Signs Page #12
MERRILL:
That's right.
THE SWIRLING TEXTURE SOUND FLOATS THROUGH THE AIR ABOVE THE
STATION WAGON.
MERRILL:
Let me see it.
Beat. Graham moves. He hands the monitor over the hood.
Merrill reaches for it.
THE SWIRLING, MOVING TEXTURE BECOMES LOUD AND FILLED WITH
UNINTELLIGIBLE NOISES.
MORGAN:
Stop!
Graham and Merrill freeze -- both touching the monitor over
the roof of the station wagon.
WE HEAR SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE A VOICE EMERGE AND THEN
QUICKLY FADE AWAY.
MORGAN:
It doesn't sound like words.
Merrill concentrates on THE SWIRLING MOVING TEXTURE COMING
FROM THE BABY MONITOR.
Graham looks around at his rapt family.
GRAHAM:
See this is why we're not watching
those news reports. People get
obsessed.
(beat)
I'm letting go now.
BO:
No dad!
MORGAN:
Don't do it!
MERRILL:
You'll lose the signal!
Graham looks at Merrill, who's now one of them. Beat.
Morgan is the first one to move.
MORGAN:
Don't let go.
He moves from the back passenger door to the back bumper
where he begins to climb onto the station wagon.
GRAHAM:
Morgan?
MORGAN:
It gets clearer, the higher you hold
it.
Morgan crawls on the roof and takes the monitor ever-so gently
out of Graham and Merrill's outstretched hands.
GRAHAM:
Morgan, be careful.
MERRILL:
I got him.
Merrill climbs up over the side and joins Morgan on the roof.
Merrill keeps a hand on his nephew. Morgan raises the monitor
above his head.
THE RED LIGHTS ON THE BABY MONITOR ALL TURN ON.
THE SWIRLING TEXTURE COMING FROM THE MONITOR BECOMES SOMETHING
MORE MECHANICAL, LIKE THE HUM OF LARGE EQUIPMENT IN THE
DISTANCE.
THE VOICE LIKE SOUNDS ARE UNDER A CRACKLE BUT ARE CLEARER
AND LOUDER.
Bo runs to the front bumper and climbs onto the hood.
GRAHAM:
Hold on.
Graham cuts her off by taking a seat on the hood. He takes
hold of Bo. All four are on the car now.
Morgan stands up on the roof of the station wagon. Merrill
holds him by the waist.
Bo tries to get up onto the roof by climbing over Graham and
the windshield. Graham boosts her up over his head with both
hands.
GRAHAM:
Merrill you got her.
Merrill reaches out his free hand. Bo reaches out to him.
THE SOUND FROM THE MONITOR SUDDENLY CHANGES.
MORGAN:
Stop!
Everyone STOPS exactly where they are. Graham holds Bo over
his head. Bo reaches out to Merrill. Merrill sits on the
roof with one arm out. Morgan stands with the baby monitor
raised high in the air. The Hess family remains very still
on the hood of their station wagon as they listen.
THE CRACKLING IS GONE. THE VOICE-LIKE SOUNDS ARE CLEAR AND
UPFRONT. THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT TONES IN THE MIX.
MORGAN:
(soft)
There's two of them talking.
THE VOICE-LIKE SOUNDS ARE NOT WORDS BUT MORE LIKE GRUNTS AND
GURGLING LIKE SOMEONE DROWNING. THE SOUNDS ARE BEING CREATED
BY INHALES, NOT EXHALES. A SEQUENCE OF THESE SOUNDS IN ONE
TONE IS FOLLOWED BY SILENCE AND THEN THE SECOND TONE BEGINS
ANOTHER SEQUENCE LIKE A CONVERSATION.
Graham struggles to hold Bo up. Bo struggles to keep her
arms out. Merrill struggles not to turn his face to the
incredible SOUNDS ABOVE HIS HEAD.
THE TONES ESCALATE IN VOLUME.
Morgan's eyes widen as THE SEQUENCE OF SOUNDS BECOMES SHORTER
AND FASTER. THE TONES BECOME HARDER, ANGRIER. THE SILENCES
ALMOST GONE.
THE VOICE-LIKE TONES REACH A LOUD FEVERISH PACE, ALMOST
VIOLENT AND THEN WE HEAR A CLICK AND THEY'RE GONE.
Beat. Everyone looks up at the baby monitor. The red lights
are off. ONLY THE BLAND HUM OF NORMAL STATIC COMES FROM IT'S
SPEAKER.
Beat.
MORGAN:
(soft)
They hung up.
Graham brings Bo down into his lap. Morgan takes a seat next
to Merrill on the roof. The Hess family sits like mental
patients on the top of their station wagon.
CUT TO:
EXT. BACKYARD - EVENING
WE ARE AT THE EDGE OF THE CROPS LOOKING BACK AT THE HOUSE.
The LIGHTS are on in the kitchen. We see Graham, Merrill and
the children doing dishes after dinner.
The DOG IS BARKING FURIOUSLY.
OUR VIEW TURNS TO LOOK AT THE BARN THROUGH THE CROPS.
Isabelle, the remaining German Shepherd is tied to a post
outside the barn. The dog whips back and forth frantically.
She keeps looking in our direction.
WE HEAR A SCREEN DOOR OPEN. WE TURN TO LOOK BACK AT THE HOUSE.
Graham steps out the back screen door with a bowl of dog
food and a bowl of water.
We watch him as he walks towards the frantic dog. When he
gets close, Graham slows. He approaches the dog carefully.
He places the two bowls close but not too close. The dog has
no interest in them. She keeps barking and glaring in our
direction.
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