Script I Help Write for a Commercial for Outback Steakhouse

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TWO-SHOT OF FAMILY SITTING DOWN AT DINNER. FATHER IS ONE SIDE, KIDS ON THE OTHER AT HOME. WIDE- SHOT OF MOTHER PUTTING FOOD DOWN ON TABLE. ROUND SHOT OF FAMILY LOOKING UPSET EATING THE SAME FOOD AGAIN. TWO-SHOT OF KIDS. MID-SHOT OF MOM STANDING. TWO-SHOT OF KIDS LOOKING AT MOM. OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF KIDS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW. ZOOM-IN ON THE WINDOW, PASSING THE KIDS, TO SEE AN AUSTRALIAN SETTING. QUICK-CUT TO TWO-SHOT OF THE PARENTS HOLDING GIANT STEAK KNIVES, SITTING AT THE DINENR TABLE. QUICK-CUT TO TWO-SHOT OF KIDS AT THE DINNER TABLE. TWO-SHOT OF PARENTS ON ONE SIDE OF THE TABLE, AND KIDS ON THE OTHER. QUICK CUT TO THE SAME SHOT AT OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE, WHILE STILL HOLDING STEAK KNIVES, AND ONCE THEY ARE AT OUTBACK THEY ARE LAUGHING AND ENJOYING THEMSELVES. BIRD’S EYE VIEW INSIDE OF RESTAURANT. QUICK-CUT TO CLOSE-UP OF WAITRESS HOLDING A TRAY OF APPETIZERS. CAMERA MOVES TO CLOSE-UP OF ANOTHER WAITER HOLDING A TRAY OF DINNER ENTREES. CAMERA MOVES TO CLOSE-UP OF ANOTHER WAITRESS HOLDING A TRAY OF DESSERTS.  OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF KIDS, THEN CUT TO OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF PARENTS, ALL LOOKING HAPPY, AND EATING. (FADE IN) OUTBACK LOGO.

BLAND ELEVATOR MUSIC. KIDS: This again? MOM: Well what would you like? ELEVATOR MUSIC CUTS OUT. (QUICK CUT) GENERIC AUSTRALIAN MUSIC in the background. KIDS: Let’s go outback tonight. MALE ANNCR: Welcome to Outback Steakhouse. (In Australian Accent) MALE ANNCR: Try our wood fire three course meal where you can get an appetizer. MALE ANNCR: A variety of entrees. MALE ANNCR: Then finish it off with a dessert. MALE ANNCR: All of this just for $11.99 GENERIC AUSTRALIAN MUSIC FADES OUT. MALE ANNCR: Come to our new location in Lawrenceville on Route One. Let’s go outback tonight.