 2 of Scene

panel one: EXT. FLAGSHIP, BD TURNS, DUCKS INSIDE, OVER SHOULDER

BAMBOO DANCER: They want to end war.

panel two: EXT. FLAGSHIP, EMPRESS HADASZP FOLLOWS HER

EMPRESS HADAZSP: Hmph! Good luck with that!

panel three: INT. FLAGSHIP, ADMIRAL'S CABIN, MID-SHOT ON BD

BAMBOO DANCER: Still, it wouldn't hurt to at least meet them...

panel four: INT. FLAGSHIP, ADMIRAL'S CABIN, EH REACHES FOR GUN

EMPRESS HADAZSP: Oh, I begin to see.

panel five: INT. FLAGSHIP, EMPRESS HADAZSP GETS THE BEAD ON BD

EMPRESS HADAZSP: Just who the hell are you, really?

[aims blaster, when Bamboo Dancer blurts out-]

panel six: INT. FLAGSHIP, BAMBOO DANCER, HANDS OUT ("Wait!" posture)

BAMBOO DANCER: Victor von Frankenstein is building giant flying monsters!

panel seven: INT. FLAGSHIP, CLOSE-UP, EMPRESS HADAZSP (cynical)

EMPRESS DANCER: Oh he is, is he?

Page 3 of Scene

panel one: INT. FLAGSHIP, EMPRESS HADAZSP FANCY RE-HOLSTER MOVE

NO CAPTION

panel two: INT. FLAGSHIP, WIDE, EMPRESS HADAZSP BRANDISHES SABER

EMPRESS HADAZSP: Then Victor von Frankenstein must die!

panel three: INT. FLAGSHIP, EH PLACES SWORD BACK IN SCABBARD/BELT

NO CAPTION

panel four: INT. FLAGSHIP, HADAZSP BRUSHES PAST BAMBOO DANCER

NO CAPTION

panel five: HADAZSP PROFILE, CLOSE-UP, BAMBOO DANCER BEYOND

EMPRESS HADAZSP: We're not done, you and I.

panel six: INT. FLAGSHIP, HADAZSP FLINGS OPEN CABIN DOOR, YELLING ORDERS

EMPRESS HADAZSP: Where's my adjutant? Get Princess Abraxia!

panel seven: EXT. FLAGSHIP, ADMIRAL'S CABIN, FLYING AWAY

EMPRESS HADAZSP: Get aloft, there! Make sail!