Mindful Listening — storyboard

The same older Black woman lowers herself into a cane armchair in a bright garden room, taking her time. Her head and shoulders are clearly in frame. Clear morning sunlight through tall windows, green plants around her. Camera static at a respectful distance, medium wide. Calm and unhurried.

Close on the same older Black woman seated in the cane armchair, listening intently to something she can hear. Her head is very slightly tilted, her eyes open and steady, her expression calm but focused and attentive. She blinks once, slowly. Her mouth stays closed. Bright morning light on her face, green plants softly out of focus behind her. Almost no movement.

The same older Black woman, seated in the cane armchair, plants her feet flat on the floor and lets her hands find her lap, then goes still. Her head and short grey hair are clearly in frame. Bright morning sun through tall windows. Camera static, medium shot.

The same older Black woman seated beside a tall sunlit window in a garden room, turning her head slowly to look out at the green garden, then going still. Her head and short grey hair clearly in frame. Very slow, almost imperceptible camera push in.

The same older Black woman seated in the cane armchair, straightening a little so she sits comfortably tall, then relaxing into stillness. Her head, short grey hair and shoulders clearly in frame. Bright morning light, green plants behind her. Camera static, medium shot.

Medium shot of the same older Black woman seated in the cane armchair, her head, short grey hair and shoulders clearly in frame. She turns her palms upward and settles both hands comfortably into her lap, then lets her shoulders drop. Her feet are not shown. Bright morning light. Small, ordinary, unhurried movement.

Close on the same older Black woman's face, seated in bright morning light in a garden room. She holds still for a moment, then her eyes close slowly and softly and stay closed, and her expression settles. Almost no other movement.

A very wide landscape seen from high ground at a great distance, hills receding layer by layer into pale morning haze, no foreground at all. Nothing moves but the light slowly warming. Slow continuous camera push forward, never pulling back. Serene and empty. No people, no text.

Distant rooftops and a far-off road seen from high ground in soft morning light, small and quiet in a wide view. Slow continuous camera push forward, never pulling back. Outdoors. No people close enough to see, no text.

A road far below seen from high ground, two or three cars moving along it slowly, tiny and silent at this distance. Soft morning light, wide and calm. Slow continuous camera push forward, never pulling back. No text.

A handsome sunlit building seen across a green open space on a clear bright morning: warm pale stone, tall windows catching the sun, a welcoming open doorway, flowering trees and clipped grass in front of it. Inviting and cheerful, somewhere you would want to walk into. Blue sky. Slow continuous camera push forward, never pulling back. No people, no text.

A shaft of clear morning sunlight falling across a quiet garden room, its edge moving imperceptibly across the floor. Clean still air, no particles, no floating specks, no dust. Green plants at the edge of frame. Static camera. Indoors. No people, no text.

A plain round wall clock on a sunlit wall in a bright garden room. Its second hand advances at true real-time speed, one small step per second, unhurried and ordinary. Close, static camera, warm room softly out of focus behind it. The clock ticks quietly and steadily, a soft mechanical tick, the only sound in a still room. No music, no speech, no people, no text.

A pale curtain at a tall sunlit window lifting very slightly in moving air, then settling. Gentle, unhurried, bright morning light through the fabric. Static camera, close. Indoors. No people, no text.

Extreme close and soft focus on a pale curtain against bright light, swelling gently outward and settling back, over and over, like slow breathing. Almost abstract, mostly light and soft fabric. Slow continuous camera push forward, never pulling back. No people, no text.

Open ocean water swelling and settling in soft morning light, no shoreline and nothing to give it scale, just slow rising and falling. Serene and abstract. Slow continuous camera push forward, never pulling back. No people, no text.

Almost pure soft warm light over calm water, very slightly shifting, nearly still. Abstract and empty, nothing to look at. No people, no text.

Close on the same older Black woman seated in the cane armchair in bright morning light, her head, short grey hair and shoulders clearly in frame. Her eyes open slowly and she looks toward the window, calm and unhurried; then her hands, resting in her lap, stretch and wiggle their fingers gently before relaxing again. Her feet are not shown.

Medium shot of the same older Black woman seated in the cane armchair in bright morning light, her head and short grey hair clearly in frame. She takes one slow breath and her shoulders settle as she looks out at the garden. Almost no other movement.

Slow wide shot of the bright garden room, the older Black woman seated in her cane armchair among green plants, settled and still, small in the frame. Clear morning sun through tall windows. Static camera, almost no movement.

Slow wide shot of the same bright garden room, the older Black woman seated in her cane armchair, entirely still and at ease, the room quiet and full of morning light around her. Static camera, almost no movement.