Just Another Day
The overall final idea is as followed:
The establishing shot of the scene is a hand hitting down firmly on an alarm clock. This has a polysemic meaning, representing the both the time of day and time period due to the technology. Also the alarm clock sounding represents the start of the film. After the diegetic alarm clock sound a not diegetic upbeat soundtrack kicks in, and the character sits up to the side of the bed and then stands stretching.
He then strolls across the room, towards the door, in his pyjamas using a reverse shot to accomplish this effect. Then we would have a shot of him walking across the corridor and into the bathroom. Narrative enigma can then be applied as the question arises - why is the character up so early and why is he acting so leisurely. The character, who is named Jake, turns on the shower - this will be taken using a close up shot of his arm, then quick cut to the shower head turning on. After this the character will have his back facing the camera while in the act of brushing his teeth. At a certain point he will bend to spit into the sink and the actors name will be revealed written on the mirror in toothpaste. Jake will then look at watch and express his emotion to the time by cursing signifying that he is late, which is backed up by the time on the alarm clock at the beginning.
Throughout the whole of this sequence the non diegetic music will be used to build up the tempo of the scene denoting that the character is in a rush, by using short guitar rifts and a steady drum beat. After looking at his watch Jake realises that he is late and he runs out of the bathroom and back across the hallway, back into the bedroom in his towel. He then emerges from his bedroom door half dressed in his work suit, stepping into his trousers whilst moving. There will be constant cursing throughout the whole of this sequence which has a inter textual reference to Four Weddings.... Jake then runs down the stairs, whilst tying his tie, this is one continuous shot of him running down the stairs and into the kitchen where he will open the fridge to get some breakfast and when he closes the fridge door another title will be included on a piece of paper attached to the fridge with a fridge magnet.
To enable continuity Jake will be wearing the same attire throughout the breakfast scene and for the rest of the production. Another title intervention outcrops when he is eating his breakfast at the table and accidentally knocks over the box of cereal which creates the titles in the cereal pieces (product placement could be used at this time, with the brand of the cereal on show). The next shot is a cut to the letterbox as the post is delivered, Jake bends to pick up the letter and using an over the shoulder shot another production title is revealed on the front of the letter Jake is holding. The next shot consists of Jake, fully dressed in his work suit, collecting his bag from the side of the front door and leaving the house. Using a gradual zoom out it is revealed that an item has been left behind - his notepad. The front door is opened to partially reveal Jake's return to collect the forgotten notepad, which has an inter textual reference to Suburban Girl. The introduction of the female character occurs - Claire, as she leaves her home adjacent to Jake's home. She catches Jake's eye, causing him to stumble and fall in a heap in the road. They then just exchange greetings, but from this you are able to feel the emotions between the two characters. He then regains his composure, running out of shot to end the sequence.