vignette noelle lammott
break the verse...
Welcome to Nod...
For those of you who are new to "Nod", I'll explain it just a little...
Remember the story of Cain and Abel? Well...after Cain kills his brother he is cast to the land of ...where?...NOD.
In the Book of Enoch...Cain has a son, Enoch- whom he names a city for...
Are you still with me? Good...it's about to get weird....
"Nod" begins with Enoch. It ends with you and me.
Excerpts...
INTRO:A DARK ALLEYWAY.
ENOCH WALKS ALONE – LONG SHOT.
TWO RATS RUN ACROSS HIS FEET AND THERE SHOULD BE A CLOSE UP ON HIS EAR- AS IF HE HAS JUST HEARD SOMETHING. HE SMOKES A CIGARETTE.
ANOTHER MAN ENTERS THE SHOT- BEHIND HIM. HE WEARS A TURBAN WHICH COMES DOWN OVER ONE EYE. HIS MOUTH IS VISIBLY MISSING A FEW TEETH.
ENOCH STANDS STILL.
Man: So…where’s your mark?
Enoch: You’d have to skin me to find it.
ENOCH REACHES INTO THE MAN’S CHEST AND PULLS OUT HIS BEATING HEART.
HE THROWS THE HEART TO THE GROUND AND CASUALLY WALKS AWAY. TAKES A PUFF OF CIGARETTE AND FLICKS IT INTO THE COOLING POOL OF BLOOD.
LAST PANEL SHOULD SHOW THE MAN DEAD IN THE BLOODY MESS. A SHADOWY FIGURE IS CAST OVER HIM AS ENOCH DISAPPEARS INTO THE DISTANCE.
SCENE ONE: WHAT IS TIME?
JUDE SITS IN A FADED GREEN CHAIR. ENOCH SITS IN THE WINDOW SILL- LOOKING OUT.
Jude: I don’t feel anymore.
Enoch: Yes you do, goddamn it-
JUDE LOOKS AT HIM- A LITTLE INDIFFERENT…BUT STILL LOOKING.
Enoch: I don’t have time for this shit-man.
Jude: So pushy…somebody needs some opium.
Enoch: No…I-
ENOCH GRABS HIS HEAD IN POSSIBLE AGONY.
Enoch: don’t-
DREAM – LILLITH APPEARS IN A WHITE SHAWL. SHE OPENS HER EYES AND BLACKBIRDS FLY OUT OF THEM.
Lillith: I want you- I want you- I feel – I want…
THE BIRDS BEGIN TO SWARM OVER ENOCH AS A YOUNG BOY.
Enoch: Stop!!!
ENOCH WAKES UP. HE HAS BEEN ASLEEP WHOLE TIME
Jude: Bad dreams?
Enoch: Yeah…I have- I mean- I had – I had this…dream.
Jude: You need some tissue?
Enoch: Piss off.
ACTION: ENOCH WASHES HIS FACE AND COMES BACK INTO THE ROOM, WIPING FACE WITH A TOWEL.
Enoch: What is time?
Jude: about two.
ENOCH GIVES A LOOK (ILLUSTRATOR’S NOTE)
Enoch: You know what?...just forget it. You know, never mind…..
God…I’m in hell- right? I mean this IS hell, isn’t it? This is like some kind of fucking existentialist play gone horribly wrong…right?...
THROWS JUDE UP AGAINST THE CEILING WITH ONE ARM EXTENDED
Enoch: Answer me, goddamn it!!!
RONOVE BREAKS THROUGH THE WINDOW- A TUMBLE.
Ronove: The splendor of the Godhead shall illuminate them!!!!!!!!!!
LONG PAUSE WHILE JUDE AND ENOCH STARE BLANKLY.
Jude: Well…you don’t see that everyday.
Enoch: That’s it!
DROPS JUDE.
Enoch: I can’t take this anymore!
Ronove: Master…please- I bring you most interesting news.
ENOCH STARES INTO RONOVE’S EYES
SCENE TWELVE: FLASHBACK TO NOD….OR IS IT?
THE FIRST SHOT IS AN ORANGE SUN- HANGING IN A DESERT SKY. A SMALL BOY IS RUNNING/ FRONT SHOT AND SIDE VIEW. HE WEARS A LOOSE OPEN VEST, TATTERED PANTS AND AN UNRAVELING TURBAN.
THERE SHOULD BE A VIGNETTE OF IMAGES AND TEXT HERE- RECOUNTING THE TALE OF CAIN AND ABEL INTERSPERSED WITH THE LITTLE BOY RUNNING.
HE RUNS AND JUMPS OFF A SMALL BRIDGE INTO A POND WITH TWO OR THREE OTHER BOYS.
FOCUS WHIPS AROUND TO REVEAL ROWAN LEANING AGAINST A CHURCH, WATCHING THE KIDS. IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT HE HAS BEEN TELLING THE STORY.
Rowan: “And Cain went out from the presence of the lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod (HE PAUSES). And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore a son; and Cain built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son…
Lix: ( He drags on his cigarette) E….noch.
ROWAN FLINCHES AS LIX FLICKS ASH.
SCENE SIX: THE COURT YARD
ENOCH AND RONOVE SIT IN A COURT YARD PLAYING CHESS. JUDE IS SUNBATHING IN THE BACKGROUND BY A POOL.
Ronove: I’ve been to Gahenna this past week.
Enoch: Knight to E-5.
Ronove: Master- I have news…from Gahenna.
Enoch: Bishop to-
Ronove: Gahenn-
Enoch: Gahenna is a waseland. Waste doesn’t make news.
Ronove: Yes, Master- that is very astute- it’s just that-
Enoch: Check Mate
Ronove: There is talk of Rowan.
ENOCH IS VERY STILL AND SILENT FOR A LONG PAUSE.
HE THEN FLIPS THE CHESS BOARD OVER AND THE PIECES GO FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. ENOCH TURNS AND WALKS AWAY.
RONOVE LOOKS OVER AT JUDE.
Jude: Well- don’t look at me.
Ronove: But- (HE YELLS TO ENOCH) Master!
Jude: Let him throw his little tantrum. He’ll be back. Come sit by me- I need someone to oil up my back.
Ronove: Master! Master wait!
RONOVE JUMPS UP AND DOWN, WAVING HIS ARMS AS ENOCH CONTINUES TO MAKE HIS EXIT.
ENOCH WALKS ALONE – LONG SHOT.
TWO RATS RUN ACROSS HIS FEET AND THERE SHOULD BE A CLOSE UP ON HIS EAR- AS IF HE HAS JUST HEARD SOMETHING. HE SMOKES A CIGARETTE.
ANOTHER MAN ENTERS THE SHOT- BEHIND HIM. HE WEARS A TURBAN WHICH COMES DOWN OVER ONE EYE. HIS MOUTH IS VISIBLY MISSING A FEW TEETH.
ENOCH STANDS STILL.
Man: So…where’s your mark?
Enoch: You’d have to skin me to find it.
ENOCH REACHES INTO THE MAN’S CHEST AND PULLS OUT HIS BEATING HEART.
HE THROWS THE HEART TO THE GROUND AND CASUALLY WALKS AWAY. TAKES A PUFF OF CIGARETTE AND FLICKS IT INTO THE COOLING POOL OF BLOOD.
LAST PANEL SHOULD SHOW THE MAN DEAD IN THE BLOODY MESS. A SHADOWY FIGURE IS CAST OVER HIM AS ENOCH DISAPPEARS INTO THE DISTANCE.
SCENE ONE: WHAT IS TIME?
JUDE SITS IN A FADED GREEN CHAIR. ENOCH SITS IN THE WINDOW SILL- LOOKING OUT.
Jude: I don’t feel anymore.
Enoch: Yes you do, goddamn it-
JUDE LOOKS AT HIM- A LITTLE INDIFFERENT…BUT STILL LOOKING.
Enoch: I don’t have time for this shit-man.
Jude: So pushy…somebody needs some opium.
Enoch: No…I-
ENOCH GRABS HIS HEAD IN POSSIBLE AGONY.
Enoch: don’t-
DREAM – LILLITH APPEARS IN A WHITE SHAWL. SHE OPENS HER EYES AND BLACKBIRDS FLY OUT OF THEM.
Lillith: I want you- I want you- I feel – I want…
THE BIRDS BEGIN TO SWARM OVER ENOCH AS A YOUNG BOY.
Enoch: Stop!!!
ENOCH WAKES UP. HE HAS BEEN ASLEEP WHOLE TIME
Jude: Bad dreams?
Enoch: Yeah…I have- I mean- I had – I had this…dream.
Jude: You need some tissue?
Enoch: Piss off.
ACTION: ENOCH WASHES HIS FACE AND COMES BACK INTO THE ROOM, WIPING FACE WITH A TOWEL.
Enoch: What is time?
Jude: about two.
ENOCH GIVES A LOOK (ILLUSTRATOR’S NOTE)
Enoch: You know what?...just forget it. You know, never mind…..
God…I’m in hell- right? I mean this IS hell, isn’t it? This is like some kind of fucking existentialist play gone horribly wrong…right?...
THROWS JUDE UP AGAINST THE CEILING WITH ONE ARM EXTENDED
Enoch: Answer me, goddamn it!!!
RONOVE BREAKS THROUGH THE WINDOW- A TUMBLE.
Ronove: The splendor of the Godhead shall illuminate them!!!!!!!!!!
LONG PAUSE WHILE JUDE AND ENOCH STARE BLANKLY.
Jude: Well…you don’t see that everyday.
Enoch: That’s it!
DROPS JUDE.
Enoch: I can’t take this anymore!
Ronove: Master…please- I bring you most interesting news.
ENOCH STARES INTO RONOVE’S EYES
SCENE TWELVE: FLASHBACK TO NOD….OR IS IT?
THE FIRST SHOT IS AN ORANGE SUN- HANGING IN A DESERT SKY. A SMALL BOY IS RUNNING/ FRONT SHOT AND SIDE VIEW. HE WEARS A LOOSE OPEN VEST, TATTERED PANTS AND AN UNRAVELING TURBAN.
THERE SHOULD BE A VIGNETTE OF IMAGES AND TEXT HERE- RECOUNTING THE TALE OF CAIN AND ABEL INTERSPERSED WITH THE LITTLE BOY RUNNING.
HE RUNS AND JUMPS OFF A SMALL BRIDGE INTO A POND WITH TWO OR THREE OTHER BOYS.
FOCUS WHIPS AROUND TO REVEAL ROWAN LEANING AGAINST A CHURCH, WATCHING THE KIDS. IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT HE HAS BEEN TELLING THE STORY.
Rowan: “And Cain went out from the presence of the lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod (HE PAUSES). And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore a son; and Cain built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son…
Lix: ( He drags on his cigarette) E….noch.
ROWAN FLINCHES AS LIX FLICKS ASH.
SCENE SIX: THE COURT YARD
ENOCH AND RONOVE SIT IN A COURT YARD PLAYING CHESS. JUDE IS SUNBATHING IN THE BACKGROUND BY A POOL.
Ronove: I’ve been to Gahenna this past week.
Enoch: Knight to E-5.
Ronove: Master- I have news…from Gahenna.
Enoch: Bishop to-
Ronove: Gahenn-
Enoch: Gahenna is a waseland. Waste doesn’t make news.
Ronove: Yes, Master- that is very astute- it’s just that-
Enoch: Check Mate
Ronove: There is talk of Rowan.
ENOCH IS VERY STILL AND SILENT FOR A LONG PAUSE.
HE THEN FLIPS THE CHESS BOARD OVER AND THE PIECES GO FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. ENOCH TURNS AND WALKS AWAY.
RONOVE LOOKS OVER AT JUDE.
Jude: Well- don’t look at me.
Ronove: But- (HE YELLS TO ENOCH) Master!
Jude: Let him throw his little tantrum. He’ll be back. Come sit by me- I need someone to oil up my back.
Ronove: Master! Master wait!
RONOVE JUMPS UP AND DOWN, WAVING HIS ARMS AS ENOCH CONTINUES TO MAKE HIS EXIT.