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FADE IN:

INT. LUMINOUS HIGH STREET MARKET IN HARUJUKU- (LATE AT NIGHT)-


LONG SHOT
Loud and rowdy market stands of shopkeepers trying to sell and
negotiate sales
(SET DESIGN) luminous lights, shine neon colours with a dominant
yellow and pinky hue

- (continuous) back camera shot closely follows Thomas as he


wonders down the single market street and is exposing
himself to the vibrant lights and trading happening around
him
- UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING THROUGHOUT ENTIRITY OF SCENE
CONTINOUS SHOT OF THOMAS’s BACK PROFILE WALKING

Traders in the market:(in Japanese and an assertive tone)-


-from different traders either side of Thomas throughout the
market street-
500 yen
Amazing quality
Good value
No 400 yen
Young man 300 yen for you I do 300

BACK PROFILE SHOT TURNS (STILL BEHIND THOMAS) AND SHOWS HIS BACK
PROFILE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FEMALE JAPANSESE SELLER TRYING TO
SELL HIM AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT JAPANSES FRESH PRODUCE
Thomas:
I’m not interested thank you (waves his hand to indicate he
wants to say goodbye and carry on going down the street)
-FEMALE SELLER INSTANTLY GRABS HIS HAND-
- camera now only shows Thomas's perspective of the female
seller (only Thomas's hand is in the shot)
FEMALE SELLER: (in desperation almost wining)
Please please 200, 100, please (begins to plead and cry)
- Camera circles round to Thomas's face (his facial
expression is concerned listening to the seller plead and
beg for him to buy something)
- LIGHTING BEHIND DEVELOPS FROM PINK TO A RED HUE-
Thomas’s eyes divert back and forth from the seller to his hands
(seller is progressively holding tighter as she begs)

- SINGLE SHOT FOLLOWS UP THE SELLER ARM AND CENTRES TOWARDS


HER HELPLESS FACE-
Female seller is now just crying in despair (both Thomas's and
the seller's hand still
Thomas slowly slips his hands out of her grip and stands there
watching her

- CAMERA SHOWS A STILL AND WHOLE PROFILE SHOT (THOMAS


DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHOT WITH HIS HEAD TILTED
LOOKING AIMLESSLY AT HER)-
- CAMERA KEEPS THE STILL SHOT
- THOMAS CONTINUES LOOKING BLANKLY THROUGH OUT WHOLE STILL
SHOT OF HIS FRONT PROFILE
- THOMAS SLOWLY GRABS HIS BATTERED AND WORN WALLET WHICH
REVEALS LOTS OF MONEY NOTES (camera does not focus on the
wallet, there are so many money notes it will be visible
from a far in his left hand) notes THOMAS GRABS A SINGLE
NOTE AND PROCEEDS TO HOLD IT IN HIS HAND WITHOUT DOING
MOVING OR CHANGING HIS EXPRESSION

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