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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« on: January 07, 2024, 09:20:30 PM »
Revisiting how Scene 105 and the beginning of Scene 106 is scripted:
...
105 EXT - STABLES - DAY 105
Gerard is up on a scaffold fixing the roof as Tracy
crosses the courtyard, walks under the scaffolding
and ENTERS the stable without seeing him.
CUT TO:
106 INT - STABLES - DAY 106
as she ENTERS there is a sudden snarling as the two
black dogs appear and start menacingly toward her.
And that's when today's quote -Page 46/Scene 106 - Tracy: 'Stay away now...stay away...'
- comes up.
And when it comes to the dialogue, the descriptions, and the directions, there's nothing to comment about because none of this sequence appears in any version of the film (and in a later post we'll get into the reason that's most likely). And while there are some notations in DC's script for Scene 106, they don't come up until later in the scene. But what is interesting is that you may recall that when it came to Scene 52, what's scripted is:
52 EXT - STABLES - DAY 52
The two dogs are playing in the stable yard as
Quentin ENTERS under the archway. Suddenly the
dogs become hostile. Quentin stops, frowns,
then keeps walking. The dogs wait for a moment
and then start slowly for him. They are snarling
viciously as Gerard appears in the doorway.
But what actually happens in the film is that:unlike how the script says that we see the dogs playing and when Quentin arrives, they become vicious and slowly make a move toward Quentin before Gerard stops them, as can be seen in the following capture, in the film Scene 52 starts off with shots of Gerard repairing brickwork -
- and as Gerard does this, off camera we hear Quentin call out "Stiles" and then introduce himself with "I'm Mr. Collins - and it isn't until the next camera shot that we see that Gerard is up on some scaffolding repairing brickwork near the roof of a part of the stable building, the dogs are quietly standing near the base of the ladder, and Quentin has just entered the stable yard, as can all be seen in the next capture -
So, it would seem as though the altered opening to Scene 52 was done so as to play off the scripted opening to Scene 105. But then, we're never going to know if that's really true because, apart from a few publicity stills and behind the scenes photos, nothing from Scenes 105, 106 & 106A appears to exist, so most likely we'll never know how Scene 105 was actually shot...