Peeping Tom Page #4

In the darkness WE HEAR Milly's voice.

MILLY (O.S.)

Did you read about that girl who

was murdered last night?

INT. STUDIO ABOVE NEWSAGENT'S - DAY

We are with Mark under the hood of an antiquated camera.

Through the ground-glass of the camera WE SEE a SMALL

INVERTED IMAGE of Milly.

MILLY (O.S.)

The same thing nearly happened to

me!

We hear Lorraine's voice - muffled, and very far away.

LORRAINE (O.S.)

When?

MILLY (O.S.)

Last night! I went out with my

boyfriend... We're getting married

next month... trouble was my fiance

saw us.

The SMALL INVERTED IMAGE of Milly peers anxiously into the

camera.

MILLY:

can you fix it so the bruises don't

show?

The ground-glass camera begins travelling slowly down

Milly's back.

CLOSE SHOT of Milly. She is on a couch, lying on her stomach

at a slightly oblique angle. All that WE CAN SEE are her

face and naked shoulders.

From Milly's POV WE SEE Mark under the hood of an antiquated

camera.

MILLY:

Well, can you?

Mark's voice is MUFFLED under the hood.

MARK:

...think so, Milly.

MILLY:

Then be quick about it, sonny! I'm

freezing.

CLOSE SHOT of her naked toes. They start to wriggle.

CLOSE SHOT of Mark's toes - in sandals, next to the tripod

of the camera. They start to wriggle.

CLOSE SHOT of Lorraine. We watch her in profile as she

stares out of the window - clutching her shawl. She has

outstandingly beautiful features.

CLOSE SHOT of Mark. He is standing by the side of the

camera, studying us thoughtfully. He is holding a remote-

control switch panel in his hand. He clicks off several

lights and then switches several others on... then he ducks

back under the hood.

MILLY:

There he goes again! What have you

got under there? A girlfriend?

We join Mark under the hood.

WE SEE a small INVERTED IMAGE of Milly on the ground-glass.

Her shoulders are now white and glistening, her spine

caressed by shadows. She is staring into the camera.

MILLY:

I suppose you have a girlfriend?

He adjusts the focus. We can see more clearly the contempt

on Milly's face.

MARK:

No, Milly.

MILLY:

Hear that, Lorraine? He's available.

From Milly's POV WE SEE Mark come round to the front of

the camera, and insert a dark slide.

MARK:

Raise your head, please - and look

at the sea.

MILLY (O.S.)

What sea?

Mark presses a rubber bulb - the shutter clicks.

MILLY:

What sea?

Mark inserts another dark slide.

MARK:

I just wanted that puzzled look.

MILLY (O.S.)

Oh, did you? Well if you want it

again, I'll think of you!

CAMERA PULLS BACK

from Milly's viewpoint, WE SEE Mark holding the rubber

bulb. cine-camera is on a ledge behind him.

MILLY:

You're a puzzle and a half.

Mark presses the rubber bulb - the shutters click.

MILLY:

This is a spare time job for you,

isn't it?

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