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Sleep Deprivation Ninja
#01”Gates of Epiphany”By Adam EivyDraft 3.0 - 4/23/11 Adam Eivy+1 (315) 503-1415atomantic@gmail.com
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The title page is a full page spread of a night-time seascape;rolling clouds billow out of the horizon, an ethereal wonderment tobefuddle any mortal. We can see a small rowboat (big enough for 2-3people), carrying only a ninja with a baby strapped to his chest, wrapped up in his black ninja wraps--but the baby will
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bevisible in this scene as he is facing away from the reader, outtoward oncoming waves, into the cloud-work. The boat and the ninjaare fairly small in this shot. The ninja is rowing with both hands.This page will be black and white--with a possible grey/blueovertone--as will most of the 8 pages.The caption sits at the bottom right of the page.TITLE TEXTSleep Deprivation Ninja“The Gates of Epiphany”CAPTIONThis path is deadly, but the journey isnoble.
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This is a flashback scene to a previous battle. Same time of nightas the opening page. Standard 4 panel vertical stack with the finalpanel split into 3 small blocks laid next to each otherhorizontally. Perhaps the middle of the three is a little taller,slightly overlapping the previous horizontal.PANEL 1EXT; night. Sleep Deprivation Ninja (SDN) is sprinting through a wheat field with some kind of bundle on his chest. We can't tell atthis point that it's a baby.CAPTIONI have fought for her...PANEL 2Same view; Ninja has turned to look behind, arm stretched out, athrowing star flying away from him.CAPTION...in battle.PANEL 3Top view; we see SDN in the middle of the field, 3 other ninja moving in, surrounding him. One of the attacking ninja is bentbackward, arms splayed out to the sides, screaming as the throwingstar has thudded into his chest. One of the ninja is unmasked andburly like a wrestler.DYING NINJA gaaA-
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SFX (AT IMPACT)splud!PANEL 4 (SMALL)Worm-eye view of the other masked ninja; he's leaping up, high intothe air, in a battle-ready pose, sword drawn.PANEL 5 (SMALL)Close up on the remaining ninja attacker, charging forward in aroar. Since his face isn't covered, we can see his teeth as hegrowls in his attack. This is the muscular ninja, carrying no weapons but his large hands. We can also see a tatoo on his chest(or arm) with a butterfly inside of a circle with a line throughit--a no butterfly sign, akin to a no smoking sign.CHARGING NINJA RAAAA!PANEL 6 (SMALL)Close up on SDN, calmly standing still.CAPTIONBut she guides me...
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PANEL 1Back in the rolling seascape. The ninja is looking up at the darkclouds.CAPTION...to challenge the guardians at the Gatesof Epiphany.PANEL 2The clouds boom from the left while the ninja is shown standing inthe boat to the right.CLOUDS (JAGGED)Turn back, lest you become lost forever inthe Mists of Antithesis!SDNWe are not mere mortals. And we will proveit.PANEL 3The clouds shift.CLOUDS (THOUGHT)Really? How?SDNWhat is round and invisible?
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