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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« on: August 03, 2023, 01:52:12 PM »
Moving through several scenes without any or with little scripted dialogue, but as we'll see in the subtitles and closed captioning, they will have bits of dialogue added to some of them:
And the reason why I included the mirror shot is because I love how DS used it.
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244 INT - FOYER - DAY 244
as Quentin ENTERS, the house is quiet and still. The
sun filters through the vaulted windows giving the
house that look of late afternoon.
245 INT - FIRST FLOOR CORRIDOR - DAY 245
From the far end of the hall, Quentin ENTERS THE SHOT
and walks TOWARD CAMERA. The SOUND of his FOOTSTEPS
ECHO on the marble floor.
246 INT - FIRST STAIRWAY - DAY - HIGH ANGLE 246
From the second floor, Quentin climbs the stairs
TOWARD CAMERA. PAN WITH HIM as he reaches the second
floor corridor and starts toward the gallery and the
Master Bedroom.
247 INT - MASTER BEDROOM - DAY 247
as he comes up the stairs TOWARD CAMERA, PAN WITH HIM
as he picks up his canvases. Then SLOWLY TRUCK IN TO
HIS CLOSE-UP. He looks around, as if sensing a pre-
sence in the house. HOLD HIM as he crosses to the
doorway and than, carrying his paintings, EXITS into
the gallery.
248 INT - GALLERY - DAY 248
QUENTIN - CLOSE-UP
as he looks down the long corridor toward the far end
of the house.
FAR END OF CORRIDOR - QUENTIN'S P.O.V.
HOLD FOR A MOMENT on the empty scene, then, almost
imperceptibly, a half open door begins to move.
SHARP CUT TO:
249 EXT - COLLINWOOD - DAY 249
Tracy gets out of the car and nervously begins to
pace about. Then crossing back, she reaches in and
honks the horn. Trying to decide what to do, she
waits a few moments, then crosses to the front door.
250 INT - FOYER - DAY 250
as Tracy ENTERS, the house is completely silent.
Crossing to where she can look down the main corridor,
she calls out.
TRACY
Quentin!
Her only response in the ECHO of her own voice as
she starts down the hall toward the stairs.
251 INT - FIRST FLOOR STAIRS - DAY - HIGH ANGLE 251
as Tracy comes up TOWARD CAMERA.
252 INT - GALLERY - DAY 252
From the gallery, Tracy can be seen coming along
the corridor TOWARD CAMERA. Suddenly she stops,
noticing Quentin's canvases stacked against the wall
near the wall to the bedroom. she starts toward the
steps.
And that's when today's quote -Page 114/Scene 252 - Tracy: 'Quentin? What's taking so long?'
is scripted to come up, followed in the script by:
There is no answer.
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In his script DC added:
246A FROM AREA OF GALLERY WINDOWS
But if that was ever shot, it isn't currently in the film.
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As part of Scene 251, after the script indicates that Tracy comes toward camera, DC adds:
In his script DC added:
MIRROR SHOT + PAN TO HER
THEN FROM THIRD FL. LANDING
But that's not quite how things play. We do see the mirror shot -
- and pan to Tracy, but soon after we see Tracy, she once again calls out, this time while looking up the stairs, and then she ascends the stairs to the first landing and moves beyond, but there is no shot from the vantage point of the third floor landing.
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And the reason why I included the mirror shot is because I love how DS used it.