The Megastructure

Dream Storyboards · 1970s French science-fiction bande dessinée, ligne claire
The Megastructure

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A hostel that is also an ancient megastructure: from their high window, the dreamer and two friends ride future boards down its face like a mountain, and at the bottom they look up at something too big to end. (A dream shared anonymously.)
style
1970s French science-fiction bande dessinée, ligne claire
frames
9 key frames
narration
1:01
dream
A dream shared anonymously
Storyboard
  1. A colossal pyramid of old bronze and green metal plates rises above a far-off forest. One window high on its face glows.

    01 A colossal pyramid of old bronze and green metal plates rises above a far-off forest. One window high on its face glows.

  2. Inside, a room of bunks and lockers. A young man in orange points at the open window; two hooded friends hold their boards.

    02 Inside, a room of bunks and lockers. A young man in orange points at the open window; two hooded friends hold their boards.

  3. At the open window, the three stand looking out. Below it, the metal face falls away to a forest far beneath.

    03 At the open window, the three stand looking out. Below it, the metal face falls away to a forest far beneath.

  4. Out on the steep face below the window, he and his two friends ride down it on their boards.

    04 Out on the steep face below the window, he and his two friends ride down it on their boards.

  5. Through his own eyes: his feet on the board, his arms out, his friends ahead, the forest far below.

    05 Through his own eyes: his feet on the board, his arms out, his friends ahead, the forest far below.

  6. From below: the three come down the face toward us, the row of windows far above them.

    06 From below: the three come down the face toward us, the row of windows far above them.

  7. At the bottom, the three stand on their boards on the forest floor.

    07 At the bottom, the three stand on their boards on the forest floor.

  8. They turn to the pyramid and look up the face they came down.

    08 They turn to the pyramid and look up the face they came down.

  9. Three tiny figures at the foot of the pyramid; its top is lost above the picture.

    09 Three tiny figures at the foot of the pyramid; its top is lost above the picture.