from my script notes

 Another scene (pasted straight from notes) (unedited)

   this goes respectively before Elan’s demise 

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Film Noir

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