PAGE ONE
Panel One: Wide-angle view of the forest, as seen by a bird flying overhead. The view isn’t directly downward, though; it’s directed toward a point in the distance.
PAGE TWO
Panel One: Close-up of Yaga.
YAGA: Could you go fetch some herbs for the soup, child?
Panel Two: Medium-length view of Yaga, standing with one hand on her hip. Her other arm is bent at the elbow with her hand at shoulder-level. She’s holding an oversized (for visual clarity) herb with three equal-sized, rounded leaves with pointed tips emerging from a single shoot.
YAGA: Get ones that look like this. Three leaves all the same size.
Panel Three: An illustration of the nightshade herb, with three leaves per shoot, but one leaf is quite large and the other two are very tiny. There are also a few flowers on the plant. Reference: http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/n/nighde05-l.jpg
YAGA (OP): If you see ones with three leaves but one is large and the other two are tiny, that’s nightshade.
Panel Four: Close-up of Yaga, her face shadowy, almost silhouetted.
YAGA: If you eat nightshade, you’ll go off to sleep and never wake up.
PAGE THREE
Panel One: Wide-angle view of Ania walking through the forest to the right, holding a small wicker basket.
Panel Two: Medium-length view of Ania, looking inquisitive.
ANIA: Wonder where all the animals are… I haven’t seen one in weeks.
Panel Three: Close-up of Ania’s hand, grasping at some herbs growing in the ground. They’re the same ones that Yaga instructed her to get.
PAGE FOUR
Panel One: Medium-length view of Ania walking to the left, looking satisfied.
ANIA: That was easy. Grandma will be happy I found the herbs so fast this time…
Panel Two: Wide-angle view of Ania, stopped in her tracks.
SFX: [Wavy lines indicating undecipherable speech coming from the group’s camp, OP]
ANIA: !
ANIA: ?
Panel Three: Close-up of Ania.
ANIA: Is that—? It must be… I’ve never heard them talk before.
Panel Four: Panoramic view showing Ania and the others. Ania is crouching in the foliage a short distance from their camp. Yaga and her henchmen are seated around a fire.
SFX: [Wavy lines coming from the henchmen]
PAGE FIVE
Panel One: Medium-length view of Yaga.
YAGA: Soon.
Panel Two: Medium-length view of one of the henchmen.
HENCHMAN: She’s been here long enough. She’s ready. The longer we keep her around…
Panel Three: Close-up of Yaga.
YAGA: Soon, I said! For goodness’ sake!
Panel Four: Medium-length view of the henchman.
PAGE SIX
Panel One: Wide-angle view of the group around the fire, with the henchmen and Yaga visible.
HENCHMAN: It’s just that she’s another mouth to feed, my lady. The sooner we don’t have to feed her, the better.
Panel Two: Close-up of Ania, listening intently. She seems a bit disturbed by what she’s hearing.
Panel Three: Medium-length view of Yaga, her brow furled.
YAGA: It sounds like you might be questioning me.
Panel Four: Close-up of the henchman.
HENCHMAN: No! Not at all!
PAGE SEVEN
Panel One: Medium-length view of Yaga.
YAGA: I certainly hope not. You remember what happened last time…
Panel Two: Wide-angle view of the campsite. The figures appear small in the expansive forest.
YAGA: She’s not quite ready yet. She needs a bit more time, and then we can eat her.
PAGE EIGHT
Panel One: Extreme close-up of Ania, looking terrified.
Panel Two: Medium-length view of Ania.
ANIA: Eat me!?
Panel Three: Wide-angle view of Ania. She’s turned toward the left and is taking off running. Her basket has been dropped carelessly to the ground.
ANIA: I need to get out of here.
PAGE NINE
Panel One: Full-body view of Ania and a henchman. Ania had been running, and the henchman caught up to her and grabbed her from behind around the belly. His figure is large and hulking compared to hers.
HENCHMAN: Not so fast, girl!
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Heaven
Historical FictionLook for a new part every Tuesday and Thursday! Adam is a 10th-century Slavic painter who lives peacefully with his daughter Ania. Until, that is, their town is ransacked by Vikings. Adam is killed and soon finds himself in heaven, leaving Ania to f...
