Adaptation B – The Sound Collector Script 1.0 1____ A stranger called this morning shot of front door from hallway, shadow of ‘sound collector’ visible through glass in door. Dressed all in black and grey door opens revealing the sound collector Put every sound into a bag SC drops bag down and retrieves a device from inside And carried them away ‘’ 2____ The whistling of the kettle 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 still shot of front door lock (locking sound is heard) ‘same as above’ The purring of the kitten still shot of sleeping cat (purring sound is heard) ‘same as above’ The ticking of the clock still shot of mantelpiece clock (ticking sound is heard) ‘same as above’ 3____ The popping of the toaster still shot of toaster on kitchen workspace (toaster popping sound is heard) ‘same as above’ The crunching of the flakes still shot of a bowl of ‘flakes’ on kitchen table (crunching sound is heard) ‘same as above’ When you spread the marmalade 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 still shot of frying pan on stove (hissing sound is heard) ‘same as above’

The ticking of the grill still shot of kitchen grill (grill ticking sound is heard) ‘same as above’ The bubbling of the bathtub 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 still shot of windowpane with rain hitting (silence) (greyscale) On the windowpane still shot of windowpane with rain hitting (silence) (greyscale) When you do the washing-up still shot of kitchen drain (silence) (greyscale) The gurgle of the drain still shot of kitchen drain (silence) (greyscale) 6____ The crying of the baby still shot of crib (silence) (greyscale) The squeaking of the chair still shot of chair (silence) (greyscale) The swishing of the curtain still shot of curtain (silence) (greyscale) The creaking of the stair still shot of stairs (silence) (greyscale) 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 wide shot of front room (greyscale)

Left us only silence wide shot of kitchen (greyscale) Life will never be the same Hallway shot, front door closes and shadow of sound collector disappears from sight of door window (greyscale)