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3 M.S. of Pip kneeling at the foot of the grave. He pulls up an old rose bush which he throws aside, pats down the earth again and then places his bunch of holly at the head of the grave near the engraved tombstone.
4 M.C.S. Pip kneeling near the tombstone. He looks round nervously towards camera.
5 L.S. from Pip's eyeline of the leafless branches of a tree. The wind is blowing them and to Pip they look like bony hands clutching at him.
6 M.C.S. Pip looking round as in 4.
7 M.S. of the trunk of an old tree from Pip's eyeline. It looks very sinister and to him like a distorted human body.
8 M.S. Pip. He jumps up from the grave and runs away right to left towards the stone wall. Camera pans with him, then becomes static as he runs towards camera and into the arms of a large, dirty, uncouth and horrible-looking man. From his clothes and shackles it is obvious that he is an escaped convict.
9 C.S. Pip. His mouth is open as he screams, but a large, dirty hand is clapped over it, silencing him.
(0 C.S. of the Convict. His face is dirty and scowling, his hair is closely cut. He leers down at Pip.
Ft.fr Wind continues. 21 5
Crackling of branches.
Wind gets louder.
Crackling of branches.
Pip screams loudly.
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Wind and crackling of branches. 6 3
5 9
4 10
6 12
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Convict : 3 9
Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat.
Shot J is mainly an establishing shot of the locale, but its atmospheric value is tremendous.1 The lighting is propitious — neither day nor night — and the sinister quality of the scenery is heightened by the presence of the gibbet. The distance gives the effect of loneliness to the small figure of the boy.
Next, (2), we see Pip entering the churchyard : we see his features for the first time and our suspicion that he is frightened is confirmed/ The whole scene is still sinister but a little more grotesque — the camera is keeping to Pip's height, making the gravestones look a little larger than life.
During all this time we have heard the wind : it is howling and whistling with a haunting, high-pitched note. Towards the end of shot 5, a new sound is suddenly heard. Strange rustling and creaks are introduced for the first time.
1 Notes by Jack Harris.
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