FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. STUDY - 9:30
Smartphone in hand, PETER reads a Quora answer request.
PETER (V.O.): What's something from the 1960s that needs to make a comeback in the 2020s?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In the 1960s, music released and united humans to do extraordinary things.
Peter types his answer on the smartphone screen.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd):The1960s was a unique period. It has been impacting on me.
Then, after pushing buttons of two Bluetooth speakers, Peter hears: Right...Left... and then stereo.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Three dimensional music is better than the party mode.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But I haven't used other old gears for a long time.
Act 2
INT. RESTAURANT - 12:30
Enjoying escargots, Peter answers a call.
SOMEONE (From phone.): Someone's sick. The meeting this afternoon has to be rescheduled.
PETER (V.O.): The meeting to do extraordinary things would have been a marathon one. Now, I've a free afternoon.
INT. KITCHEN - 14:30
Peter is enjoying iced pineapple.
PETER (V.O.): In the 1960s, I liked to have iced pineapple after lunch.
Peter then stares at an iPad 2 and a Yamaha Bluetooth speaker.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): They're 10 years old.
As Peter taps a YouTube icon, we see on screen images and month-by-month subtitles of oldies in the 1960s.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In 1963, I was in Primary 3 and began learning English.
Video clips of the Beatles singing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): There're Cantonese version of their songs - Can't Buy Me Love became 行快啲啦.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Now, kids learn Chinese and English in kindergarten.
A video clip of Peter & Gordon singing Five Hundred Miles.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In 1966, when I was in Form 1, I named myself as Peter.
A video clip of Scott McKenzie singing San Francisco.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): His song was a must-play in every dancing party since 1967.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In my college's variety shows 1968-1970, I sang Monkee's It's Nice to be With You, Herman's Hermit's the End of the World, the Lotus' Just a Little...
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I thought the Lotus wrote the song. Recently, I've found out that their number was a cover version.
Finishing the 1960s, Peter watches oldies of the 1950s.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The songs of the early 1950s are foreign to me.
When the images of May 1954 appears, Peter takes a photo.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): That's the month when I was born.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I sang the oldies then, I meant songs in the late 1950s or in the early 1960s.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): For those born in the late 20th C or at the beginning of the 21st C, would they be interested in the songs of the 1960s?
INT. STUDIO - 16:30
Holding an old iPad Mini 3, Peter is in thoughts.
PETER (V.O.): What Chinese oldies do I like to listen?
Peter then taps an icon and we hear the song: 新鴛鴦蝴蝶夢 (The New Butterfly Dream)
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It was a young colleague's favourite. Patrick sang it during a social function in 1996. He died during a marathon a year later.
Using his smartphone, Peter researches about the song.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, it was thought the song's melody was similar to an earlier piece called Happy Arabia.
Finding Happy Arabia on the web, Peter listens to the piece carefully.
Act 3
INT. STUDY- 18:00
The TV reports about US and Russia tension over Ukraine.
PETER (V.O.): When I was at age 15, I wrote one song. Only in my late 50s did I make a comeback.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If one stays positive and does the turnaround, every setback can be a setup for a comeback.
Tapping his smartphone, Peter shares his Quora answer on Facebook.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): On anything unique and good, it's never too late to make a comeback.
THE END.
FADE OUT
Kommentare