The next three scenes in DC's script:
158 INT: FOYER - NIGHT 158
Jeff, Roger, Julia, Maggie run by camera.
159 INT: TODD'S ROOM - COLLINWOOD - NIGHT 159
The deputy stands at the window watching the activity outside. Todd, in bed, is FRAMED in f.g. He starts to stir. Deputy crosses to door
160 EXT: TODD'S BEDROOM WINDOW - NIGHT 160 (THROUGH WINDOW) wide on deputy cross tighten as he looks out door TIGHT ON deputy looking out, his face lit by reflection from the fire. Suddenly Todd appears at his back and floors him with a blow to the head.
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And when it comes to the dialogue, the descriptions, the directions, and the notations, things in the film are actually more detailed then the script:
However, Scene 158, though shot, ended up on the cutting room floor.
In the film things flow from the end of Scene 157 right to Scene 159 - in fact, when it comes to the first line of overheard outside dialogue from the deputies, it's actually heard at the very end of Scene 157 -
"They hit a tree." - and then a second line is actually heard at the outset of Scene 159 -
"It's up around the bend, come on." - and then as the deputy in Todd's room is turning to look at him, a third line is actually heard -
"It looks like it's burning." - and after the deputy turns back to the window, Todd suddenly opens his eyes as -
- the sounds of car doors closing and a car engine starting are heard - and Todd turns and sees -
- the deputy at the window, but when the deputy moves, Todd immediately turns back and -
- pretends to still be asleep as the deputy moves away from the window and we hear the sound of the car driving away.
And then when it comes to Scene 160, considering it's crossed out in the script, it'll come as no surprise that it's not shot through the window of Todd's room, which might have been interesting, but the way it's actually shot is a lot more interesting because at first we see the deputy and Todd reflected in the mirror in Todd's room -
- (and sure, it's the third time in the film that DC has used reflections in a mirror (not counting Julia's compact because that's for a different and plot specific reason) - but as we all know, if it worked well once, it'll work again and again
) - then after the deputy comes into frame and makes his way to the door, we see -
- Todd's reflection in the mirror as he gets out of bed - and soon Todd comes into frame as he comes up -
- behind the deputy - and then Todd grabs the deputy -
- around the throat and knocks him out, only to step back to -
- admire his handiwork.