1. The camera fadesinto reveal a close upof the face
of a womanlyingdown.Hereyesare closed. We
wanther hairto be messyonthe pillowina
nightdress
As soonas the camera stopspanningout,hereyes
suddenlyopen,leadingimmediatelyontothe next
shot
The camera shot expandstoreveal several people
(familymembers) gatheredaround,lookingupset.
The camera endswitha shot ona youngman
amongstthembefore switchingtothe nextshot.
We soonintothe woman’sirisandusinggraphic
match cut, dissolve intothe nextscene…
The woman’sirisisshownto have turnedintoa ball
on the ground
we can thensee a shadowapproachingthe ball
2. The shadowapproachesand picksthe ball up We thencut to see the shadow,the (father)
throwingthe ball tothe son
Nextwe see the sonthrowingthe ball towardsa
man whoispresumablyhisfatherthe camerawill
followthe ball until itreacheshimandthenitcuts
To thisoverthe shouldershotwiththe mother
watchingoverherfamilywhensuddenlythe father
hunchesover,the time movestoslowmotionashe
dropsthe ball andthe wife movestowardsthe
husband.The ball bouncesasshe approaches
As the ball fallsthe final time the slowmotionis
broken
We thensee the husbandsarmfallingadjacentto
the ball.we will leave itonthisframe toemphasisit
3. We cut to the presentonce more the oldwoman
(whowe nowknowisthe same womanfromthe
flashback) isinan armchair playingwithalittle girl
(hergranddaughter)
We go back intime to the father’sfuneral,dissolving
the image of the soncrying,to the same image of
the son cryingwithmournersinthe background
The camera pans to showThe son (nowmucholder)
watchesoverthemfromthe doorwaymouthingthe
lyricsand lookingdowncast
He breaksdownaroundthe corner awayfrom the
happyscene soas notto upsetthem.he knowsshe
isunlikelytosurvive muchlonger
The mournersand the motherare mourningatthe
side cryingfortheirloss.One of the mourner’s
comfortsher
Close upto mothersface we see an array of
emotionspassthroughherface,thenit’sjust
sadnessagain
4. The face fromthe past dissolvestothe presentand
movesawayfromthe face to showthe outerparts
of the doorway.
The son and a familymemberdiscussoptionsforthe
womanshe ismotionlessandtheyare ina heated
discussion.
The old womenlooksatherweddingpicturesanin
thiswe compare the oldhandsto the younghands
and we use thisto once more transitionintothe
past.
Back to the past womenwatchingover
son superimpositiononwindowasshe
looksouton boythisallowsusto see her
facial expressions.
Young womaninpresentwithsonlookingover
husband’sgrave
We thencut to a close upof the oldwoman’sface
and herson to bettersee theirexpressions
5. We cut to a close up of the oldwomanlookingvery
pale lyingonherbed
We thensee herclose hereyesforthe lasttime
audience assume she haspassedon
We fade toblack to showendof productionas well
as the endof herlife
We showour logoat thispoint.
