roadswewalk:

skulls-and-tea:

aside from the the fact the shooting scripts are obviously not written-in-stone documents of “finality” in any way, Moff and Gatiss have always talked about how they fill the scripts with handwritten notations and directions as shooting progresses, so take from that what you may.

a little louder
shooting scripts are obviously not written-in-stone documents of “finality” in any way

and also, directors exist, and so do things like logistics and improvisation

so

  • not every difference between script and screen is evidence of deception
  • not every difference between script and screen is due to the actors
  • some nuances on the page never translate to the screen, and some nuances on screen can never be captured on the page

comparing is fun, but most of what it reveals are just artifacts of the process