We see a close-up of eyes… Sweat… The rise and fall of heavy breathing. The camera beins slowly zooming out— we get our super:
“THIS IS ABBY”
Our hero grits their teeth and makes a grunt of effort.
“ABBY SET HERSELF A GOAL”
The camera continues to zoom out. Our hero is catching their breath… There’s no music, only the sound of the outdoors, the clanging of metal, and— A GRUNT of effort: we see they are in a wheelchair, on a flight of stairs.
“TO SEE HER GRANDMOTHERS APARTMENT”
It’s arduous, it’s painful— but we don’t cut away. The experience of the viewer is paralleling that of our hero. We are forcing them into completing something that is necessary but difficult.
“IN A BUILDING WITHOUT A RAMP”
Another huge effort— They’re up another step. Still zooming out, we can see they are near the top… But now we begin to see how many they’ve already climbed.
“THAT’S WHY ABBY LEARNED HOW TO DO THIS”
Our camera still zooming out... We are wide now, shooting from the bottom of the stairs looking up.
“BUT JUST BECAUSE SHE CAN”
We see all the stairs— theres alot. Our hero is nearing the top.
“DOESNT MEAN SHE SHOULD HAVE TO”
The camera stops zooming. Our hero takes a pause to catch another breath. It’s over this frame that we get our end cards:
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