And now the differences between the DC's script's versions of Scenes 27 through 36 and how they actually play in the film:
Scene 27: We don't see Daphne exits the house and starts walking along the drive - and there is no sound of distant thunder anywhere in the scene - what we do see at first is Daphne on the drive from a distance -
- and Daphne's close-up is more of a medium shot - and when she stops, she doesn't look up at the sky because she looks to both the right and left of her -
- as we hear the sound of a dog howling.
Scene 28: Rather than seeing anything having to do we Daphne, we simply see her car on the other side of the gate -
- to the stable.
Scene 29: Here is where we actually see Daphne's feet -
- but soon Daphne comes to an immediate stop as she hears the loud call -
of a night bird - and soon after she begins to move again she hears more of the howling dog -
- which causes her to stop again and this time look behind her - then as she walks along the drive we seem to see her as if from the P.O.V. of someone -
- in the bushes.
Scene 30: Here rather than seeing Daphne's feet we see her legs -
-as she quickly walks along the drive, but as the dog's howling can be heard again, the camera pans up to Daphne's frightened expression -
- as she stops yet again but soon begins to move even faster - and then we see the men's boots (and a cane) as they walk -
- through the underbrush - and Daphne does indeed begin to walk faster and faster while looking about her, and once she hears the sound of footsteps in the underbrush, she does indeed begin running as fast as she can, at one point dropping her coat and purse -
- but leaving them behind as the camera lingers on them on the ground -
- as they get farther away, until...
Scene 31: We do indeed see Daphne running full speed toward camera -
- but rather than a slow zoom to hold Daphne in as tight a closeup as possible, the camera actually zoom back to show Daphne is running to her car -
- in the foreground - and after Daphne rushes to get inside -
- her car, the camera then zooms in as she locks the driver's side door and turns to attempt to -
- lock the passenger side door, but her pursuer opens the passenger door, momentarily blocking view of her, though we hear her screams.
Scene 31A: Though we soon see a man's hand with a large black ring on the forefinger has Daphne by the throat -
- as she continues to scream in terror.
Scene 32: Plays exactly as scripted and changed by DC.
Scene 33: Plays exactly as scripted. Though from the outside we also see the car turn a corner and then go back to Jeff inside the car.
Scene 34: However, we do not see the gate through Jeff's windshield because what we actually see is Daphne illuminated by headlights -
- in front of Jeff's car.
Scene 35: And as we see Jeff's face suddenly register alarm in this scene, it is not shot with a hood mount but exactly as Scene 33 -
- was shot.
Scene 36: And this scene is not an insert shot of Jeff's foot hitting the brake but is a shot through the windshield of Daphne as she -
- is blinded by the cars headlights.
That post was a workout to compose! But it was also a good deal of fun.
And coming up before too long (after I have something to eat): the version of all that as it plays in the original draft. And as we'll see, much of it is similar - but much of it is also different, too...