Rock The Vouhhhnn!, Chapter 9: Part 2.2
Page 210 (Chapter 9, Page 9)
Panel 1: We move to a shot of Madison’s face a moment later, clicking the button on her headphones to answer the call; her gaze out at her friend’s shot in front of her as she speaks.
MADISON
Hello?
ZOE
(Off-Panel, annoyed)
PuqloD bitch!
VITAMIN K
(through the headphone speaker)
Ms. Mitchell, this is Vitamin K.
MADISON
(Bubble 2)
...Oh! Zoe’s hacker friend, right?
VITAMIN K
(Bubble 2, through the headphone speaker)
Yep. She asked for my help to see if there was anything skeevy with that Jenkins ad last month.
Panel 2: Cut to a shot of Ms. K walking on a sidewalk in the mid-afternoon sunshine, dressed in a gray t-shirt with the logo of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm on it. You can see her hair styled in a snazzy bob from the early ‘60s.
VITAMIN K
(Cont.)
Well, I just had a breakthrough.
MADISON
(from the phone receiver)
Is it a good one?
VITAMIN K
(Bubble 2)
Very much so for you and your undead candidate.
Panel 3: Back to Madison in the same setting/layout as Panel 1. She starts to take a step forward toward the hole to line up and take her shot on the hole a moment later. You can see the movement of the scene behind her in the background.
VITAMIN K
(Cont., through the headphone speaker)
The shot of your guy chomping on soldiers- it’s a definite Deep Fake.
MADISON
(confused)
Deep Fake…?
VITAMIN K
(Bubble 2)
It’s an old tech term from the late Stupid Ages- it means any type of video that is a lie, but made so well and effectively that no one can tell the difference.
Panel 4: We move back to Vitamin in the same setting/layout as Panel 2. She starts to turn the corner, looking to the left at the unseen location she happens to be walking toward.
MADISON
(through the receiver)
So it’s basically a really elaborate, well made lie.
VITAMIN K
(slight agreeing nod)
That’s one way of putting it, yeah.
MADISON
(Bubble 2, through the receiver)
How confident are you about this finding?
VITAMIN K
(Bubble 2)
I quadruple checked the data, Ms. M. Each time, it pointed in that direction.
Panel 5: Cut to an action shot of Madison placing the ball on the mat a beat later; her right hand gripping the top of the club, using it as a cane. As before, you can see the rush of bodies of different shapes and sizes in the background.
MADISON
You have any idea who made it, if it was from the campaign?
VITAMIN K
(through the headphone speaker)
Not yet. I’m searching for the answer as we speak though.
MADISON
(Bubble 2)
Call me when you get something.
VITAMIN K
(Bubble 2, through the headphone speaker)
Will do…
Page 211 (Chapter 9, Page 10)
Panel 1: Cut to a shot of Ms. Olson standing to the side of the hole, looking on at her friend a few beats after she ends the call. She has a slightly quizzical look on her face in terms of the phone call.
ZOE
(to Madison, anticipatory)
You’re not looking grumbly. I take it Kay brought us some really good news.
Panel 2: We move to an action shot of Madison taking a swing of her shot as she speaks; the ball buzzing in a relatively straight trajectory in the lower part of the panel view. You can see the assembly of notes of a nondescript song coming out of both headphone speakers up to the top of the panel view.
MADISON
80% good, I think. The video of Henry from the Congressman’s ad is a Deep Fake. She still has to peg the creator.
Panel 3: Back to Zoe in the same setting/layout as Panel 1. The quizzical look on her face then has shifted now to a more presumptive one. You can see the ball partially in view in the bottom right of the panel view.
ZOE
Probably someone from the campaign, if I had to guess. With her skills, I doubt it’ll be long before she finds the schmuck or schmuckette.
Panel 4: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. A second later, the woman notices the ball coming at her feet and side steps away; her train of thought interrupted by the round, surprise disturbance.
Panel 5: Slight close-up on Zoe’s face a few moments later. She chuckles briefly, watching her friend moving up toward her off-panel.
ZOE
You did that intentionally, didn’t you?