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‘STALACTITES’
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STALACTITES - SCENE 1
ESTABLISHING
SCRAPE - LINDA WAKES UP
SOFT BREATHS, AS IF SOMEBODY WAS
SLEEPING IN THE BED
DUST AND LIGHT UPON LINDA’S PERSONAL AFFECTS
ALAN WANTED TO BE WITH
THE KIDS
INDENTS IN THE MATTRESS AS IF A
BODY HAS RECENTLY BEEN THERE.
‘IF I WAKE UP TOMORROW...’
(FOCUS ON EMPTY SPACE)
ALAN APOLOGISES, MACHINERY IS POWERLESS
LINDA GIVES UP
FLOWER WATER EXTENDS TOWARDS CHAIR
STALACTITES - SCENE 2
LIGHT FROM VENETIAN BLINGDS LIGHTS THE
WATER FROM ABOVE.
ESTABLISHING - ALAN AND LINDA’S BEDROOM
PUNCH IN TO THE PROGRAMMING MANUALS
THE SOUND OF TAP TAP TAP ON THE KEYBOARD
BEGINS
ALAN IS WORKING AND DOESN’T
LOOK UP WHEN LINDA ENTERS
HE DOES NOT RESPOND TO HER TOUCH
LINDA WISHES HE WOULD PAY HER MORE
ATTENTION
LINDA NOTICES ALAN’S REFLECTION, UNDRESSES.
SHOTS OF LINDA’S BODY, WORN BY ILLNESS
PHYSICAL DISTANCE / EMOTIONAL DISTANCE
LINDA REMEMBERS WHAT HER BODY USED TO
LOOK LIKE, SHUTS THE MIRROR.
CUTAWAY TO SHARPS BIN BY LAUNDRY BASKET AS
THE SHIRT GOES IN
LINDA SEEKS COMFORT FROM ALAN
ALAN RELAXES NOW HE IS ALONE
SHE FINDS NONE
STALACTITES - SCENE 3
ALAN IS DREAMING - HE RECALLS THE PHONE
CONVERSATION
THE CEILING IS COATED WITH CRACKED WHITE ARTEX
WE STAY CLOSE AS HE RELIVES THE HALLUCINATION, CROWDING HIM.
CLICK - ALAN WAKES
STALACTITES - SCENE 4
FLOORBOARDS CREAK
THE DOORHANDLE TWISTS (SOUND)
SHOWER COMES TO LIFE (OS)
TROUSERS DRAPED OVER THE CHAIR -
(HINGES CREAK, SOUNDS OF ALAN DRESSING)
THE COMPUTER IS DARK AND POWERLESS
(IT SOUNDS LIKE HE’S DRESSING)
THE WARDROBE IS CLOSED, STILL.
(SOUNDS OF TAPPING ON THE KEYBOARD)
CREDITS ROLL AS ALAN IMAGINES THE BEGINNING
OF HIS DAY