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Here's my One Page Challenge entry. I collaborated with my pal Luke Perks on this - he should be showing up in the Z2H-verse soon. For now, enjoy and let me know what you think.
Pinch
By Richard Pulfer and Luke Perks
Page One
1:1
A henchman stands in a row with several other henchmen,
similarly dressed and similarly armed. They are dressed in generic stormtrooper
fashion - helmets and goggles covering all but their mouths, and
not-too-distant-future body armor covering everything else. They are standing
along a ledge firing at a dashing-clad tuxedo-clad super-spy - a James
Bond-figure (Connery, not Craig), leaping towards them with a confident smile
spread across his face.
Caption (PINCH): Here we go AGAIN...
1:2
The super-spy hits them with the full force of a linebacker.
The opposing henchmen are scattered in every direction like bowling pins from
the force of the impact. Only Pinch - the introduced henchman, remains in an
upright standing position. He is still firing his pistol from a couple feet
away. The super-spy doesn't have a scratch on him.
Caption (PINCH): Some call it the CURSE. Others call it
STORMTROOPER SYNDOME. And still others just call it BLIND DUMB LUCK.
Caption (PINCH): For whatever reason, we can't hit the broad
side of a barn.
Caption (PINCH): Then again, who in their right mind would
want to shoot a barn anyway?
1:3
Pinch is the only henchman standing - the rest of them are
lying at his feet unconscious. The faces we see of the henchmen on the ground
have the cartoonish swirly line to indicate unconsciousness. The super-spy is
running away in the opposite direction. Pinch is throwing his left hand up to
his goggles in disgust, his gun pointed up as it fires pitifully in the air.
Pinch: This is so HUMILIATING.
1:4
High angle shot from the ceiling looking down at Pinch and
the super-spy charging away from him. Pinch's gunfire has blasted off a light
fixture from the ceiling, which is now falling down towards the super-spy.
SFX: KA-POW!
SFX: KA-CHING!
1:5
Over-the-shoulder shot from Pinch as he watches the light
nails the super-spy right in the head. Pinch's posture should show he is
utterly surprised. Put a lot of force and mass behind the light posture as it
smashes into the spy's head.
SFX: KA-RAACK!
1:6
The super-spy turns around. He has a nasty expression lining
his face. There's an ugly bump on his head, and his eyes are grotesquely
swollen. Suffice to say, Pinch just inadvertently ruined his good looks. He
looks down the hallway towards Pinch with murder on his mind - and face.
SUPER SPY: My hair!
CAPTION (PINCH): OH SHIT! I didn't mean to do that!
PINCH: OH SHOOT, I didn't mean to do that!
1:7
Dynamic shot of the super spy lunging at Pinch. This shot
should be from the heel of the super spy's foot which is pushing off, his
entire body taking up much of the panel. Towards the lower left hand corner of
the panel we should see Pinch frozen with fear as he attempts to shoot the
super spy coming at him. His gun jams however.
SFX: CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK
CLICK CLICK
PINCH: AHHHHHHHH!
SUPER SPY: YAAAAH!
1:8
A profile shot as Pinch chucks the pistol squarely at
super-spy's forehead in sheer desperation. The gun catches the super-spy right
in the brow, and goes off - with a miniature explosion at the barrel's tip showing
a bullet trail catching the super-spy in the foot. The super-spy jerks in a fit
of shock and pain.
1:9
Same shot as the previous panel but the Spy is now totally
out of the panel and Pinch is now looking down scratching his head. A look of
bewilderment cast over his face.
CAPTION (PINCH): When you work for the other side, you get a
bit used to your luck. I don't think this guy has ever felt pain.
SUPER SPY (OFF PANEL): MY FOOT! YOU SHOT MY FOOT! AHHHH!
GAWWD!
SUPER SPY (OFF PANEL) (in small whimpering letters):
oooowwweeee...
1:10
A close profile shot of Pinch looming over the super-spy -
we should only be able to see the super-spy's head in this panel since he is on
the ground cradling his foot in the fetal position. The super-spy's hair is a
ruffled, and he should look pale. But unlike what most guys would be like in
this situation, Pinch isn't gloating. Instead, he's a consummate professional -
very serious, very confident.
PINCH: Let's TALK.
CAPTION: THE END . . . FOR NOW.