Adaptation B The Sound Collector Script 2.

1____
A stranger called this morning
(opening title fade in) (fade out)
darkness, doorbell sounds, fade in to reveal mid/far distance shot of front door from
hallway
shadow of sound collector visible through glass in door.
Dressed all in black and grey
Cut to mid distance shot showing entire doorframe
door opens revealing the sound collector
Cut to close-up shot of legs/feet of sound collector (right of shot), bag is dropped into shot
Put every sound into a bag
cut to mid shot of the bag as the device is retrieved
And carried them away
Sound collector retrieves a device from inside
2____
The whistling of the kettle
cut to Close-up
Still shot of kettle on stove (check accuracy with 1950s) (kettle whistling is heard), device
enters/is already on side of shot, kettle has an aura of colour around it, the rest is of the
kitchen is grey. Device switches on and drains the kettle of its colour and the whistling
quietens until it is grey and silent.
The turning of the lock
cut to Close-up
still shot of front door lock (locking sound is heard) same as above
The purring of the kitten
cut to Close-up
still shot of sleeping cat (purring sound is heard) same as above
The ticking of the clock
cut to Close-up
still shot of mantelpiece clock (ticking sound is heard) same as above
3____
The popping of the toaster
cut to Close-up
still shot of toaster on kitchen workspace (toaster popping sound is heard) same as above
The crunching of the flakes
cut to Close-up

still shot of a bowl of flakeson kitchen table (crunching sound is heard) same as above
When you spread the marmalade
cut to Close-up
still shot of half eaten toast with marmalade on kitchen table
The scraping noise it makes
(knife on toast scraping sound is heard) same as above
4____
The hissing of the frying pan
cut to Close-up
still shot of frying pan on stove (hissing sound is heard) same as above
The ticking of the grill
cut to Close-up
still shot of kitchen grill (grill ticking sound is heard) same as above
The bubbling of the bathtub
cut to Close-up
still shot of bathtub in bathroom
As it starts to fill
(water bubbling sound is heard) same as above
5____
The drumming of the raindrops
cut to Close-up
still shot of windowpane with rain hitting (silence) (greyscale)
No device in shot
On the windowpane
cut to Close-up
still shot of windowpane with rain hitting (silence) (greyscale)
No device in shot
When you do the washing-up
cut to Close-up
still shot of kitchen drain (silence) (greyscale)
No device in shot
The gurgle of the drain
cut to Close-up
still shot of kitchen drain (silence) (greyscale)
No device in shot

6____
The crying of the baby
cut to Close-up
still shot of crib (silence) (greyscale)
No device in shot
The squeaking of the chair
cut to Close-up
still shot of chair (silence) (greyscale)
No device in shot
The swishing of the curtain
cut to Close-up
still shot of curtain (silence) (greyscale)
No device in shot
The creaking of the stair
cut to Close-up
still shot of stairs (silence) (greyscale)
No device in shot
7____
A stranger called this morning
cuts to sound collector back in hallway, preparing to leave, puts the device back in the bag
(greyscale apart from sound collector) (possibly shows a large amount of reels in the bag to
signify the quantity of sounds that he has collected)
He didn't leave his name
fade in
wide shot of front room (greyscale)
fade out
Left us only silence
fade in
wide shot of kitchen (greyscale)
fade out
Life will never be the same
Mid shot of hallway, front door closes and shadow of sound collector disappears from sight
of door window (greyscale)