27 January 2023

Vargi Scene from script notes

Note: This scene was meant to go before the death scene of Elan 


Electra’s dictionary Film Noir Viking Past Life Scene Script Notes


Open to an ominous overcast and darkened scene of the beach, the waves crashing with 


The dog is barking 


We go into the hut, enter through the window and see Elan is sat hiding under the table with the bowls, she is huddled in fear and her arms are wrapped around herself as she presses her face into one of the hides, breathing in the familiar scent that still clings to the fibers 


Elan: (whispers) Raoul …. snälla kom hem…. dewch adref [she weeps into the hide]


[the dog comes to comfort her]



The angle moves outside side the hut to the settlement thst is wracked with the storm 


But from the shadows we see Ulf, at first in shadow as he ‘walks’ past an isle between the long houses —he uses a wood stick to hobble awkwardly along, and in the wind, it is clear that only a mad berserk Viking bent on revenge would drag himself for this opportunity 


And as he clears the shadows we see he swings an ax


The lighting is strange 


It is the time of year when the sun does not long go down and as it is what would be the middle of the night the sun has already begun to rise but the storm throws an eerie light with the clouds 


From above the settlement we watch as Ulf crosses to close the distsnce to the hut


Move to inside of hut, close up of Vargi


Vargi: [growls looking up]


Elan: [now reacts to dog and sits up to listen fearfully. She is whispering:] Raoul…. dewch os gwelwch yn dda….[she is whimpering quietly, she is clearly terrified]





Ulf: [shouting in a call near the hut as he approaches] du kan inte gömma dig för mig nu (you cannot hide from me now)


Vargi growls 


Elan gets up and goes to Raoul’s work area. She picks up a wooden shield and a small knife, and a bludgeoning instrument from his work shop; but she is clearly trembling 


Ulf: komma ut!


Elan [gasps] [whispers:] Vargi! 


She slips through an under slot beneath Raoul’s workshop; there is an opening hidden behind a shrub and she hides beneath the shrubs in the muddy, sandy, earth and makes the sound of one who tries to hold back her own whimpering 


We hear the dog barking


Fade out


Fade in 


To same scene, same shot that must be hours later. The storm passed but we see she is exhausted from fear by the way her profile is turned as she stares at nothing and in shock; half asleep in the sand


Pull back


The dog is dead several feet away 


But Elan is still hidden where she is. She does not move 


Fade out


Open same scene and sunny day again


Elan still hidden where she is. It seems as if she is dead 


Pull back to another dog who is seen sniffing nearby and Ulf not far behind hobbling along 


The dog finds Elan’s hiding spot as he clamps with his teeth through her shawl


Elan: 

[With sudden strength born of terror] uses the shield she has been laying on to bash over the dogs head ]


Then goes back into the hut, not knowing where to go


Instinctively goes to the workshop and picks up the biggest sword lying around as she stands watching st the hut door 


We hear the scrape of Ulf’s hobble and stick as the sound approaches 


  


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