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Enter: A potentially mildly self-destructive lad.
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Panel 1 [The camera pans further down the dock to show LAWRENCE MANNER also looking up at the ship, only more wistfully/hopefully. Lawrence is a slender white man in his mid 20s, dressed in a style that is similar to others on the docks, but looks a little too crisp, not worn in.]
Panel 2 [Shot over Lawrence’s shoulder as he looks at a flyer nailed to a post]
Panel 3 [Close up of the flyer, and Lawrence’s hand lifting it closer to see]
FLYER TEXT:
SEEKING! Ambitious and able-bodied men of good moral character for a whaling voyage bound for the warm Pacific! No previous experience necessary—-Landsmen welcome and encouraged to apply! A once in a lifetime chance to see the world AND earn a handsome profit in the noble pursuit of the whale. Advance $75. Inquire with the undersigned at 110 Front Street.
—Terrence Hanshaw
Panel 4 [Lawrence looking up from flyer with a searching expression, mumbling to himself]
LAWRENCE:
110 Front Street…
Panel 5 [Shot from behind Lawrence, showing the view across the street of a small building with a few men milling around outside. The sign above the door reads ‘T. Hanshaw - Outfitter’
Panel 2 [Shot over Lawrence’s shoulder as he looks at a flyer nailed to a post]
Panel 3 [Close up of the flyer, and Lawrence’s hand lifting it closer to see]
FLYER TEXT:
SEEKING! Ambitious and able-bodied men of good moral character for a whaling voyage bound for the warm Pacific! No previous experience necessary—-Landsmen welcome and encouraged to apply! A once in a lifetime chance to see the world AND earn a handsome profit in the noble pursuit of the whale. Advance $75. Inquire with the undersigned at 110 Front Street.
—Terrence Hanshaw
Panel 4 [Lawrence looking up from flyer with a searching expression, mumbling to himself]
LAWRENCE:
110 Front Street…
Panel 5 [Shot from behind Lawrence, showing the view across the street of a small building with a few men milling around outside. The sign above the door reads ‘T. Hanshaw - Outfitter’
I love that dubious jobs looking to snatch up some unsuspecting or down-on-their-luck laborers haven’t changed much in the past two centuries…
don’t do it, lad…you haven’t even reached the “methodically knocking people’s hats off” stage yet