QUANTUM: Rock of Ages #1 - Page 02

DreamchildNYC on Sept. 24, 2006

PAGE TWO (six panels)

Panel 1. Wide Shot, of STOLTZ’S lab. Here and in the coming panels we have a very short time to establish STOLTZ’S timeline. What we basically have here is a modern Nazi regime as the major world power. Hitler never lost WWII, and his son is the rightful heir. The lab shouldn’t be too dark and foreboding, but there needs to be certain symbols and propaganda, maybe a modernized swastika (or other Nazi symbol, check historical.) here and there. In the center of the lab there is a huge labyrinthine-looking apparatus with a mechanical arm / platform of some sort extended to hold the sphere of Quantum that Steinner is still holding up and examining. She’s pretty hot, for a Nazi scientist, tight skirt, lab coat, and glasses. STOLTZ, looking grim, is approaching Steinner to take the Quantum. Zimmer, a portly man, is at a control panel or taking notes or something addressing STOLTZ. The various countdown clocks now display: “-00:00:59.”

STOLTZ:

ZIMMER:

STEINNER:

Panel 2. Closer on STOLTZ. He is taking the Quantum from Steinner, looking very proud of himself.

STOLTZ:

STOLTZ:

Panel 3. Another view. STOLTZ now has the Quantum sphere, and is placing it onto its designated place on the time machine. His two colleagues are running last minute checks.

STOLTZ:

STEINNER:

ZIMMER:

Panel 4. Medium shot. STOLTZ and his colleagues are running various checks and double checks. Maybe one of the other scientists is putting on goggles. The clock display in the background reads, “-00:00:30”

ZIMMER:

STEINNER:

STOLTZ:

Panel 5. Another angle. The three scientists have donned protective goggles. They have assumed their designated stations and are ready to engage the experiment.

ZIMMER:

ZIMMER:

STOLTZ:

STOLTZ:

Panel 6. Zoom in. STOLTZ, suddenly serious, is at a computer console, his hand on an important-looking button. He is looking at the Quantum, in foreground, resting on its platform on the time machine. The clock now reads, “00:00:00.”

ZIMMER (OP):

STOLTZ:

SFX (button click): TEK