Category: Assignment Instructions (Page 1 of 6)

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Anansi

Scene #1 (Rows 1-8) Page 1

Intro narration:

As the sun sets in the west, Ny’ame, the sky god (Character 1) peers through the clouds to observe the people of earth. Flashback panels, as Ny’ame reflects to an ancient time when gods ruled the earth. Close up shot to Anansi, the spider god. Callback shot to Ny’ame, standing in front of a spider-like statue; Ny’ame is standing on the celestial clouds, looking down on earth.

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Turning his sights to Africa, Ny’ame notices a young orphan in Ghana stealing food from the marketplace. Local police spot the young thief and begin to pursue. As the boy runs off with the food, he manages to elude the police and retreats to an underground passageway where he gives the food to other orphan children, who are either too sick or too weak to fend for themselves. The police soon pick up the boy’s trail and are closing in. Realizing that he may soon be caught, the boy heads in the opposite direction to lead police away from the other children. Intrigued by this, Ny’ame, the sky god continues to observe the scene, as he is impressed by the boy’s natural athletic, acrobatic abilities.

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Still in pursuit of the boy, the police are closing in, as they chase him through the underground passageway. The boy trips while running and freefalls down through a shaft where he blacks out. Long shot of the boy falling.

When he comes to, he is standing face to face with Ny’ame, the sky god. Initially terrified by the sky god’s imposing figure and unsure of where he is, the boy is terrified and in shock. Ny’ame smiles and welcomes the boy into the Celestial Kingdom.

“Am I Dead? Where am I? Who are you? What do you want?”

Smiling he replies: “You are not dead. This is my kingdom and I am Ny’ame, the all seeing god of the skies…what do I want? To offer you a gift.”

“What do you mean?”

“What if I told you, I could give you a gift and you would never have to steal again, would never go hungry again, and I could give you abilities far beyond your wildest dreams? Would you accept this gift?”

The boy smirks in disbelief.

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Ny’ame looks sternly at the boy. The boy contemplates.

“Why would you offer this “gift” to me?”

“Because I have seen your worth”

The boy looks away, then looks up.

“Yes”… “I accept your gift!”

The boy’s eyes start glowing. Ny’ame’s eyes glow. He starts chanting:

“Power of Ashanti… Power of Anansi… these powers I grant thee”

The boy becomes encased in a spider’s web. Ny’ame continues his chant

“The powers of the spider god…

peak human physical stamina,

enhanced reflexes

enhanced agility

superior vision

Long jumping

Strong silk to build webs

Heightened senses

Superior intellect

Sticktoitiveness…”

The boy interrupts, “Doesn’t someone already have all these?”

Ny’ame smiles, “Not like this!”

Still encased, the boy begins to transform, becoming the new Anansi.

The boy emerges from the web like cocoon as Ny’ame gives him the mask

of Ashanti.

“With this gift may come a curse, as enemies of the ancient spider god may be a challenge. But remember, your mind is your greatest weapon.”

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Anansi is transported back to earth where he finds himself in New York City. Surprised and confused, he soon realizes he has superhuman abilities and very little memory of the boy he once was. He tests his spiderlike capabilities and spends the day using his new abilities to help less fortunate people. People soon start to capture pictures and videos of the new man spider making his way around the city. This comes to the attention of business mogul Ty Garfield.

Scene 6 Page 6

Ty Garfield invites Anansi to his office to offer him a proposition. Anansi refuses insisting he only wants to help the little guys. This infuriates the businessman and he lunges at him. He begins to transform (into a tiger), and Anansi realizes he is one the enemies he was warned about.

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Being physically smaller than the tiger, Anansi realizes that he has to outsmart the tiger to win. He lures him to the roof of the building and spins a web to the top of the tower. As the tiger tries to follow, he becomes entangled in the sticky web. This infuriates the tiger even more, but the more he struggles, the more entagled he becomes. Anansi eventually spins a final web around the tiger, trapping him for good.

“This isn’t over spider”

“No. It’s only begun tiger”

Scene 8 Page 8

Anansi leaves the tiger trapped on the roof as he swings away.

The House on Maple

Page 1:

• Panel 1:

Protagonist stands in front of the fabled house on Maple Street looking at it in all its glory

Page 2:

• Panel 1: 

Protag still standing outside looking around

Dialog:

1. Protag: Welp
2. Protag: no point standing around, let’s do this

• Panel 2:

Protag starts to head inside to find the mysteries that await him

• Panel 3:

White panel with black text saying “Earlier…”

• Panel 4:

waitress puts down a cup of coffee

• Panel 5:

Protag sitting in diner as the waitress walks away

Dialog:

1. Protag: alright

• Panel 6:

Close up of the Protag’s face

Dialog:

1. Protag: what can you tell me about the house Mr. Jones?

• Panel 7:

A look at Mr. Jones as he drinks so of his coffee 

Page 3

• Panel 1:

Long shot of Mr. Jones answering the Protags questions

Dialog:

1. Jones: the whole experience was honestly a nightmare so parts of my memory is quite hazy
2. Protag: then how much of it do you remember
3. Jones: mostly trying to find any way possible way to get out of there
4. Protag: interesting

• Panel 2:

Long shot of the protag writing

Dialog:

1. Jones: Sir are really only writing about this house
2. Protag: of course, any idea why you were the only survivors?
3. Jones: No honestly, I’ve never stopped to think about and never wanted to
4. Jones: I was just happy to make it out

• Panel 3: 

shot of the notepad with notes

• Panel 4:

Protag putting his pen to his lip

Dialog:

1. Protag: hmm I’ll probably get more information from going myself 

• Panel 5:

Mr. Jones bangs his fist onto the table

• Panel 6

The whole diner becomes quiet and looks at the table, Protag is taken back as his now spilled coffee mug drips onto the floor

Page 4:

• Panel 1:

A close up of Mr. Jones looking quite angry

Dialog:

1. Jones: you stay the hell out of that house you hear me

• Panel 2:

Protag opening this the door of the house and entering 

Dialog:

1. Protag: Well, I wouldn’t be the department’s leading reporter if I was afraid of a little rumor, right?

• Panel 3: 

Protag passes through was seems like an invisible barrier

• Panel 4:

As the barrier pops, Protag feels this weird chill down his spine and shivers

Dialog: 

1. Protag: huh?

• Panel 5:

Protag turns around after the chill but doesn’t see anything but the open door

• Panel 6:

Shows an eerie figure behind in the darkness that passes by over Protag’s shoulder

Dialog:

1. Protag: ……huh.

• Panel 7:

Protag turns back around unaware of what transpired behind him

Page 5:

• Panel 1:

Protag continues forward into the house as it slowly gets darker inside 

• Panel 2:

Protag takes out the flashlight in his coat pocket and enters the dining room

• Panel 3:

Protag looks around the room pointing light around but not really seeing anything unusual, just cobwebs and some torn curtains

Dialog:

1. Protag: Hmm seems pretty ordinary for an old house

• Panel 4:

Protag makes his way to the kitchen

• Panel 5:

After he leaves the room, a head dangles from the ceiling looking in his direction

Page 6:

• Panel 1:

Protag enters the kitchen and begins to search around in the cabinets

Dialog: 

1. Protag: Hmm I see 
2. Protag: ah very interesting
3. Protag: Amazing

• Panel 2:

Protag hunched over the counter, looking disappointed

Dialog:

1. Protag: who there really isn’t anything here, I wasted my time 
2. Protag: they probably were all just rumors

• Panel 3: 

Protag notices a creaking noise from the side

Dialog:

1. Protag: Huh?

• Panel 4:

There’s a door to the side slowly swaying from a light breeze

• Panel 5:

Protag opens the door wide and is greeted by a flight of stairs leading to a basement

Dialog: 

1. Protag: just what I needed

• Panel 6:

Protag heads down the staircase, flashlight shining on everything in front of him

• Panel 7:

He Shines the light around the new room to see what he’ll find

Page 7:

• Panel 1:

Protag spots what looks like a pentagram on the floor and gasps

• Panel 2:

Out of shock he drops his flashlight on the floor and the impact turns it off

• Panel 3:

Protag Picks it up and starts banging the light in a panic 

Dialog:

1. Protag: Come on come ooon!!

• Panel 4:

The Light flashes brightly towards the ceiling as it turns back on as Protag sighs in Relief

Dialog:

1. Protag: Finally

• Panel 5:

A Demon Appears behind Protag Breathing over his shoulder with a grin across its face, happy to have a meal in so long

Page 8

• Panel 1:

Shows the door with thumping sounds suddenly getting louder

• Panel 2:

Protag burst through the door screaming at the top of his lungs heading towards the door

• Panel 3:

Protag Reaches the open door and makes a final sprint

Dialog:

1. Protag: Finally!

• Panel 4:

Instead of running right out, Protag runs face first into what seems like an invisible wall

• Panel 5:

Protag starts inspecting and banging on the wall in complete disbelief

Dialog:

1. Protag: oh no no no no no no
2. Protag: Please

• Panel 6:

The Demon Appears behind his him grabbing the top half of his face as Protag breaks into cold sweats as the door shuts

Dialog:

1. Protag: no…..

• Panel 7:

Shows a Shot of Mr. Jones standing on the sidewalk watching the door close

Dialog:

1. Mr. Jones: Every time

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