FADE IN
Act 1
INT. STUDIO - 11:30
Sitting in a worn-out chair, Peter begins to tap on the keys of a Clavinova.
PETER (V.O.): In 1987, I suggested, and Sharon agreed, to buy this Clavinova.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It was an innovative musical instrument then. I thought it wouldn't be out of tune.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When we're in the mood, she'd play the keyboard and I'd play the guitar and do the vocal.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): During home quarantines, I checked the untouched musical instruments at home.
Peter begins to play the Intro of "Theme from a Summer Place".
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A year ago, I decided to learn to play the Theme on piano.
Act 2
EXT. GOLDEN BAY - 13:30
Having deposited his belongings on the beach, Peter takes a look of the lifeguard inside a tower on the beach.
PETER (V.O.): Me and my belongings are within his sight.
Seeing a lifeguard stationing in a raft at the centre of the outer buoy line, Peter swims to the right hand corner.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The lifeguard is there to guard swimmers like me.
Then, from the right hand corner, Peter swims past the lifeguard raft.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The lifeguard must know I'm around. Last Friday, I promised my music friends that I'd swim safe.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A friend returning from LA asked me why I wasn't afraid of sharks.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I should be afraid if there aren't shark nets in bays.
Peter arrives at the left hand corner.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): She's a pianist. She has a Steinway grand in her home.
Peter begins to swim back to the shore.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As I learn to play the piano, I begin to notice the difference in sounds from different brands.
Swimming.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A music professor friend suggested that if I really wanted a grand, I could start off with a Yamaha.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I thanked him but said that I was content to play the Clavinova and the Yamaha upright piano that Sharon played.
INT. STUDIO, PETER'S NT HOME - 18:00
Sitting at a Yamaha upright piano, Peter opens the fallboard.
FLASHBACK
INT. HOME - DAY (1979)
Sitting at a Yamaha upright piano, Sharon (24) opens the fallboard and places her hands gently on the keys.
PETER: Play "Theme from a Summer Place" for me.
We see Sharon's fingers dancing across the keys as Peter (25) watches with admiration.
PETER (V.O.): We're husband and wife. Sharon would do anything for me.
Watching.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And there's no problem for her to make a living with music.
END FLASHBACK
PETER (V.O.): But her dedication to music education and choir conducing indirectly took her life in August 1992.
As Peter begins to play the "Theme from a Summer Place" on piano, we hear the studio filling with music.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If there's the will, there's the way. I find solace that I can also play the song via this very piano, although it's out of tune now.
Finishing, Peter plays the song again.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I like to imagine that Sharon is around, seeing and listening how I'm playing.
Act 3
INT. STUDIO - 23:00
Having input the prompt: "A man playing the piano" in an AI art generator, Peter sees a cubist image appearing.
PETER (V.O.): This is one of my ways to bridge the past with the present.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's the link from the present to the past that gives me the spirit to focus on the future.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I predict my future by creating my dreams.
Daydreaming.
FADE OUT
THE END
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