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Average suburban home on average
suburban street.
Cut
to interior of home.
CU
of Father, speaks to film-makers off camera.
Father:
We’re at a crucial stage with energy usage. Prices are just too high.
We need to cut consumption and we need alternatives.
Scene:
Mother sets table behind him while shuffling around in wool socks.
Father
VO: …That’s what drove us to attempt the first static-electricity
powered home.
Scene:
Son shuffling across the carpet in wool socks.
Father
VO: Static cells under the carpet collect energy and transfer it as
needed throughout the house.
Scene:
Daughter reading by lamplight. Lamp begins to dim. She quickly
rubs her feet on the floor until the light begins to brighten.
Cut
to son eating breakfast while father rubs his head to turn on blender
behind him.
Cut
to daughter & son shuffling outside bathroom door while father yells
from within, “Faster, faster…water’s getting
cold!”
Father
VO : Success has been…elusive…
Scene:
Father taking out flaming rug while fire alarm sounds.
Father
VO : …it hasn’t been everything we’d hoped…
Scene:
Three quick cuts of family members getting static shocks by touching
doorknob.
Cut
to dog trotting through house in small wool socks.
Father
VO : …But, besides making the house itself more energy efficient,
the smartest thing we did, the bright spot, if you will…
Scenes
making house more energy efficient:
Hand
screws in fluorescent bulb
Caulking
a new window with Energy Star label
Scenes
using Energy Star appliances:
Placing
dish in dishwasher
Adjusting
a programmable Honeywell thermostat
Father
VO : …is that we equipped the house with Energy Star products, which
use less juice and save money.
Father:
Static electricity may not be viable.
(Cut to scene of father leaving house for work with sock stuck
to the back of his suit.) But
hey, we’ve taken a step toward the future. Our
future.
Scene:
Whole family on couch with hair standing on end.
Cut
to exterior of house.
Supers:
Alliance to Save Energy
Save money, energy, the planet.
VO:
Anyone can make their home more energy efficient.
Super:
For a free Power$martâ
booklet visit
www.ase.org
MomVO:
Goodnight sweetie.
Child
VO: Goodnight mommy. (makes
an “mmm” sound as before a kiss)
Child’s
bedroom window flashes with a static electricity spark.
SFX:
Static shock.
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