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 mourningat the
side cryingfortheirloss.One of the mourner’s
comfortsher
Close upto mothersface we see an array of
emotionspassthroughherface,thenit’sjust
sadnessagain