A personal project reimagining a short excerpt from the novel Phantom of the Opera.

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Open with a mid shot of Raoul sat in an Inn foyer. He fiddles with the cup of tea he's holding, barely
drinking it.

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The front door of the inn in the background swings open. He immediately looks over, as if he's
expecting someone. A female silhouette stands at the door.

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Full shot as Christine steps in and shuts the door behind her.

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She catches sight of Raoul.

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Christine: So you have come.

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Christine [off screen]: I knew I'd find you here at the inn.
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Christine's POV as Raoul peeks out from behind the armchair.

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Nervous, he stands up quickly.

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He takes a deep breath to calm his nerves.

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Exhales.

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Christine [off screen]: When I came back from mass.
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and finally walks over to Christine.

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Christine: Someone told me.
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Over the shoulder as Raoul finally approaches Christine.

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Raoul: Who told you?
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Raoul takes her hand.

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Christine: Why...
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Close up of their two hands holding.

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Christine's left hand gently enters the shot

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Dialog
Christine: My poor dead father.
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Christine's hand places on top of Raoul's, symbolizing "three's a crowd" as she mentions her father.

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Over the shoulder as Raoul flusters.

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Raoul: Did your father also tell you I love you, Christine? and I cannot live without you?

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Christine: You love me!?
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Christine is clearly uncomfortable.

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Christine: But this is madness, Raoul.
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She tries to hide her face.

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Christine snorts.

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And she bursts out in awkward laughter to conceal her feelings.

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Raoul: Don't laugh Christine! I'm serious!

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Christine: To hear such things is NOT why I wanted you to come.
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Camera pans and follows Christine as she walks past Raoul into the Inn.

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Camera pan slows and Christine leaves the frame.

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Raoul: But you wanted me to come Christine!
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Full shot as Christine comes to a stop. She painfully listens to Raoul, not looking at him once.

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Raoul: You knew that letter would make me come, that I should hasen to Perros.
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Christine begins to take off her fur coat as Raoul walks over.

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Raoul: How could that be, if you did not think I loved you?

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Raoul stops when he's finally stood just behind her. Christine holds her fur coat in her arms.

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Over the shoulder as Christine begins to place her coat into the armchair.

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Over the shoulder as Christine begins to place her coat into the armchair.

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Christine: I thought you would remember our childhood games, and how our father would often join in.
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She turns her head over her right shoulder to speak.

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Christine: To tell you the truth, I hardly know what I thought.
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She turns round sadly, not making eye contact.

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Close up of Raoul as he analyses Christine.

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Close up of Raoul as he analyses Christine.

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Raoul: Did you notice me before you saw me in your dressing room Christine?

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Close up of Christine as she finally looks up at him.

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Christine: Yes.

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Crossfade into a memory of Christine's.

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Christine [voice over]: I had seen you several times in your brother's box.
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Christine is stood in a beautiful costume on a lit theatre stage. A roaring applause can be heard.

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Christine [voice over]: and also backstage.
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Christine looks up to her left.

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Christine's POV as we see Raoul in his brothers box.

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Pleased to see him, Christine smiles warmly up at him.

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Raoul [off screen]: That's right!
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The shot cut back to present as Raoul's voice snaps Christine out of it and breaks the flashback.

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Raoul: I thought so!

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There's a twang of awkward silence between the two. Raoul's smile begins to fade.

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Raoul: Then tell me: when you saw me in your room, why did you act as if you did not know me? Why did
you laugh?
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Raoul begins to look frustrated.

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Christine stares blankly, startled.

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Raoul pauses, a little taken aback by his own harshness in tone.

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He takes a tense breath. Might as well just roll with it now.

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Raoul: You don't answer!

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Raoul: Well I will tell you why.

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Raoul [off screen]: It was because in that room there was someone else,
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Cut back to Christine who begins to grow more offended.

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Raoul [off screen]: whose presence made you feel uneasy, Christine;

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Raoul: and YOU did not want him to know that you could be interested in another!

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Christine: If anyone made me feel uneasy that evening, Raoul, it must have been you since you were the
one I threw out!
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Christine now begins to answer rather coldly.

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Raoul: Yes! So you could remain with -
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Raoul grows more and more frustrated.

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Raoul: - HIM!
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Raoul grows more and more frustrated.

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Christine: What are you suggesting monsieur? Whom do you mean?
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Raoul grows more and more frustrated.

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Raoul: I mean the man to whom you said:
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Raoul grows more and more frustrated.

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Raoul: I sing only for you!
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Cut to a mid shot as Raoul begins to rudely imitate Christine.

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Raoul: I sing only for you! Tonight I give you my soul and I am dead!
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Cut to a mid shot as Raoul begins to rudely imitate Christine.

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Snap cut to a close up of Raoul's hand

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Christine snatches it with a strong grip.

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Cut to a mid shot of the two, Raoul's writs still in Christine's tight grip.

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Christine: So you were listening behind the door?
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Raoul's POV.

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Raoul: Yes, because I love you. And I heard everything.
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Christine's POV.

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Christine: You heard what?
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Christine begins to slowly let go of his wrist.

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Raoul: He said to you:
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Camera pans as she takes a step back and regains her composure.

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Raoul: Christine! You must love ME!
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As Raoul recounts what he heard, a deathly look sweeps over Christines face. Eye's get darker, body grows more tense,
her look grows more and more intense.

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Christine finally lowers her head.

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Raoul reaches out for her

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Christine swiftly holds her hand up to interrupt.

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Christine: Go on... Go on! Tell me everything you heard!
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Raoul POV.

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Christine [off screen]: Go on!

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Christine: I want to know! This is killing me!!
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Raoul POV.

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Raoul [off screen]: Well... I also heard him reply:

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Raoul [off screen]: Your soul is a beautiful thing my child
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The scene begins to grow dark around Christine, she grows more upset and shaky.

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Raoul [off screen]: and I am grateful. No emperor ever received
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Her eyes begin to swell with tears.

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Raoul [off screen]: such a gift tonight. The angels wept tonight.
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She clenches her fist as she begins to cry.

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Raoul: Christine!
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Cut to a super close up of Raoul

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Christine: Raoul!
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Cut to a super close up of Christine.

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Cut back to a long shot of the two as Christine tries to contain a sob.

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She swiftly turns round and grabs her coat.

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The camera tracks as she hurries past Raoul and leaves

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Long down shot of Raoul alone in the room as the door to the inn slams.

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Long down shot of Raoul alone in the room as the door to the inn slams.