Transcript: Breakdown
Piano music is playing.
Cellphone alarm rings. It’s 7:30 a.m.
Montage of a girl brushing hair, making a sandwich, leaving home and walking to school.
At school, the girl receives a marked test. The grade is written “100% Excellent!”
The girl walks to work, sits at a desk and types on the computer.
The piano music begins to speed up and get louder.
The girl checks her phone. It’s 8:00 p.m.
The girl packs up and walks home. It’s dusk out.
Next day. Piano music is playing faster and gradually speeds up and becomes louder throughout the day.
The girl’s cellphone alarm rings. It’s 7:30 a.m.
The girl stretches in bed, makes a hurried sandwich, leaves home and walks to school.
At school, the girl receives a marked test. The grade is written “82% Good work!”
The girl walks quickly to work and runs into her office. It looks like she is late.
The girl sits at her desk and types on the computer.
The girl checks her phone. It’s 10:35 p.m.
The girl packs up and walks home. It’s dark out.
Next day. Piano music is playing faster and gradually speeds up more and becomes louder throughout the day.
The girl’s cellphone alarm rings. It’s 7:50 a.m.
The girl rolls over in bed and goes back to sleep.
She grabs some bread and runs to school.
Books fall from the girl’s backpack on the way to school and she runs back to pick them up.
At school, the girl receives a marked test. The grade is written “62% Good try! Work harder next time!”
The girl runs to work, taking off her school blazer on the way. It looks like she is late again.
The girl is seen with her head on her arms on her desk, It looks like she is sleeping. Her boss comes in to yell at her and she starts typing again.
The girl checks her phone. It’s 11:15 p.m.
The girl packs up and walks home. It’s very dark out.
The piano music is at its climax.
Cut to: The girl tapping her fingers on her desk at work and looking tired.
Cut to: The girl’s kitchen table with no food on it. No sandwich today.
The girl runs to school. She drops books from her bag on the way and does not retrieve them.
Cut to: The girl pacing and looking stressed out at work.
Cut to: The girl receiving a test back at school. The grade is marked “42% Come see me after class.”
Cut to: The girl’s boss yelling at her; the girl has her head in her hands.
Cut to: The girl crying at her desk at work.
Cut to: The girl starting to write something on a piece of paper then giving up.
Cut to: The girl crying at her desk at work.
On Screen: 1 in 4 Canadian workers describe their day-to-day lives as highly stressful. 1 in 5 Canadian employees have mental health issues. Accumulated stress can lead to depression, anxiety and other disorders.
The piano music becomes calmer, slows down and fades out.
On Screen: Stress management is necessary for a long, health and happy life.