**one i created just for practice with dialogue**
Curfew
Ielle Palmer
2006
PAGE ONE, Splash Page
Splash Page: A young teenage girl peacefully looks over the rooftops of a small city landscape. It’s late night, way past her time to be out, but she looks as though she doesn’t have a care in the world. Her arms are lifted up as if she is about to fly.
PAGE TWO, Three Panels
Panel One: Silhouette of her falling off the building contrasted against the moonlight and street lights, she continues to appear peaceful. Her back is arched along with the arms, like a bird.
Panel Two: CU of her suddenly looking concerned
Panel Three: MS of her clawing the air as she plummets down
MAUDY: Oh shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh---!
PAGE THREE, Four Panels
Panel One: CU of another hand grabbing her mid air
Panel Two: MS high angle of her hanging off the arm of a boy of the same age, there’s a strong resemblance between them. The boy’s other arm is wrapped around the end of old raised fire escape ladder.
MATT: Told ya.
Panel Three: CU of Maudy climbing up his back with ease.
MAUDY: Shut up, Matthew...
Panel Four: CU of Maudy Stepping on Matt’s face, crushing his nose a bit.
MAUDY: …It was worth a try.
MATT: Ah…ow!
PAGE FOUR, Four Panels
Panel One: CU of a screw coming loose on the fire escape ladder right beside Maudy’s nose, she sees this and her eyes widen
MAUDY (quietly) uh oh.
MATT (from below) Uh OH?
Panel Two: Wide angle of the ladder breaking loose and the two of them tumbling backwards with it.
SOUND (from both teens): AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
INSERT BETWEEN FRAMES SOUND: CRASH!
Panel Three: Now on the dirty back alley’s street, Mathew is sitting up rubbing his elbow.
MATT: DAMN IT MAUDE ANN!!
MATT: Maude Ann?
Panel Four: legs are sticking out from beside a dumpster, lifeless.
MATT: Maudy?
PAGE FIVE, Four Panels
Panel One: MS of Maudy, she looks like death. Her head has smashed against the dumpster and blood is running down her nose. We can see her arm is dislocated.
MATT: Aw man… you ruined your shirt. How are we going to explain that to mom?
Panel Two: She still looks dead, Matt is leaning over her, slowly starting to look concerned.
MATT: M-Maudy?
Panel Three: CU of Maudy reaching forward toward him with her arms out like a zombie and her eyes bulging. The art should be something that could easily be found in any Romero film or the Walking Dead series, minus the decaying flesh.
MAUDY: UGHHHHH!!!
Panel Four: MS of Matt looking pissed. She’s laughing and dusting herself off.
MATT: Hardy har, you’re a brat.
MAUDY: I felt it was my sisterly duty.
PAGE SIX, Five Panels
Panel One: Maude snaps her neck, popping everything back in place with absolutely no pain. She acts as if she’s done nothing more than popped a kink out of her neck. Matt acts as if he’s seen this a million times before.
Panel Two: CU of Maudy rubbing her nose and the blood seems to have vanished, along with all the other bruises.
MAUDY: How do I look?
MATT: Ugly. But you’ll pass mom’s radar… except for that shirt.
Panel Three: Matt is hovering a few inches above the ground while Maudy leans forward holding her arms behind her, popping her fingers like a pianist doing a crazed yoga pose. She is peaking up from below at her floating brother.
MAUDY: Stop that, someone will see.
MATT: I thought we came here to practice.
MAUDY: Yeah well, we’re done.
Panel Four: TIGHT MS of Matt as he drifts backwards, lounging like he’s on an invisible recliner
MATT: Aw, I’m having fun.
MAUDY: Well I’m not.
MATT: That’s because you can’t fly.
Panel Five: CU of a fist smashing Matt backward.
MATT: Oomph!
PAGE SEVEN, Six Panels
Panel One: Matt is kneeling on the ground rubbing his jaw. Maudy is standing over him, arms crossed looking around as if she’s worried someone might have seen, but not all that concerned that he’s on the floor.
MATT: yu boc ma jah! Ahhh owww.
MAUDY: Oh shut up and snap it back
Panel Two: CU of Matt holding his jaw and looking up at her pissed.
MATT: I cann!
Panel Three: MS of Maude kneeling next to him. She has her hand on his jaw, forcing him to turn from side to side so she can inspect it. This is apparently even more painful and he’s trying to shove her off him.
MAUDY: oh…. Oh. Whoops. heh, heh... ahem.
MATT: Whuufs? Whuufs! Mawwd!!
Panel Four: LS of the twins walking (well Matt somewhat floating) down the alley. Maudy is leading the way, but walking backwards so she can face him. Her body language shows that she’s a bit sorry, but she refuses to let him know that. Matt is still messing with his face.
MAUDY: Well how was I suppose to know you have a glass jaw?
MATT: I don habe a glass jaw…ahh. You hih harr.
MAUDY: Such a baby.
Panel Five: Cu of them squaring off again, nearly nose to nose.
MATT: Bit
MAUDE: What did you call me?
Panel Six: Same Shot, but the twins are staring at each other in surprise as a scream from another alley echoes out.
WOMAN’S VOICE: (burst) FIRE!
PAGE EIGHT, Four Panels
Panel One: LS of the twins poking their heads around the corner of another side alley
MATT: Do you shee it?
MAUDY: Uh no…there’s no fire.
Panel Two: Low angle of Maude running full speed into the furthest reaches of the alley. Matt is still holding his jaw, looking surprised.
WOMAN’S VOICE: (burst) Somebody HELP ME!!
MAUDY: Holy shit, someone’s being attacked! Come on!
MATT: Way, wha?!
Panel Three: MS of Maudy pile driving like a NFL pro into the side of a masked man armed with a knife, the purse he was holding flies up into the air while backed against a wall, a woman looks horrified by what’s going on. An second mugger, who is pressing his gun into the woman’s jaw, also looks surprised by what’s happened.
MUGGER 1 SOUND: OOF!
Panel Four: MS of the armed mugger switching his sights from the victim to Maudy. Behind him we can see Matt flying at him with is hand stretched forward, hoping to reach him. The gun is already breaking apart. Lines are spreading out all over it, like crackle paint or something you would see after smashing your hand on a saltine, yet no one has touched it.
MUGGER 2: What the f-fu--?
MATT: Mawwdy!
Sound: SNAP! CRUNCH!
PAGE NINE, Five Panels
Panel One: CU (shoulders up) of the guy, terrified as he watches it turn to dust within his hands and filter through his grasp.
Panel Two: the now unarmed gunman scurries away as Matt is playing with some of the dirt left from the gun. The victim is still against the wall, more terrified and confused now than before. Maude is bitch slapping the first mugger in the foreground.
MATT: Wow.
MAUDY: Matt!
MATT: Wha?
MAUDY: He’s getting away!
Panel Three: CU of Matt suddenly getting it. He smirks and thrusts his hand out.
MATT: Doan thing foe.
Panel Four: MS of the mugger covering his head as pieces of the neighboring building shower down on him.
Panel Five: Maudy looks away from her own fight in awe, forgetting what she’s doing. Behind her the mugger is fumbling around for something, preparing to attack.
MAUDY: No way!
PAGE TEN, Six Panels
Panel One: CU of Matt looking rather pleased with himself.
Panel Two: Same shot, but Matt looks terrified and tries to shout out.
MATT: (burst) OOK OW!!
Panel Three: CU of the knife lashing out through the air.
Panel Four: The blade stops short of Maudy’s back as if it’s hit some invisible shield. She's already begun to turn around.
Panel Five: CU of Maudy as she taps the knife so it spins to face him. Her face looks almost evil now.
MAUDY: Sic em.
Panel Six: LS of the man running away screaming as his knife is now chasing him out of the alley.
PAGE ELEVEN, Three Panels
Panel One: Wide shot of Matt sliding up beside his sister, who seems happily surprised at her new power. Also looks shocked by this new development
MATT: Di you know you coo do dat?
MAUDY: Do I look like I knew?
Sound: CRASH!
Panel Two: Same shot as before, but the twins have separated and turned so that we can now see what’s behind them. The victim is trying to pick herself back up from the garbage can she’s just tripped over. She’s holding a can of mace up at the twins, while her purse dangles from her elbow.
WOMAN: Stay away from me. You just stay back!
MAUDY: Well, that’s gratitude.
MATT: Yea.
Panel three: High Angle looking down at the alley. The woman is running off in the opposite direction as fast as she can. The one mugger’s legs are sticking out from under the rubble and the twins are walking (well Matt is hovering) off together in another.
MAUDY: Pizza?
MATT: Pee-sha.
