| SCRIPT | SCREEN |
| Opening Line: “Take trust, for instance, or friendship: these are the important things in life.“ | Opening Line: “I’m not ashamed. I’ve known love. I’ve known rejection. I’m not afraid to declare my feelings.“ |
| A horizontal strip of face, eyes motionless and unblinking. | The ‘horizontal strip of face’ rotates whilst the voice-over is heard. |
| A series of fast-cut static scenes of empty streets. | A series of long fast-paced tracking shots, intercut with slow tracks through a forest, accompanied by soundtrack and credits. |
| The door is dark, heavy wood and on it is a plastic card embossed with the names of three tenants. | The door is bright red with a plastic card embossed with the names of three tenants on its right side. |
| David, Alex, and Juliet sit in a line on the sofa directly opposite Cameron, who shifts uneasily in his armchair. | David, Alex, and Juliet sit in three separate chairs directly opposite Cameron, who is sitting in the middle of the sofa. |
| ALEX (continued): “Do you think he was upset?“ | The three tenants laugh hysterically as Cameron leaves. |
| A large extract of screenplay, in which multiple applicants arrive at the apartment plays out. | Cut from Cameron leaving, to the three tenants interrogating other applicants. |
| ALEX: “Squash is often used as a metaphor to represent a struggle for personal domination.“ | ALEX: “Defeat! Defeat, defeat! Sporting, personal, financial, professional, sexual, and everything!“ |
| Hugo is in his early thirties, tall, dark and bohemian in appearance. | Hugo is in his early forties, short, balding and smart in appearance. |
Shallow Grave (Danny Boyle, 1994)
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