Spanish Version of Dracula: Entrance to the Castle

Num Dur. Framing & Angle Chars Gestures /Action Sound / Dialogue
Focus
1 8 ELS R R almost unnoticeable, tinny and Sound bridge: we hear the sound
Establishing confused with the shadows of the castles door closing down,
shot offscreen. Then silence
2 10 LS R R walks cautiously, a bat flies over Bat flapping, starts offscreen, then
him, he swipes his stick onscreen.
3 1 MS R Still scared, moves stick one more Continues bat flapping, sound
time, slower turning down, offscreen
4 2 MS bat Bat flies trough the window, Bat flapping onscreen, sound
confusing with the shadows becomes loud again
5 17 MSLSMS RD R turns slowly to his front side,
suddenly surprises, his body
inclines backwards. The camera Silence
moves closer to Dracula, he is
static, with a theatrical gesture,
holding a candle with one hand,
the other one resting on his chest
6 1 CU R Scared face: eyes wide open,
raised eyebrows, mouth slightly Silence
open
7 1 CU D Dracula with half-a-smile, still Silence
static
8 1 CU R Not scared anymore, curious about Silence
D in front of him
9 2 CU D D moves toward R, smiles Silence
10 2 CU
Not centered, R moves toward D, almost Silence
Renfield R disappears from the frame
occupies the
lower thiDR
of the frame
11 8 LS DR They become closer until standing Silence
face to face
12 32 MS DR D bows before introducing D: Soy Drcula
himself. R noticeable relieved. D R: No poda usted ser ms
invites him to go upstairs with a oportuno. No s lo que pasara con
theatrical gesture of his hand el cochero y con mi equipaje
accompanying his words Con todas esas cosas, cre que me
haba equivocado de casa
D: Los muros de mi castillo estn
cuarteados. Abundan en l las
sombras. Pero suba, est usted en
su casa.
13 11 LS DR R scared, turns in every direction, Sound of steps in the stairs. Wolf
goes one step back crying.
14 4 CU R R scared face Wolf crying continues
15 3 CU D D smiling, wide open eyes Wolf crying, lower
16 2 CU R R scared face Wolf crying ends
17 10 LS DR D points theatrically trough the Wolf cryings starts again
window as he talks D: Escchelos, son los hijos de la
noche. Qu hermosa msica
componen!
18 2 CU R R scared face Wolf crying continues
19 2 CU D D smiling face Wolf crying continues
20 6 LS DR D invites R to continue with a Wolf crying continues
 circular gesture of the hand
21 2 CU R R surprised The howl lowers progressively
until disappearing
22 3 LS DR D is at the other side of the Silence
spiders web
23 3 LS DR D invites R to continue Silence
24 2 CU R R looks to the web, disconcerted Silence
25 1 CU D D smiling face Silence
26 10 LS DR R destroys the web with his stick Silence
and comes closer to D, with firm
steps and looking to him furiously
27 1 MS spider Spider climbing up the wall Silence
28 1 LS DR At the sight of the huge spider, R Silence
loses his temper and goes one step
back again
29 2 MS
Renfield at R R looking to the spider and webs D: La eterna lucha por la vida (cut)
the right of
the frame, in
soft focus
30 25 MS DR While they talk in front of them D (continues): Todo ser viviente ha
some threads of the spiders web menester sangre para seguir
remain viviendo. La araa teje la tela para
coger la mosca incauta. La sangre
es la vida, seor Renfield
31 6 LS DR As they go upstairs, D looks
straight forward, R looks to one Silence
and the other side, nervously
Camera motion: There is camera motion in shot 5, we see first Renfields surprise, and then the camera pans to the left and starts a
zoom shot to the figure of Dracula, done with camera in hand, giving the impression of going upstairs as we approach Dracula.

Shot/reverse shot in 3-4, 6-7, 9-10, 14-15, 18-19

Reaction shot in 5, 14, 21
Lightning:Mostlyfrontalorsidelightninginhighkey,hardlightningconcentratingon

thefacesofthecharacters.Draculaswhiteshirtshines,stressinghiswholefigure.

Shotandediting:Theeditingisfast,withextensiveuseofshortreverseandreaction

shotsthatkeepsusclosertothecharacters.Thedialoguesarethelongestshots,thus

acquiringaprivilegedstatus.Theframingcombinescloseupswithlongshotsthatallow

toshowthestaging,mediumshotsareusedfordialogues.Theangleisalmostalwayshigh

orlow(correspondingtothepositionofthecharacters)andoblique.Frontalanglesonly

forsomelongshots.

Soundandimage:Thedialoguesareonscreen,therestofthesoundsoffscreen,asifthere

were a separation between words and natural sounds. The characters pay a lot of

attention to the offscreen sounds. There is a large use of silence, in shots perhaps

recordedsilent,butthatcreateasurfaceoftensiontobesuddenlybrokenwithascary
sound.Onthecontrarythebeginningofadialogueisannouncedbytheframingandthe

gesturesofthecharacters,predisposingtospeak.