Pomegranate Seeds by Aida Irving - Transcript
Page 1
Panel 1: The principal walks through the garden, passed the hedges towards his study
Panel 2: His precautionary footsteps
Panel 3: A vulture flies overhead
Panel 4: The principal looks up
Panel 5: he looks behind him
Panel 6: he still senses someone watching him
Panel 7: he continues to walk
Page 2:
Panel 1: wide shot of the vulture watching the principal
Panel 2: The principal going downstairs
Panel 3: he opens the door
Panel 4: A set of books in his study. “At the heart of the academy, a study.” “And in the study- “
Page 3:
Panel 1: In his study, the narrator narrates, “A principle, a mastermind, a muscle of impossible volumes.” “It's his duty to keep”
Panel 2: He lights a cigarette. “his students achieving”
Panel 3: “no matter what he kows them all” “every face, every strength, knows with eyes closed”
Panel 4: “but things have changed, something hair raising, something breathing down his neck”
Panel 5: He takes a whiff of his cigarette.
Page 4:
Panel 1: He hears something. “… is that you Grimes?”
Panel 2: He looks around. “who goes there?”
Panel 3: Grimes in hiding in the shadows
Panel 4: Grimes says, “you’re right boss… you’re looking more worried these days”
Panel 5: The principal wavers for Grimes to come closer. “Come here… come out from the shadows”
Page 5:
Panel 1: Grimes catches the principle biting his nails and acting nervous, “You’re doing that thing again?”
Panel 2: Grimes says, “You notice anything with the sky?” Grimes transforms into his human form.
The principal is shuffling a bunch of paper work.“No.. not right now.. I’m in the middle of something. I was, at least.”
Page 6:
Panel 1: “Old Renaulds never did worry like you even when he was in charge”
Panel 2: The principal takes a hold of some paper, rolls it up. He warns for Grimes to “watch it.”
Panel 3: Bam, he whacks him. “Wham”
Panel 4: Grimes disappears. Principal says, “Huh?”
Panel 5: The Principle looks around. He hears flapping.
Panel 6: Grimes flies out the window. Grimes says, “There’s something I got to show you”
Page 7:
Panel 1:Into the sky Grimes goes. Principal shouts out, “Grimes, the parents can’t find out what is really happening. The Vellids are…
Panel 2: Grimes perches himself on the railing.Grimes says, “you see that?
Principal, “What’s that”
Grimes, “You see that glitch?”
Panel 3: Principal, “That’s what I’ve been worried about”
Grimes, “they’re getting restless”
Page 8:
Panel 1: Principal gazes out towards the glitch
Panel 2: He thinks to himself, “These cosmic creatures are demanding of yet another child. I need to buy us more time.”
Page 9:
Panel 1: Grimes asks, “Who are we conspiring against?” “The Vellids or the parents?”
Panel 2: “Well, both”
Panel 3: Principle, “First, we need a compelling plan to tell the parents.”
Panel 4: He takes out a piece of paper
Panel 5: He makes a large gestural movement. The paper flaps.
Panel 6: He writes
Panel 7: Close up shot of the draft he writes. It writes, please talk to your children and tell them it is not safe to roam around campus after dark.
Page 10:
Panel 1: Grimes asks the Principal, “What happened to Anya.”
Panel 2: “Anya only keeps to herself. She’s like a real life fish.”
Panel 3: “What does she do anyways outside of the pool? If we don’t do anything. She’s gonna cream us.”
Panel 4: Anya hears this while she’s in the shower.
Panel 5: She hears the other girls talking
Page 11:
Panel 1: A girl approaches Anya
Panel 2: She whispers into her ear, “Anya.”
Panel 3: she putts on her coat to indicate she dressing
Panel 4: shot of the two girls
Panel 5: The girl asks her, “Great swimming. Some of us are going to the waterfall. Wanna come?
Panel 6: Anya looks at her
Panel 7: she says, “yeah, what time?”
Page 12:
Panel 1:Anya looks at the waterfall
Panel 2: One girl from the swimming team dares her, “I dare you to jump off those rocks”
Panel 3: She points to a girl about to dive into the waterfall. She says, “Like that.”
Panel 4: The girl leaps into the air. Another girl says, “no, she’s a wuss.”
Page 13:
Panel 1: Anya takes up this dare. She peers and looks out.
Panel 2: She walks towards the rocks
Panel 3: She gets into diving position
Panel 4: She leaps down
Page 14:
Panel 1: she splashes into the water
The Principal tells Grimes, “It was partially true. That did happen.”
Panel 2: Anya plummets into the water. The Principle continues to Grimes, “And that’s where they extracted an ounce of her alloum.”