And one more thing before the start of Scene 233 - the scripted ending to Scene 232:
And as the lilting TUNE of an 18th century romantic ayre begins to FILTER IN, we . . .
233 INT. OLD HOUSE - DRAWING ROOM - NIGHT
CLOSE ON a beautiful, small, crystal, old English MUSIC BOX, open in Barnabas' hand ... as it continues to tinkle its haunting little tune.
PAN TO HIS CLOSE UP as he smiles.
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And that's when today's quote -
Page 102/Scene 233 - Barnabas: 'According to the papers I've found, Barnabas Collins purchased this for Josette the day it was announced they were to wed.'
- comes up in the script - however, in the pilot it's not actually delivered until Scene 234 - though when it is, while it's under other circumstances, it's delivered exactly as written. But more on that tomorrow...
And when it comes to the direction and descriptions, given what I've explained in reply #269 about Scene 232 actually being followed in the pilot by the sequence that begins with Scene 256 and not by Scene 233, obviously Scene 232 doesn't conclude in the pilot with the lilting tune of an 18th century romantic ayre beginning to filter in because that would make no sense when Scene 232 is followed in the pilot by a scene between Liz and Barnabas and not Barnabas with the music box - and one has to wonder if the rearrangement of the scenes was planned before shooting and not in the editing room because when Scene 233 begins, the music box is actually closed and sitting on a table and it's not until Barnabas picks it up and opens it that we hear the melody - and after doing so, in the pilot in more of a medium shot, Barnabas, rather than smiling, simply turns away from the table with the music box playing in hand.