PAGE ONE
Panel One: Wide-angle profile view of Ania walking to the right in the forest.
Panel Two: Medium-length view of Ania.
ANIA: …Taking orders from a ghost… To kill someone I’ve never met.
Panel Three: Medium-length view of Ania from a different angle.
Panel Four: Medium-length view of Ania from above.
ANIA: I could never kill anyone.
PAGE TWO
Panel One: Extreme close-up of Ania.
ANIA: But if I kill a murderer…
Panel Two: View of foliage, as seen from Ania’s height.
ANIA (OP): …Aren’t I just as bad as him?
Panel Three: Medium-length view of Ania, walking through the forest.
ANIA: Why would I do it, anyway? This Boric guy never did anything to me.
Panel Four: View of a beetle sitting on a large leaf.
ANIA (OP): I don’t even know how to kill someone.
PAGE THREE
Panel One: Profile view of Ania from the shoulders up, with the trees in the background.
Panel Two: Close-up of Ania’s face.
ANIA: But I do need to get out of this forest.
Panel Three: Wide-angle view of the expansive forest. Ania is visible and appears tiny, emphasizing that she is just a little girl lost in the forest.
PAGE FOUR
Panel One: Close-up of Ania’s face. Her eyes are a bit wider than before—she’s starting to get worried.
ANIA: Where am I, anyway?
Panel Two: View of tree trunks and foliage from Ania’s height.
Panel Three: Wide-angle view of the forest from Ania’s perspective. There is some disturbance in the distance, and something is making a noise.
SFX: Woosh
ANIA: What was that?
PAGE FIVE
Panel One: View of the forest similar to previous panel, but there are more noises.
SFX: Rustle, rustle
SFX: Woosh
Panel Two: Same as previous panel, but now there are more noises.
SFX: Rustle, rustle
SFX: Patter, patter
PAGE SIX
Panel One: Wide-angle view of the forest with a burst of wild animals fleeing toward the viewer. Rabbits, mice, deer, birds—even bears. Ania is visible from behind in the foreground, and she’s falling backwards with surprise.
SFX: Woosh
ANIA: Ahhh!
PAGE SEVEN
Panel One: Ania is running through the forest, trying to get away from the animals.
SFX: Huff, puff
Panel Two: Close-up of Ania’s bare foot tripping on a root, sending Ania face-first into the ground.
ANIA (OP): Uf!
Panel Three: Close-up of the animals, still rushing toward the viewer.
Panel Four: Full-length view of Ania from behind. She’s sitting on the ground, and the animals rush by in the distance.
ANIA: !
PAGE EIGHT
Panel One: Full-body view of Ania from the front. She’s still sitting on the ground, as she was in the previous panel.
ANIA: What was that?
Panel Two: View of the forest from Ania’s perspective, looking darker and more sinister than it ever has before.
Panel Three: Similar to Panel Two, but a different representation, as if Ania is looking around her, seeing different slices of the forest, and the viewer is looking through her eyes.
VOICE (OP): Well what do we have here?
PAGE NINE
Panel One: Low-angle view of a large, wrinkly old woman, cloaked in tattered rags, with four shadowy henchmen behind her. Her head is disproportionately large for her body, and she wears a kerchief to cover part of her hair. She has the air of a sinister grandmother witch. She supports herself on a gnarled, wooden walking stick.
Panel Two: Closer view of the old woman. Now the reader can appreciate her wrinkled face—and her pointed teeth. Her expression is hard to read: Does she want to harm Ania or help her?
YAGA: All alone, are you?
Panel Three: Extreme close-up of Ania, who looks terrified.
Panel Four: Close-up of Yaga, smiling. Again, it’s difficult to say whether it’s an evil smile or a nice one.
PAGE TEN
Panel One: Wide-angle view of Yaga and her dark henchmen.
YAGA: What’s a little girl like you doing in a place like this all by yourself?
Panel Two: Close-up of Ania, still scared but coming to grips with the situation.
ANIA: I—I don’t know…
Panel Three: Wide-angle profile view of Ania, still sitting, and Yaga, who is towering over her.
YAGA: You expect me to believe that, child? No one wanders the forest alone for no reason.
ANIA: I’ve been here for as long as I can remember.
PAGE ELEVEN
Panel One: Full-body view of Yaga, facing the viewer.
YAGA: The forest is no place for a girl by herself. It’s dangerous. Don’t you know there are spirits about? Especially this time of year… And not to mention the bears and the beasts. Child, it’s a wonder you’re still alive.
Panel Two: Profile view of Ania, still sitting, and Yaga, who has now crouched down to Ania’s level.
YAGA: Come with us. We’ll take care of you.
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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...
