1960MENTAL HEALTH
1950s STRESS MANAGEMENT - HOUSEWIFE TEACHES HUSBAND HOW TO RELAX, RELEASE TENSIONS. LIFESTYLES CIRCA 1950s.
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CU TWO HANDS STRETCHING WIDE PIECE OF ELASTIC UNTIL IT SNAPS. CU WOMANS HANDS CARRYING TRAY WITH POT OF TEA AND CUP. SHE WALKS TO HER HUSBAND LYING IN ONE OF TWIN BEDS READING BOOK, LAYS IT ON NIGHT TABLE, POURS THE TEA. THEY ARE INTERRUPTED BY SOUNDS OF CHILDREN ARGUING, SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER IN ANOTHER ROOM.
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CU ANNOYANCE ON FACE OF MAN IN BED, CHILDREN COME SCREAMING INTO BEDROOM. MOM QUIETS THEM SO THEY DON'T ANNOY DAD IN BED. DAUGHTER BIDS THEM BOTH GOODNIGHT AS SHE LEAVES ROOM CLOSING DOOR WITH A SLAM. CU DAD SHUTTERS FROM SLAM, GOES BACK TO READING BOOK TITLED, "RELAX, RELAX", VOICE OVER DESCRIBES SCENE IN RHYMES.
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| 01:19:14 50 |
CU WIFE'S HANDS SERVING CUP OF TEA TO MAN READING IN B/G, WHO REACHES FOR THE TEA WITHOUT LOOKING UP FROM BOOK. HE SIPS THE TOO HOT TEA, JUMPS UP, RUNS TO BATHROOM.
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MS MAN EXITS BATHROOM, PUTS ON BATHROBE, SLUMPS IN EASY CHAIR IN BEDROOM. WIFE TELLS HIM HE IS READING THE WRONG BOOK. GOES TO BOOKSHELF. PAN BOOKSHELF CONTAINING VARIOUS TITLES ON TENSION AND RELAXATION. CU PAN BOOKS ON SHELF. GRABS BOOK, "HOW TO RELAX". .
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| 01:20:26 123 |
WIFE LAYS ON BED WITH BOOK. MAN SITS UP FROM SLUMPING POSITION, GLANCES ACROSS ROOM TO WHAT SHE IS READING. CU TITLE OF BOOK, "KNIFE KILLER", MAN GETS BACK INTO SLUMPING POSITION, BEGINS TO READ BOOK WIFE GAVE HIM. NS MAN NODS HEAD AS HE READS, (VOICE OVER) "ARE YOU TENSE?", "WORRIED?", ALWAYS TIRED, CAN'T FALL ASLEEP....?"
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| 01:20:50 147 |
CU MAN OPENS EYES WIDE AS HE READS ON. "ARE YOU AFRAID YOU ARE LOOSING YOUR GRIP?" CU VARIOUS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS COINCIDE WITH QUESTIONS ASKED BY VOICE OVER AS HE READS ON. EXPRESSION OF THINKING.
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| 01:21:17 174 |
MAN WITH HAT AND COAT, HOLDS ONTO HIS HAT AS HE RUNS AROUND POLES INSIDE ROOM, LIKE SKIER DOING SLALOM. HE PASSES DESK LOADED WITH STACKS OF FOLDERS AND PHONE RINGING.
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HE RUNS TO DESK. PICKS UP PHONE. HIGH PITCHED VOICES ON PHONE SOUND LIKE RECORD GOING IN DOUBLE TIME. SIGNS ON POLES IN B/G "THINK". "SMILE"
"WORK". MCU STRESS ON MANS FACE AS HE TRIES TO MAKE OUT FAST SPEAKING VOICES ON PHONE, LOOKS AT SIGN ON POLE, "PLAN AHEAD". |
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MS HOUSEWIFE, BACK TO CAMERA, CARRIES LOADED LAUNDRY BASKET, PHONE RINGS, IS SPUN AROUND BY CHILDREN RUNNING TO ANSWER PHONE AND SHOUTING, "I'LL GET IT".
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| 01:22:16 233 |
MS MAN SEATED IN LIVING ROOM CHAIR, READING ABOUT TENSION, VOICE OVER TELLS HIM TO ACTS AS THOUGH MAKE BELIEVE MOSQUITO WAS BUZZING AROUND BACK OF HAND, LANDS THERE.(SOUND OF IMAGINARY MOSQUITO BUZZING). MS MAN RAISES HIS HAND AS THOUGH TO SWAT FLY.
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CU VARIOUS COMICAL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, MAN'S CROSSED EYES LOOKING AT IMAGINARY MOSQUITO, HAND RAISED TO SWAT IT. CU EYES MOVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE,,CRINKLED UP NOSE, WRINKLED EYEBROWS, TENSION ON FACE INCREASES AS FLY CONTINUES TO BUZZ AROUND, NOT LANDING. VOICE OVER TELLS MAN STAYING LIKE THAT FOR HOURS WAITING FOR MOSQUITO TO LAND IS HOW TENSION WORKS.
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| 01:22:39 256 |
CU VARIETY STRESSED FILLED FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, CAUSED BY HOURS OF WAITING FOR MOSQUITO TO ALIT.
CU EYES MOVE TO SIDE AS THOUGH WATCHING MOSQUITO FLY AWAY. anger, stress. distress, anxiety. |
| 01:23:25 302 |
MS MAN LOWERS HIS HAND, SLUMPS IN CHAIR PICKS UP HIS BOOK, EXTENDS FEET ON FOOT REST, AS THOUGH RELAXED,
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MCU MAN YAWNS AS HE READS BOOK AS VOICE OVER TELLS HIM TO FALL ASLEEP, WHICH HE DOES, WITH BOOK IN HAND. WIFE GETS OFF BED, LAYS DOWN HER BOOK, TRIES TO GENTLY REMOVE BOOK FROM SLEEPING HUSBAND'S HANDS. HE AWAKENS WITH A STARTLE.
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| 01:24:39 376 |
MS WIFE SITS ON EDGE OF BED, READS PASSAGES FROM BOOK WHILE HE LISTENS FROM EASY CHAIR IN F/G.
BOOK DESCRIBES HIM AS A "PRESSURE COOKER". |
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MS MAN SEES HIMSELF AS PRESSURE COOKER. MS MAN AT DESK LOADED WITH PILES OF PAPERWORK HAS PRESSURE GAUGE ATTACHED TO HIS HEAD. CU GAUGE AS WIFE VOICE OVER READS PASSAGES IN BOOK. CU GAUGE HAS READINGS WHICH CHANGE AS STRESS GOES DOWN, AS EXPLAINED BY VOICE OVER.
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| 01:25:52 449 |
CU WIFE HOLDS MIRROR UP TO MAN'S FACE, TELLS HIM TO RELAX HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, CU VARIOUS VIEWS OF MAN RELAXING FACIAL MUSCLES.
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MS HOUSEWIFE IRONING CLOTHING ON IRON BOARD, SHAKES HER HANDS AT THE WRISTS TO RELAX THEM, ALSO RAISES, ROLLS HER SHOULDERS TO RELAX.
BASKET FULL OF CLOTHING AT HER SIDE. ROLLS HER HEAD AND SHOULDERS AS SHE IRONS. |
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MS MAN JUMPS UP FROM EASY CHAIR AT SOUND OF IMAGINARY BELL, STARTS TO SHADOW BOX AS WIFE SITS ON EDGE OF BED READING BOOK, HE CRUMPLES OVER AS THOUGH HIT IN STOMACH, FALLS TO FLOOR AS THOUGH HIT IN JAW,. HE LIES FLAT ON BACK. LISTENS TO HER TELL HIM HOW TO RELAX ON FLOOR. HE TWINKLES HIS TOES, RELAXES ALL HIS MUSCLES.
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| 01:27:32 548 |
CU MAN OPENS LARGE MOUTH, YAWNS. OPENS CLOSES MOUTH AS THOUGH TO TASTE SOMETHING, VOICE OVER SAYS, GREEK WORD FOR THAT STATE OF BLISS IS "ATARAXIA"..(PEACE OF MIND).
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| 01:28:22 598 |
CU VARIOUS TEST TUBES, LAB BEAKERS WITH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS DRAWN ON THEM AND TWO HUMAN HANDS ON LAB SHELF.. CU MEDICINE BOTTLE WITH "ATARAXIC"
MEDICINE IN IT. TWO HANDS PROTRUDING FROM SHELF FLEX FINGERS. CU SMOKING BEAKER OF ACID STOPS SMOKING TO INDICATE CALM, TWO HANDS, RELAXED POSITION ALONGSIDE. |
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MLS MAN AT DESK SITS RELAXED, LEANING BACK WITH ARMS AROUND HIS NECK, SWIVELS CHAIR BACK AND FORTH, RELAXED..
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| 01:29:09 645 |
HANDS APPEAR FROM DESK TOP, HANDS NEWSPAPER IT TO MAN SEATED THERE, CU HEADLINE, "HURRICANE ON WAY". MAN FLIPS PAPER TO ANOTHER HEADLINE, "HURRICANE OUT TO SEA". HE CALMLY FLIPS NEWSPAPER ASIDE, GETS INTO RELAXED POSITION AGAIN.
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| 01:29:26 662 |
CU HAND RAISES FROM DESK, HANDS MAN NEWSPAPER WITH HEADLINE, "BUSINESS DIP DUE". FLIPS TO OTHER HEADLINE, "INCOME AT NEW HIGH".
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| 01:29:35 671 |
MAN RELAXED AT DESK JUMPS AT HOOK WITH MONEY ATTACHED; DROPS FROM CEILING, MAN JUMPS OVER DESK TO GRAB IT, CRAWLS ON ALL FOURS TRYING TO CATCH IT. RISES SWIFTLY TO CEILING AS HE GRABS AT IT.
MSHE LIES ON FLOOR RELAXED, WATCHES AS MONEY OM HOOK DROP DOWN INTO HIS OPEN HAND. |
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WIFE SITS ON EDGE OF BED READING BOOK AS RELAXED HUSBAND LIES FAST ASLEEP IN TWIN BED ALONGSIDE. CU MAN FAST ASLEEP IN BED. SHE TURNS OUT LIGHT, KISSES SLEEPING HUSBAND. TAKES OFF ROBE, CLIMBS INTO HER TWIN BED.
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