Standby
Black screen. Lowercase text: standby.
Doors open in a poorly lit room. Three people walk through them. One takes a swig from a bottle.
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They enter a party, filled with people dancing. One man stands still in the corner of the room, looking around.
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That man is shown laying down.
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He stands outside the tavern. A bus passes.
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He walks down a path.
Interior of a gas station.
He walks into the shop. The camera follows showing his back.
He stands with hands in pockets outside.
A bus passes.
He rides an escalator in a subway station.
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He walks through the woods, looking around.
He stands at a cross-country meet, watching the runners.
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He looks out the window on a moving bus.
A picturesque scene of a cliff overlooking the water. He looks out.
Camera shows a lighthouse in the distance. The man walks away.
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Scene returns, and he walks purposefully toward the lighthouse. He stops and looks back.
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He stands outside another bar. He sees a girl standing at a bus stop.
They make eye contact and both smile.
He crosses the street.
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Text: Directed by Griffin King. Director of Photography Griffin King. Starring Ettore Iannello. Grayson Ruiz.
Overwhelmed by the busyness of everyday life, a young man takes a moment to observe the world around him in an attempt to make sense of it all.
Directed by Griffin King
Cinematography by Griffin King
Starring Ettore Iannello and Grayson Ruiz
This film won Best in Show at Montage: A Festival of Moving Pictures.