PAGE TWO
This page and Page Three are a spread.
This is a four panel page. Panel Four is a tall one (maybe two tiers tall?) Up to you though, obviously.
Panel One
This is a reveal of the person who shouted at the kids. It’s Evie’s dad, dressed in full scoutmaster’s uniform (maybe even with a hat and rucksack on? Possibly too much) and carrying three huge candyfloss/cotton-candies on sticks. He’s grinning at us / the kids as he struggles towards us with the three oversized treats. Behind him we can see maybe one or twoof the other exhibits in the tent. Maybe a stuffed Jackalope, mounted (full body) to look like its mid leap, and a slightly paper mache looking pterodactyl skull in front of a black and white photo like this https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pterodactyl+photo+1800s&t=ffab&atb=v111-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images . We can also see some of the other patrons of the tent, some of whom might be looking at Evie’s dad with amusement.
Evie’s dad has three balloons.
Dad: I got you some Monster Snacks!
Dad: Get it?
Dad: Seriously though, help. These things are huge.
Panel Two
This is a shot of the kids gratefully receiving the snacks from Mr. Ewan. He’s casting an eye round the inside of the tent looking like he’s not really that impressed with what he sees, but trying to act like it’s all good.
The kids each have one balloon, and Evie’s dad has one.
Evie: Thanks, dad.
Li: Thanks.
Biko: Thanks, Mr. Ewan.
Dad: Well then…certainly some interesting stuff on display here, eh?
Panel Three
This is a shot of Biko. I think it’s from Evie’s dad’s POV, so we’re looking down at him, but up to you really. He’s referring to his note book, maybe munching on candyfloss too.
Biko has two balloons.
Biko: Most of these specimens area hundred years old or more. They should really be in museums instead of a sideshow tent.
Biko: But, of course, we haven’t even got to the most fascinating exhibit yet…
Panel Four
This is a big reveal of the star exhibit of the tent. Its going to be in pride of place, up on a plinth, maybe even with some curtains (now parted) which screen it off. It’s a rather moth-eaten looking, life sized (8 foot tall) Bigfoot. It’s half way between a model and a stuffed specimen, but some patches on it look bare, and even as if they’ve been repaired. It’s a fairly frightening looking beast (it might look a bit more like a Gigantopithecus than a Sasquach?), and towers above us. Maybe we’re looking up from a low angle, to increase the towering? One of the creature’s feet is raised slightly, standing on an old, dusty, wooden box, which looks like it’s been put there to replace some missing bit of of the original diorama.
There are two tailless balloons from Biko (the first of which, might be lettered larger than usual for dramatic effect?).
Biko (off): … the Lovelock CaveApe!
Biko (off): Also known as Lovelock’s Bigfoot.
PAGE THREE
This page is part of a spread with Page Two.
This is a six panel page (I think), but I’m going to be a bit looser with the description here so the layout is up to you (ideally mirroring or echoing Page Two in some way).
Panel One
Biko is reading from his notebook and has three balloons.
Biko: Discovered by Frank Lovelock in 1884, in cave in the Black Skull mountains.
Biko: Basically a heap of fur and stuff.
Biko: He thought it was a bear, but there are no bears up there.
Panel Two
This is a close up of part of the Bigfoot figure. Fort the dog is sniffing at it really intently in all these panels, obviously getting more and more excited and interested.
Three balloons from Biko (off panel, maybe tailless).
Biko (off): They did some testing on the fur and the results came back saying it was from an unknown species.
Biko (off): That got people interested.
Biko (off): Newspapers started calling it Lovelock’s Bigfoot.
Panel Three
Not sure if we should cut back to Biko here, or carry on with some shots of the Bigfoot. Up to you.
Biko has three balloons (maybe from off)
Biko: Lovelock was just a hiker and didn’t really know what to do with the remains.
Biko: So, when he was offered a chunk of money for everything he’d found, he took it.
Biko: He sold it all.
Panel Four
Here we can see that Fort is now not just snuffling, but scrabbling at the box which the Bigfoot’s big foot rests on.
Three balloons from Biko (off), and one FX.
Biko: The man who bought it ran a travelling side-show, and he had this model made.
Biko: Only the fur is real, really. But still, it’s pretty cool.
FX: scritch scratch
Biko: Hey! Fort! Stop that!
Panels Five and Six
Okay, so Fort’s scrabbling causes the box to break / cave in, and the Bigfoot model topples forwards towards the kids and Evie’s dad. We’re just looking for a shot of the looming beast seeming to lunge forwards towards us and possibly a terrified reaction of the group as it does so (maybe the shadow of the monster falling across them?).
One FX from the box breaking, maybe one from the toppling figure, one balloon (from Evie’s dad?). Feel free to change my FX if you think something else would suit better, they’re a bit placeholder-y as is.
FX: KA-KRACK
FX: kreeeeeaaak
Balloon: LOOK OUT!