The video begins with the view of a man on top of a hill at sunset sitting on a bench holding a whisky bottle, he unscrews the cap of the bottle, the camera zooms into his watch, the camera then pans up to the horizon. there is then a fast forwarded shot of the horizon which shows the sun getting higher in the sky and turning to morning.From here onwards the video is shot in the first person;
there is then a straight cut to view of the ceiling, with half seconds of black to simulate blinking. the camera then turns to show a view of the alarm clock (showing that it is the same day), a hand reaches out and turns off the alarm. both hands cover the screen and it fades from black to a shot of a woman across the table.
she pushes forward a piece of paper and a pen, the camera pans down and zooms in on the word DIVORCE PAPERS at the top. The camera pans up and the woman mouths the words "im sorry but it isnt working out", a hand extends towards her, she pushes back her chair, she then mouths the words "its too late for that, im sorry", she places her ring on the table and the camera follows her to the door, it pans back to the table and the ring, the hand then picks up the pen, the camera pans down to the bottom of the piece of paper and he signs his name.
another shot of a signature on a piece of paper is faded in as the other fades out (graphic match). The camera pans out and up the paper to show the words CONTRACT TERMINATION and up to show a man, sitting opposite him in a chair wearing a suit and tie. The boss mouths the words "im sorry mate but its for the best", he bends down, picks up a cardboard box of things and slides it across the table. Hands come out and pick up the box, the camera goes backwards and up, the camera turns to look at the door (the box is still in shot).
-- if we need to fill time we could do a shot of him walking down the corridor, with peoples reactions, to the door to exit the building ---
A shot of a front door to a house will fade in, while the previous shot fades out (graphic match). A hand reaches out and trys to turn the key in the lock, it clearly doesnt work. the camera turns to show a shot of the path, then turns to view the house again, it zooms in on an upstairs window where the ex wife is shown looking at him, another man then appears next to her and they step away from the window. the camera zooms out of the window and pans down to show an open hand holding the ring, the hand throws it into a flower bed, the camera zooms into the flower.
a shot of a flower fades in as the previous shot fades out (graphic match). the camera zooms out and up to show a shot of a hill at sunset, the camera is walked up the hill and sits on the bench, there is then a shot of the horizon. the camera pans down and there is a bottle of whisky in one hand, he unscrews the bottle and lifts the bottle (gives the impression of drinking). the bottle comes back into shot, half empty.
there is a straight cut, to a very zoomed in shot of the man, the camera zooms out all the way to reveal the man laying on the floor next to the bench.
-- we did discuss possibly adding a montage here of quick cut shots of what happens to him this night, with shots of the important events of the day eg. the ring in his hand, his wife and another man, the words contract termination on paper. ---
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