Capturing that image in three panels can be easily achieved in a comic book page. The obvious question is how to project the same image on film. The answer is simple but complex. To have enough time to capture every emotional thought of fear, denial, or inner whisper of despair of both parties could be a comic book in itself. If you really think about it all visual medium is the conveyance of Emotion, Artistry, Sanctuary and Course regardless of its length.
Characters are the feeling of story.
Course is the predetermined journey they travel or plot. If the path is not determined as strong as your characters they are nothing more than sticks in the mud complaining of their situations. So there is a union. The other extreme is to have too much plot that the characters are weakened by the adversity of the plot. If any protagonist or hero was hit with so much diversity that the character or characters become participate of the action put the audience is not participant in their lives, you have a hollow story that relies on resolve of the plot rather than a mutual conclusion of fulfilling benefit.