The video contrasts the girl's happy birthday celebration with family at the beginning with her sad birthday in the hospital with just her mother at the end. Throughout the video, close-up shots at eye level are used to focus on the girl's facial expressions and connect with the audience. Diegetic sounds like family singing make the scenes feel realistic. The editing cuts between shots of her happy life and signs that things are changing, like a crumbling ceiling, to show how her life circumstances flipped over the year.