INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO STYLE - TITLE: "IDEAS"
INT - OFFICE - LATE
A MAN IS SITTING AT A DESK, PROPPING HIS HEAD UP WITH HIS HAND, DEEP IN THOUGHT.
THE MAN BRIGHTENS UP. A LIGHTBULB APPEARS ABOVE HIS HEAD (IN A HAZY THOUGHT-BUBBLE) AND ILLUMINATES WITH AN EMPHATIC "DING!"
VO (RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION):
Aha! You have a good idea.
THE MAN NODS FURIOUSLY. HE SCRIBBLES FURIOUSLY AND REVEALS AN IMPRESSIVE DRAWING OF A SPORTY-LOOKING CAR.
VO:
And just in time for the meeting tomorrow. But wait! Have you not heard the new EU directives on ideas?
THE MAN LOOKS CONFUSED. HE SHAKES HIS HEAD.
VO:
You mean you aren't aware that only energy-saving ideas are permitted?!
ANOTHER SHAKE OF THE HEAD.
VO:
Quick! Get rid of that idea.
THE BULB DISAPPEARS. THE MAN LOOKS UPSET.
VO:
Don't worry. I have just the thing...
THE MAN RETURNS TO THE THOUGHT POSE. AN ENERGY-SAVING BULB APPEARS ABOVE HIS HEAD. IT FLICKERS ON. THEN OFF.
THE MAN TAPS HIS HEAD. THE LIGHT FINALLY COMES ON. IT'S RATHER DULL AND FLICKERS ANNOYINGLY.
VO:
There. That's better, isn't it?
THE MAN DOESN'T LOOK CONVINCED. HE SCRIBBLES AGAIN AND PULLS OUT A PRIMARY-SCHOOL-STANDARD HORSE AND CART SKETCH. HE LOOKS DEPRESSED.
VO:
Yes, that really is a lovely picture old chap. Well done.
THE BULB DIES. THE MAN TAPS HIS HEAD AGAIN. THEN LOOKS SAD.
VO:
Now, you are ready for that meeting tomorrow. Good luck.
THE MAN LOOKS AROUND SHIFTILY, BEFORE SCREWING UP AND BINNING THE SECOND PICTURE AND PLACING THE OTHER IN HIS BRIEFCASE.
