Revisiting how the start of Scene 80 appears in DC's script:
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80 INT - SARAH'S ROOM 80
It is obviously a child's room. Carlotta stands on the other side of the four poster bed. She is straightening the stuffed animals that are propped there.
80 CONTD CONTD 80
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And that's when today's quote -
Page 30A/Scene 80 - Quentin: 'I saw a little girl in that window.'
- comes up.
And when it comes to the difference in the dialogue, Quentin actually says "I saw a little girl standing here by the window."
And when it comes to what's different with the descriptions and directions, we don't see Carlotta straightening any stuffed animals because what actually happens is that after he's picked up the doll, Quentin walks over to Carlotta, who's on the other side of the fourposter bed, as described in the script, and she takes the doll from him before he tells her about seeing the little girl. Also, as we saw in the last capture in yesterday's post, the bed has several dolls strewn across it.
And as we saw with the description of Scene 75 and now with Scene 80, the script leaves little doubt that this second floor room was indeed Sarah's. Perhaps she enjoyed special status because she was so close to Angelique.
And there's already quite a bit that's different in DC's script from the way things are in Grayson's, but there's going to be so much more, so I'll get into all the differences after we deal with all of Scene 80 as it appears in DC's script...
A bit more of Scene 80, beginning with Carlotta's reply to Quentin's claim to having seen a little girl in the window:
CARLOTTA Little girl?
Quentin crosses to the window and looks out.
QUENTIN I was outside --
CARLOTTA I know.
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And that's when today's quote -
Page 30A/Scene 80 - Carlotta: 'I saw you from the window.'
- comes up.
And when it comes to what's different with the dialogue, Carlotta actually questions with "A little girl?" - and Quentin actually replies with "Yes, I was outside --" - to which Carlotta begins to respond by saying "Yes, I know."
And when it comes to what's different with the descriptions and directions, while Quentin crosses out of frame toward the window, we don't actually see Quentin look out it because the camera remains on Carlotta and, as can be seen in today's capture -
- actually pushes in on a close-up of her as she looks at Quentin very closely.
And there are notations in both DC's and Grayson's scripts for this section:
DC writes that the camera will stay on Carlotta, which is obviously how it was shot - but he also writes that we will see Quentin's P.O.V. outside when he looks out the window, which is not how it was shot. The two notes would seem to contradict each other, so who knows?
And Grayson writes a notation along the top of the page of her script that Quentin is still something, but the rest gets cut off in the copy of the script that I have () - but she also writes that Carlotta will react with great tolerance to what Quentin is telling her.
Grayson's notation says, "He's still too much in this world."
Also when it comes to Grayson's notation that Carlotta is doing something with great tolerance, I'd interpreted it as it being her reaction, but for the life of me I can't decipher the actual first word beyond it looking like there might be three i's in it:
Maybe our resident brilliant Deciphernator can figure it out as he has so well in the past.