There's so much to deal with when it comes to today's scene that I'm going to break it up into two posts:
Part 1, as scripted:
117 EXT: CEMETERY - DAY 117 HIGH ANGLE
The TOLLING OF A GREAT CHURCH BELL can be heard in the distance. It is a cold dark day and rain is falling. A GROUP OF MOURNERS is gathered under umbrellas out- side a mausoleum. We hear the DISTANT INTONING OF A MINISTER. CAMERA SLOWLY MOVES IN toward the group. The TOLLING OF THE BELL continues. The INTONING OF THE MINISTER BECOMES MORE DISTINCT until we are able to make out the words of the twenty-third psalm.
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And that's when today's quote is scripted to -
Page 47/Scene 117 - Minister: 'He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil.'
- come up.
However, while many things do play out in the film in a similar fashion, there's much more in the film than is scripted and at times what is scripted happens in different orders. So, without further ado, this is how the first part of Scene 117 plays in the film:
The scene actually begins as Carolyn's death stare dissolved into a shot of the face -
- of an angel statue as the sound of the bell continues to toll. The camera soon pulls up to a high angle to reveal a group of mourners gathered under umbrellas around a coffin as the rain pour down upon them - there is no view of a mausoleum at this time. Almost immediately we hear the minister intoning an unscripted -
"Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the sight of those of his
children..." - and as the camera moves in on the mourners, he continues with -
"...who have followed his way and led a good and upright
life." The camera shot then dissolve to begin to show the mourners as they do indeed stand outside the Collins mausoleum as the minister continues with -
"Asleep, O Lord, far from thee thy kinderd in their graves
may be..." - and the camera circles around the various mourners as the minister continues with -
"...but there is still a blessed sleep..." "...from which one ever..." "...wakes to keep." And then after completing his prayer, the minister proceeds with his eulogy with -
"Carolyn Stoddard, loving daughter of Elizabeth Stoddard..." "...niece of Roger Collins, devoted cousin of David Collins,
beloved fiancee of Todd Blake. May she find peace as she
enters into life eternal. Amen." And at that the mourners begin throwing their flowers onto Carolyn's coffin -
- and today's quote has yet to come up in the scene. But we shall see when it does in Part 2. But before we wrap up this part, I have to say I found it interesting that Carolyn was Elizabeth's loving daughter, David's devoted cousin, and Todd's beloved fiancee - but apparently she was just a plain niece to Roger. I guess that means that if anyone Carolyn loved or who loved her was going to be slated to die after she comes back, seemingly Roger is free and clear.