Rock The Vouhhhnn!, Chapter 9: Part 1.2
Page 204 (Chapter 9, Page 3)
Panel 1: Cut to a shot of a conference hall that you might find in a hotel somewhere. We see Henry at a podium to the left near the wall, and Zoe standing at the opposite podium. In the middle is the laptop pointed directly at the area.
ZOE
(as Rep. Jenkins)
My...undead compatriot wants us to trust that his decisions will always be guided by “honesty and frankness and the will of everyone from Indianapolis to Winchester.” A common trick i\with the radical Left that’s stretched back as far as I’ve been alive.
Panel 2: We move to a slight close-up on Ms. Olson, doing her best impersonation of the veteran Congressman; her eyes focused toward the zombie politico off-panel with every bit of faux outrage she can muster.
ZOE
(Cont.)
A trick that is as flimsy then as it is now when we see, as a human, how cavalier Mr. Syms--er, Skelton--was cavalier with the truth. Something that has carried on now as a zombie, thanks to his...careless handlers, concealing how the cost of many of his policies would irreparably harm the economy for decades to come. How exactly can we trust he--they---will be better than I have been for this district?
Panel 3: Cut to a brief similarly framed shot of Mr. Skelton a few moments later; the stream of keystrokes coming from the bottom left section of the panel view. His cold eyes look out toward the audience with only the slightest shift in the direction of the “opponent.”
HENRY
(through the speaker)
Well, as I said---
Panel 4: We jump back to Zoe in the same setting/layout as Panel 2. She jumps on Henry’s alleged line, showing the level of disdain and snarking mockery the real Congressman would have shown at that moment.
ZOE
(interjecting)
Yes yes, “trust my actions, not my words.” How about something that isn’t ripped from a bad old Hollywood drama?
Panel 5: A two-part set of panels that moves back to the zombie politico; the setting and layout similar to what we saw in Panel 3. In part one, as it was in the aforementioned panel, you can see a few more attempted keystrokes. Though they’re not as numerous as they were before.
Panel 6: In the second part, the keystrokes have completely disappeared from view. At this point, Skelton’s eyes drift down toward the floor.
NATE
(Off-Panel, from the laptop speaker)
Madison…?
Page 205 (Chapter 9, Page 4)
Panel 1: We move to a shot of Mr. Kelly a beat later looking over at Madison, who is seated in the foreground of the shot staring at her tablet; her mind seemingly stuck right then in a creative block.
NATE
(Cont. to Madison, concerned)
You okay? You asked last week to go completely realistic, not hold anything back…
Panel 2: Action shot on Zoe back at the podium a moment later, jumping on top of Nate’s question. She knows firmly what the answer is; her focus at that moment split between him and her friend.
ZOE
(interjecting, to Nate) It’s just her brain buffering, Nate. No need to worry- it happens when she can’t get a good hold of an answer on something.
Panel 3: Cut to a close-up on Ms. Mitchell, nodding firmly at Zoe’s explanation from the previous panel. She’s placed in the same body position that she was in back in Panel 1; her eyes only shifting slightly toward her friend, noticing her coming.
MADISON
I just realized I don’t have much of a solid answer for that, if he does go that way.
MADISON
(Bubble 2; reacting to Panel 4, Bubble 1)
They have, I know. Still though...I’m not a fan of answers with no path to be found.
Panel 4: We move to a shot of Zoe a beat later, stopping a few steps away from her friend. She flashes a look of hopeful optimism, trying to point her friend to some of the brighter elements in play.
ZOE
(to Madison)
It’s possible you won’t need one. I mean, we don’t have a great deal of knowledge of what he’ll do, outside of some grainy vids. Besides, tons of politicians have probably come up with stuff during debate prep only to chuck it the night of. Or forgotten it…
ZOE
(Bubble 2; reacting to Panel 3, Bubble 2)
Yeah. Those most definitely suck…
Panel 5: Cut back to Nate in the same setting/layout as Panel 1. Hearing the conversation go on for awhile, he chimes in with the same type of attempted optimism that Ms. Olson’s tried in the previous panel.
NATE
(to Madison)
What I’ve always found helpful, whenever I’ve had writer’s block, is to step back a moment and go do something fun.