Monday, July 9, 2012

Freezing Fire Graphic Novel and Script

Panel A
It's night time and it has been raining. The only light is from the street lights above.  A twelve-year-old girl, SABRINA (who looks like a young Elizabeth Taylor, dark hair, and blue eyes) is running toward the bottom right of frame (facing front) through the suburban neighborhood of Clearwater, Florida. She's frightened to death and we can see it on her face. The neighborhood looks like a war zone with dead bodies littering the lawns.  Behind her is an overturned car on fire. Slightly visible behind the rising plume of smoke, is an advancing Vituperator (a large dragon-like creature with a thin layer of skin, like that of a flying squirrel, attached to its wrists an ankles).
Panel B 
Sabrina is running toward upper right frame of panel looking over her shoulder at a large looming shadow following her. She has a terrified look on her face.
Panel C
Sabrina’s foot splashes through a puddle of water as she runs away (this should be a close-up).
Panel D
Sabrina is crouching by a fence and shrubbery. There is a smoldering home just beyond the fence. She shows signs of fear and paranoia.


Panel A
Sabrina sees the ravaged neighborhood from her perspective behind the fence. It looks like it is war torn (smoldering buildings. Other buildings reduced to rubble), but surprisingly she’s in America. We even see street signs to indicate that it was like any other suburban neighborhood maybe just hours before.
Panel B
She hears some noise and runs through a backyard to get away.  A mean German shepherd chases her.
Inset  
Between Panel B and C, a close-up of Sabrina’s eyes with a look of desperation
Panel C
She tries her best to climb over the fence. 
Panel D
The German shepherd barely misses biting her shoes.
Panel E
Tears fill her eyes as she lands on the other side of the fence, while the dog salivates over its missed meal.  


Panel A
Sabrina’s feet are in the foreground as she runs to an SUV, with the silhouette of her mother behind the window.
            Female voice:              “Run to the car, baby!”
Panel B
            This should be a close-up of Sabrina’s hands tugging on the SUVs’ door handle.
Panel C
Sabrina dives through the locked door’s window as smoke spews from the SUVs’ squealing tires.
Panel D
An edgy Sabrina sits in the passenger seat staring up at her mom, who is driving.
           Sabrina:                                   “Ma, how come you never said anything while you were following me?”
           Mother:                                   “I thought those things were following me to get you!”


Panel A
The SUV is rolling on Interstate 95 in a downpour. Lightning crashes close to the vehicle. Captions are exterior of the SUV:
Sabrina:                       “We have to tell somebody, you know. Those things are gonna follow us and kill other people.”
Mother:                       “No they won’t. They won’t catch us in here.”

Panel B
            Sabrina stares out the passenger window and asks:
            Sabrina:                                   “Where are we going anyway?”

Panel C
            A close-up of her mother’s sleepy expression from hours of driving.
             Mother:                                   “Boston!”
Panel D
An interior shot of the SUV. Sabrina pops the latch to the glove compartment. As an eerie glow surrounds the tiny door, she asks:
            Sabrina:                                   “Why Boston?”
Panel E
Another interior shot of the SUV showing Sabrina’s hand reaching toward her newest fantasy novel, surrounded by various items in the open glove compartment. Lying on that novel is a golden bangle bracelet with sparkles rising from it.


Panel A
Sabrina’s face is aglow as she slides the bracelet on her wrist as she reads the words mysteriously sizzling onto the page of her novel.
            Sabrina:                       “When Pixies dance in spectral strobes, wearing garments flickering flame. Rising from her chrysalis, will be a guardian without a name.”
Panel B
            Similar shot of Panel A as Sabrina finishes the incantation.
            Sabrina:                       “Her weapons of choice, flaming daggers of ice, wreak havoc with the rising sun. And unless the chosen can crack this code, we’ll be defeated by the evil one.”
Panel C
Sabrina points out the front windshield out. Her mother is in the driver’s seat. Both have horrified expressions, while lightning crashes outside of the driver’s side window.
            Sabrina:                       “Ma, did you see that?”
             Mother:                       “See what?”
Panel D
Tires squeal as Sabrina’s mom jams the brakes to avoid hitting the darkened silhouette of a faerie standing in the forefront, directly in the path of their SUV. Both have terrified looks on their faces.

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