Saturday, June 4, 2016

Script to Match Art

Frankenstein's Monsters: Spitball Script

based on dropbox layouts

key

TIMESTAMP = CAPTION BOX W/ "HOLLOW" FONT

CHARACTER DIALOGUE IN WORD BALLOONS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

PAGE ONE

Panel 1

TIMESTAMP1: THE PLANET "AERTH".

TIMESTAMP2: A... DIFFERENT EARTH.

TIMESTAMP3: CHINA.

TIMESTAMP4: 1870.

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN1: A FULL CENTURY, ELIZABETH! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN2: IF ONLY MY OLD COHORTS COULD SEE ME NOW!

Panel 2 (KIRIN)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN4 (CAPTION1): THE WIZENED SAGE...

Panels 3 (BIXIE)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN5 (CAPTION2): MASTER OF THE ANCIENT CRAFT...

Panel 4 (PIXIU)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN6 (CAPTION3): KEEPER OF LOST SECRETS.

Panel 5

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN7: OH, ELIZABETH!

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN8: HOW DARE THEY CALL ME A FAILURE?

TIMESTAMP5: TWENTY MINUTES AGO.

PAGE TWO

Panel 1

TIMESTAMP1: AERTH.

TIMESTAMP2: THE SOUTH SEAS.

TIMESTAMP3: 1870.

TIMESTAMP4: THE WEEK BEFORE.

EMPRESS NADIRA1 (OFF-PANEL): YOU'D BETTER HAVE A VERY GOOD REASON FOR SHOWING UP HERE.

EMPRESS NADIRA2 (OFF-PANEL): IT MAY TAKE THE MOON-QUEEN TIME TO ROUSE HER FORCES.

EMPRESS NADIRA3 (OFF-PANEL): BUT THIS WILL NOT ESCAPE HER NOTICE.

PAGE THREE

Panel 1

EMPRESS NADIRA1 (OFF-PANEL): SPEAK WHILE YOU STILL HAVE YOUR HEAD.

BAMBOO DANCER1: FRANKENSTEIN MADE THE BREAKTHROUGH YOU WERE HOPING FOR.

BAMBOO DANCER2: BUT, LIKE I SAID, HE'S A LUNATIC.

Panel 2 (Inset)

BAMBOO DANCER3 (CAPTION1): I HAD TO LIE TO HER.

Panel 3 (Inset)

BAMBOO DANCER4 (CAPTION2): SHE COULDN'T KNOW EVERYTHING.

Panel 1 between Panels 3 & 4

BAMBOO DANCER5: HE BUILT A GIANT MONSTER TO PROTECT IT.

Panel 5 (Inset)

BAMBOO DANCER6 (CAPTION3): HOW ELSE COULD I GET HOME?

Panel 6 (Sword Hilt)

EMPRESS NADIRA2 (CAP): THEN FRANKENSTEIN...

EMPRESS NADIRA3 (CAP): AND HIS MONSTER...

Panel 7 (Nadira & Scene)

EMPRESS NADIRA4: ...MUST DIE!!!

PAGE FOUR

Panel 1

TIMESTAMP1: AERTH'S MOON.

TIMESTAMP2:  CITY OF THE MOON-FOLK.

TIMESTAMP3: 1870.

TIMESTAMP4: YESTERDAY.

INSPECTOR YI1: WE ARE NOT READY TO RELEASE HIM INTO YOUR CUSTODY YET.

MOON-QUEEN1: YOU WILL BRING ME BOTH PROTOTYPES. AND THIS VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN.

DARK STRANGER1: SURELY THIS IS MEANT FOR MY PEOPLE!

Panel 2 (Inspector Yi)

INSPECTOR YI2: MY GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.

INSPECTOR YI3: THIS WAS DISCOVERED ON OUR WORLD.

Panel 3 (Moon-Queen)

MOON-QUEEN2 (CAPTION1): YOU ARE NOT THE STEWARDS OF THE PATHWAYS!

MOON-QUEEN3 (CAPTION2): THIS IS FOR THE MOON-FOLK TO SAFEGUARD.

Panel 4 (Dark Stranger)

DARK STRANGER2: HOW COULD YOU KEEP THIS FROM US?

PAGE FIVE

TIMESTAMP1: "OUR" EARTH.

TIMESTAMP2: A UNIVERSE AWAY.

TIMESTAMP3: 1970.

TIMESTAMP4: A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE FUTURE...

TIMESTAMP5: AND NOT SO LONG AGO.

Panel 1

BD1 (CAP): STEAL IT AND STUDY IT, THEY SAID.

WS1 (CAP): PRETTY TYPICAL GIG.

Panel 2

BD2 (CAP): WE WORKED TOGETHER, AS USUAL.

WS2 (CAP): REVERSE-ENGINEER THE UNEXPLAINED ARTIFACT.

Panel 3

BD3 (CAP): SUPPOSED TO HAVE "ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES".

WS3 (CAP): THE USUAL "POTENTIAL FOR MISUSE".

Panel 4

BD4 (CAP): BUT I HAD MY OWN IDEAS.

WS4 (CAP): THERE WAS POTENTIAL, ALL RIGHT.

Panel 5

BD5/WS5 (CAP): WHAT WERE WE THINKING?

Panel 6 (superpanel)

Panels 7 & 8

TIMESTAMP6: AERTH.

TIMESTAMP7: CHINA.

TIMESTAMP8: 1870.

Panel 7 (WS & MECHANISM)

TIMESTAMP9: LAST MONTH.

WS6 (CAP): WAS IT... DYING?

WS7 : I THOUGHT HE COULD SAVE IT.

WS8: ANOTHER MISTAKE.

VF1: NOW, NOW. DOCTOR WANTS TO SEE WHAT MAKES YOU TICK!

Panel 8 (BD & ORGANISM)

TIMESTAMP10: THIS MONTH.

BD6: THE POOR THING WAS SUFFERING.

BD7: I HAD NO IDEA HOW SICK HE WAS.

BD8: IT WAS... DISGUSTING.

VF2: SUCH A FUSS!

VF3: JUST A LITTLE PIECE!

PAGE SIX

Panel 1 (profile w/ skullizabeth)

TIMESTAMP1: AERTH. CHINA. 1870. FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO.

VF1: THEY ALL DOUBTED ME, ELIZABETH.

VF2: EVEN YOU, MY DEAR.

Panel 2 (toss)

VF3: YOU'RE DEAD TO ME NOW.

Panel 3 (gulp!)

VF4: I'M MARRIED TO MY WORK.

PAGE SEVEN (raWr!)

VF1 (CAP1): "VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN: MASTER OF SPACE AND TIME."

VF2 (CAP2): IT HAS A NICE RING TO IT.

VF3 (CAP3): "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO VIC--

SKULLIZABETH THE MEGAKAIJU: "VICTOR!"

VF4: UH... ELIZABETH!?

PAGE EIGHT

Panel 1 (upshot, Sibley shouting down)

TIMESTAMP1: NEARBY. TEN MINUTES AGO.

SO: NO VISITORS! IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY! NO APPOINTMENTS!

WS: HE INVITED US!

IY: WE ARE GUESTS!

Panel 2 (over her shoulder)

WS: LOOK, WE'RE ALL DEAD IF YOU DON'T LET US IN RIGHT NOW!

Panel 3 (leaps off balcony)

SO: I SAID...

Panel 5 (crouch)

SO (CAP): "NO VISITORS!"

PAGE NINE

TIMESTAMP1: NOT FAR AWAY. FIVE MINUTES AGO.

Panel 1 (Alex & Waiter, surrounded by Giants, Steampunk Chicks in the mix)

AF1: I'VE TRAVELED QUITE SOME WAYS TO MEET THIS FAMOUS SAGE. THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME.

WAITER1: THIS HUMBLE PERSON KNOWS OF NO SUCH EXALTED HEALERS.

WAITER2: SARSAPARILLA?

WAITER3: KENTUCKY BOURBON?

Panel 2 (Alex under hat, shadowed eyes)

AF2: I ORDERED TEA.

A3F: FROM YOU.

AF4: I HEAR THIS WIZARD WARLORD LIVES NEARBY.

Panel 3 (Waiter & Giants try to get tough)

WAITER4: THE MISTRESS HAS DECLARED NO-ONE MAY BOTHER THE MASTER ON HIS CENTENNIAL!

Panel 4 (Steampunk Chicks all get up and call their bluff, Gothic Kestrel semi-reveal)

AF5: A PARTY? I LOVE A PARTY! IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, TOO!

PAGE TEN

Panel 1

TIMESTAMP1: JUST OVER THAT HILL. TWO MINUTES AGO.

GL1: THEY SAY THAT KIRIN HAVE RETURNED TO THE GLADES OF WULIN.

SA1: SHOULD A MAN OF LEARNING REPEAT SUCH SUPERSTITIONS?

GL2: ONLY DEATH BRINGS QUIET TO THE FOREST OF THE LAWLESS.

SA2: I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE A POET OR AN IDIOT.

PAGE ELEVEN

Panel 1

GL1: THERE IS A DIFFERENCE?

PAGE TWELVE

TIMESTAMP1: HERE. NOW.

Panel 1 (establishing shot)

AF1: YOU'VE MADE QUITE A MESS, VICTOR.

AF2: BUT I'M HERE, AS USUAL, TO CLEAN IT UP.

Panel 2 (Victor overconfident)

VF1: I'M SORRY, SHOULD I KNOW YOU?

VF2: FORMER LAB ASSISTANT? VENGEFUL INVESTOR? ENRAGED SUITOR OF A SULLIED MAIDEN?

Panel 3 (Alex taking off big hat)

AF3: NO CAKE? ISN'T TODAY YOUR BIRTHDAY?

Panel 4 (Victor reaction shot)

VF3: AM I SUPPOSED TO BE IMPRES--

Panel 5 (Alex face reveal, Kestrel w/ Remote, Bamboo Dancer in rafters

AF4: IT'S MINE, TOO, VICTOR.

AF5: JUST LIKE OLD TIMES, VICTOR.

Panel 6 (Kestrel hands Remote to Alex)

AF6; YOU'VE GOT THE TOY. (Inset shot of Skullizabeth as Megakaiju?)

AF7: I'VE GOT THE REMOTE.

(REMOTE says: "Mechanism" "Organism" "Kill" "Love" on it?)

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