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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« on: August 10, 2023, 12:20:54 AM »
Revisiting how the scenes that actually open the film were scripted to play -
- as opposed to how they actually play - but as we get into the subtitles and the close captioning (yes, there's still a lot more of that to come because there was quite a bit of the beginning of the film that I didn't do last time around), we'll see quite a bit more unscripted additions...
...
21 EXT - RIVER ROAD - DAY - HIGH WIDE ANGLE 21
as a convertible with the top down ENTERS THE
SHOT. Driving the car is QUENTIN COLLINS and
seated next to him is his pretty bride, TRACY.
This is the same section of road where we first
saw the Hippy. CAMERA STARTS A LONG SLOW ZOOM IN
as the dialogue begins to play over the shot.
21 CONTD CONTD 21
QUENTIN
(indicating the house)
Look!
TRACY
Wow! What a garret.
QUENTIN
I keep telling you, no one can
afford to paint unless he is
an heir.
TRACY - QUENTIN - HOOD-MOUNT SHOT
And that's when yesterday's quote -Page 6/Scene 21 - Tracy (snuggling up to him): 'It's incredible to think you were around for all those years and I didn't even know you.'
- comes up, followed by today's quote -Page 6/Scene 21 - Quentin: 'You wouldn't have liked me poor. I was mean and surly.'
- coming up, followed by the script continuing with:
She laughs, shaking her head.
EXT - TREE-SHROUDED ROAD
as the car ENTERS THE SHOT and comes TOWARD CAMERA.
TRACY
(clearly impressed)
I still can't believe it's
Collinwood.
QUENTIN
Well, if I got the directions
right, it is.
TRACY - QUENTIN - HOOD-MOUNT SHOT
Tracy gets to her feet, holding onto the windshield,
and tries to look through the trees.
TRACY
You know, you can't even see it
now. How much land is there?
22 EXT - COLLINWOOD FRONT DRIVE - DAY - WIDE ANGLE 22
as the car APPROACHES CAMERA.
22 CONTD CONTD 22
QUENTIN
Oh...only about 200 acres. There...
look at it now.
As the car passes by CAMERA, we PAN WITH IT,
revealing the impressive front view of the huge
mansion.
TRACY
Oh...Quentin!
End of scene.
And so far there are still no differences between the way DC's and Grayson Hall's scripts are written. However, in DC's script he has added additional material to both hood-mount shots. The first says:
TRACY - QUENTIN - HOOD-MOUNT SHOT - PROFILE - 2 SHOT
And the second says:
TRACY - QUENTIN - HOOD-MOUNT SHOT - BACKSEAT
- as opposed to how they actually play - but as we get into the subtitles and the close captioning (yes, there's still a lot more of that to come because there was quite a bit of the beginning of the film that I didn't do last time around), we'll see quite a bit more unscripted additions...