Title: TABLE FOR WHO?
Previous: Step 1 Outline by Dan Mazur
Current: Step 2 Plot by Levon Gyulkhasyan
All pages have a 6-grid format with 2 panels per tier.
Exceptions are:
Page 1 panel 1, which is a widescreen panel occupying all Tier 1.
Page 3 panels 3, 4, 5 which are narrow panels occupying Tier 2.
PAGE ONE
Panel 1, widescreen, occupies all Tier 1.
Establishing shot
A panorama of an American city’s intersection, circa 1956. One street which goes towards horizon has a movie theater, signs of companies and ads. It is busy with cars, buses and people. The other street parallel to the viewer, which is on the forefront, has a newsstand on the right corner of the panel with couple of people shown from the back, who were buying newspapers.
Panel 2, Tier 2
One of the newsstand clients turned into the reader and started introduction. It is a *Story Narrator. He greets the reader and introduced the surrounding as our time typical city.
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*The Story Narrator.
Ho looks like Nat King Cole’s photo with round-shaped sunglasses ( one can google “Bespectacled Birthdays.”) Alternatively can be Rod Sterling or Gregory Peck. He’s well dressed, with white shirt, gray suit which includes a vest and pants with outward-facing pleats. Over the suit he has a double-breasted long coat. He has a gray hat and a lace up office shoes.
Panel 3, Tier 2
Medium shot ( Waist-high shot of the narrator)
The Narrator was looking straight to the reader and talking that someone said don’t wish by all heart, it may happen. That it is may look obsolete today, but who knows? Then the Narrator suggests to check this right now, whether this type of irrational things may happen.
Panel 4 Tier 3
Long shot ( Full body of the Narrator.)
The Narrator starts to walk along the street, suggesting us to pick up random passersby and watch them closely.
Panel 5 Tier 3
The family consist of **the Husband, the Wife and two same age kids-teenagers, the Boy and the Girl is getting out of the taxi (Checker A8.)
The Narrator’s big face -so big that you can see only his one eye, the nose and part of the mouth – which peeked in from the panel’s right side, suggested to take this family and follow them.
** The Family. The Husband and the Wife are not slim nor short, that’s why they look a little bit older their age.
The Husband is in a gray boxy sack suit with big collar jacket, oxford shirt and loafers.
The Wife was wearing a gray or tint dark blue costume suit which includes a tweed collarless jacket with contrasting bound edges. Over a suit she has a roomy swagger coat with same material big collar, short and large sleeves and big same-fabric covered buttons. She wear black shoes on medium thick hills.
The Girl wears a shirt and skirt with buttoned collarless cardigan sweater over it, she is in saddle shoes with white socks.
The Boy was in bush jacket, a short one with a straight body, the belt around the waist and four big flap pockets. Under it he had a sweater vest over a button down long sleeve shirt and light red slacks with a dark red grid pattern.
PAGE TWO
Panel 1, Tier 1
From now on the focus is on the family, the Narrator is not around any more.
The same shot, the family is a little bit closer, walking towards the reader. Now we hear the voice of the Wife rebuking the Husband on not being able to repair the car hence forcing them to grab this taxi with dirty seats and terrible smell.
Panel 2, Tier 1
While waiting for the maitre’ d to be seated the Wife was questioning his husband’s ability to make a normal reservation, that now they’re going to spend rest of the day standing here. Kid’s face express torture and boredom. The Husbands face is emotionless.
Panel 3, Tier2
While waiting the Husband is looking out of the restaurant window. The main part of this panel shows the outside.
The Husband is looking out of the window to the busy street, while her Wife voice was pointing, that he don’t respect family, otherwise how to explain that he ‘s not looking for the better paid job, that it is a poor excuse to say that he loves his current job.
Panel 4, Tier2
More zoom-In to the street, now the entire panel shows the street.
The husband was looking on the group of three standing on the street, they were talking and looked very happy. He was trying not to pay attention to his kid’s voice from behind. They were saying, that Trevor went to NY, Alicia’s parent’s are taking her to the amusement park, Charlie is going to see his uncle in Chicago. Her Wife’s voice added, that he even has no relatives to visit during the break.
Panel 5, Tier3
And then maitre ‘d with polite smile on the face had told, that their table are ready and they can take off jackets and follow him. The Woman threw a sarcastic comment, something like finally, she don’t expect it to be that fast.
Panel 6, Tier 3
They all piled the coats on the Husband and followed the maitre ‘d. The Boy had dropped a jacket to the floor, but didn’t pay attention, arguing with the sister which seat to take. The Wife was walking to the table, talking loudly about it a s a darkest place here, almost in the kitchen.
PAGE THREE
Panel 1, Tier 1
While picking the jacket from the floor, the Husband still hear their voices from the deep of the room. The boy said that in his class no one hear about this restaurant, the Girl added, that in her class nobody knows about this street.
Panel 2, Tier 1
He was hanging jackets to the coat check attendant, still hearing the parts of derogatory and sarcastic comments.
Panel 3, Tier 2
Close-Up of his face.
He closed eyes wishing to have chance to spend some time alone.
Panel 4, Tier 2
Close-Up of his face.
He opened eyes. Immediately he noticed Something strange. There were no any voices from that part of the room.
Panel 5, Tier 2
Close-Up of his hand with the coat slip.
He also noticed that the slip lists only his name. He thought that they forgot to write other names…but he’ll check it later not now.
Panel 6, Tier 3
The maitre ‘d escorted him to his place and said that this is the table for one as he ordered.
Panel 7, Tier 3
He is sitting at the table, with the menu and a pair of silverware laying on the table. His face was serious, his hands on the table. He repeated “as I ordered”.
THE END