Madison Forsey Final Draft

[0:00] Starts with simple, melodic music; image of Earth from space

[0:04] Image of candle appears before the image of Earth from space

[0:07] Text appears on screen:

Do not go gentle into that good night

[0:08-0:11] Text recedes and then disappears

[0:13] Text appears on screen:

Old age

[0:14] Text appears on screen:

Should burn

[0:15] Only image of candle remains other than text; text appears on screen:

And rage

[0:16] Text appears on screen:

At close

[0:19] Text disappears; still image of candle

[0:21] Image of Earth from space appears behind the candle again

[0:22] Text appears on screen:

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

[0:24] Image of candle disappears

[0:27] Image of candle reappears as image of Earth from space disappears along with text

[0:29] Image of candle still overlayed with image of two men sitting somewhere and overlayed with another image of three men walking down a street; text appears on screen:

Though wise men at their end know dark is right

[0:31] Image of candle disappears

[0:33] Image of three men walking down street disappears

[0:34] Simple image of two older men sitting on a couch; text goes from top of video to bottom and disappears

[0:35] Image of candle seems to appear in background, but it’s hazy; text appears on screen:

Because their words had forked no lightening they

[0:41] Text slides down screen and disappears

[0:42] Video footage of three men walking down the street, two of them are the older gentleman from the scene before; text appears on screen:

Do not go gentle into that good night.

[0:47] Text disappears

[0:49] Goes to image of the candle, very brief

[0:52] Video footage of ballerinas dancing

[0:53] Text appears on screen in top left corner:

Good men,

[0:56] Text appears on screen in top right corner:

The last wave by;

[1:00] Image goes back to candle

[1:02] Video goes back to footage of ballerinas; text appears on screen:

Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

[1:07] Text disappears

[1:08] Text appears on screen:

Rage,
rage
against
the
dying 
of

[1:11] Text appears on screen, added to previous text:

The light.

[1:12-1:15] Text disappears except for “the light.” which is moved to the center of the screen, while image of ballerinas fades out and the image of the candle fades in

[1:16] Just image of the candle

[1:17] Image of man jumping off cliff

[1:19] Image of candle in background of image of man jumping off cliff

[1:20] Text appears on screen:

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight

[1:24] Image of candle appears overlayed with image of man jumping off cliff

[1:25] Text appears on screen:

And learn, too late, and grieved it on its way,

[1:26] Man releases his parachute (it at first looked like he was aiming for the water, and then it seemed he was going to crash into the sand, I’m glad he has a parachute)

[1:29] Man on top of cliff filming now jumps off

[1:31] Image changes to four men on top of cliff, filming and taking pictures; text appears on screen:

Do not go gentle into that good night.

[1:33] One man jumps off of the cliff

[1:37] Image of candle reappears, overlayed with image of man who just jumped off of the cliff

[1:40] Only image of the candle

[1:41] Image of man coming on stage to give speech to a waiting audience, we never see man’s face

[1:42] Image of candle

[1:43] Image of man giving speech, possibly same man, but now we see his face and not the audience

[1:44] Image of candle overlayed with image of man giving speech; text appears on screen:

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight

[1:45] Image of candle and text

[1:46] Image of Michael Jackson thanking his audience, still overlayed with image of candle; text still on screen

[1:48] New text appears on screen at the top:

Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,

[1:49] Image changes to overlay of candle and video footage of Steve Jobs; text “Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight” disappears, other text stays on screen

[1:50] Only image of candle

[1:51] Image of candle and African American man wearing London hat; text still on screen

[1:53] Text slides down screen and disappears; same time we see footage of African American man looking up into the video

[1:54] Blank screen

[1:55] Image of African American man again, this time intensely looking at eyes and nose

[1:56] Text appears on screen:

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

[1:58] Text stays on screen; image changes to a forest on the edge of water, man looking out into water, being filmed from inside some tent

[2:01] Text stays on screen; image changes to African American male crying in backseat of car

[2:02] Image of candle

[2:03] Images of candle overlayed with images of father walking young African American daughter

[2:08] Text appears on screen:

And you, my father, there on your sad height,

[2:12] Text disappears

[2:13] See image of candle and footage of little girl pointing to her dad’s shoes

[2:16] Text appears on screen:

Curse

[2:17] Text appears on screen:

Bless me now

[2:17:30] Text appears on screen:

With your fierce tears,

[2:19] Text appears on screen:

I pray.

[2:22] Text disappears; father reaches down to hold daughter’s hand

[2:24] Image of candle overlayed with image of man looking and pointing up into sky

[2:26] Text appears on screen:

Do not go gentle into that good night.

[2:33] Father seems to be playing with daughter; text disappears; image of candle still present

[2:38] Still image of candle; Image of man walking away, same man; text appears on screen:

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

[2:41] Screen goes black, all that remains is previous text

[2:43] Text slides down screen and disappears

[2:46] The end