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"7"

ADK TAIWAN, Taipei City / 7-ELEVEN / 2018

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It’s a story describing the best 7 days which is splendid like the moment cherry blossoms bloomed. It happened in blossom season and the storyline started from the 7 days ago before the main character goes overseas transfer.

She attended a high school reunion 7 days ago, but only stayed 7 seconds then she left. Afterwards she met the classmate she liked 7 years ago on the way and they went to see a movie together but they left the cinema when it played in only 7 minutes. They hung out together just 7 hours.

It's such a beautiful encounter but they are doomed to separate after 7 days, it’s like the cherry blossoms only bloom for 7 days. However, what the girl pursues is this short but splendid moment just like the cherry blossom.

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1. About Cherry Blossom for 7 days

Cherry Blossom has a short blooming period. From flowering to withering only takes 7 days and therefore, it is called “Cherry Blossom 7 days”, a romantically well-known term, representing the spirit of cherry blossom – “It vigorously blooms and withers with no hesitation, only pursuing a moment of brilliance.”

2. The limited-time offer "Cherry Blossom Cup Collection" only sales for 7 days.

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Scene 1

(Scene setting: Bedroom sets)

Video:

At dawn, the woman still sits on the bed, gazes the man who is going to leave. We can’t see his face because of the position of the shot.

? The VO of the man subtitled like the script format on the screen, like describing a story in a third person.

And the man and the woman are like the characters in the story.

Audio (Man’s Narrative): At dawn, a woman is sitting by the bed, gazing at a man who is about to leave.

Video: She stares at him who is wearing shoes at the door.

Audio (Man’s Narrative): The woman says, “We’re not going to see each other again, right?”

Video: He puts on the rucksack and walks closer to the bed she sits.

Audio (Man’s Narrative): The man says, “I guess so. These have been the best 7 days of my life. You are good.”

Video: She turns her back on him, the man closes the door and leaves.

Audio (Man’s Narrative): The woman says, “Yeah, I know.”

Scene 2

(Scene Setting: restaurant sets)

(Black slate with super: 7 seconds)

Video: 7 days ago, it was raining, the woman rushed to attend a high school reunion that has taken 7 years to organize.

Audio (Woman): 7 days ago, it was raining when I attended a high school reunion that has taken 7 years to organize.

Video: She walked into the restaurant, everyone surprised and hugged each other. When she hugged her good friend, she clearly saw everyone’s broad grin in this happy moment. After they lasted the hug and excitement for 7 seconds long, she lied to them, and hurried away.

Audio (Woman): Sorry, I have to get back to work.

Audio (Classmate): Working overtime?

Audio (Woman): I’ll be right back as soon as I’m done with work, OK? Take your time and wait for me.

Audio (Woman’s O.S.) : Some of the best moments just require 7 seconds.

(Scene Setting: outside the restaurant, outdoor sets)

Video: She took a breath and walked out the restaurant. She saw the back of a man who is parking his motorcycle, he is a classmate who has been late.

She walked toward the man, recognized each other.

Video: He exposed her lie jokingly.

Audio (Man): Is the reunion over?

Audio (Woman): Not yet. But I need to get back to work. Gotta run …

Audio (Man): You are just bailing out, right?

Audio (Man): Just kidding.

Scene 3

(Scene Setting: theater sets)

(Black slate with super: 7 minutes)

Video: They went to see the movie together, after they watched 7 minutes, he turned around and whispered to her.

Audio (Man): I don’t feel like watching anymore.

Audio (Woman): Me neither

Video: They got off the seat, and left the theater as quietly as possible without disturbing other audience.

(Scene Setting: arcade sets)

Video: They walked along the arcade outside the theater while talking.

Audio (Man): Actually, the movie was quite good.

Audio (Woman): How do you know by just watching 7 minutes of it?

Audio (Man): I do.

Video: Until the moment he felt awkward and didn’t know what to say, a belated confession suddenly blurted out from his mouth.

Audio (Man): I have always liked you since high school.

Video: She smiled and stared at him for a while, then replied to him.

Audio (Woman): Me, too.

Audio (Man): What did you just say?

Scene 4

(Scene Setting: In front of the door of home)

(Black slate with super: 7 hours)

Video: At dawn, he walked her to the door.

Audio (Man): I gotta go now. My call time is at 7.

Audio (Woman): Making movies does seem interesting.

Video: He wrote the word “Movie” on his hand, then slapped. It’s a joke based on a pun. However, she laughed.

Audio (Man): It’s that interesting.

Audio (Woman): I’m going up.

Audio (Man): OK.

Audio (Woman): Bye.

(Scene Setting: Office sets)

Video: She was dealing with the matter for the overseas transfer. It was a chance she earned from her 7 years of hard work.

Audio (Woman’s O.S.): This week, we are both very busy. I have worked hard for 7 years…to earn an overseas transfer. He is busy with his movies and is only in Taiwan for a week. It’s like only one day off after the whole shooting, and then heading abroad to continue shooting for him.

(Scene Setting: Sushi restaurant sets)

Video: In the evening, she ate the sushi alone, she never stuffed herself much, and she always had the check when she felt 70% full.

Audio (Woman’s O.S.): Even if it's delicious … I will not stuff myself. Just 70% full will do. Because it doesn’t matter if I eat a bit more or a bit less … I will regret later.

Audio (Waiter): 7 dishes in total.

Scene 5

(Scene Setting: High School sets)

(Black slate with super: 7 days)

Video: She just finished her dinner, walked around without purpose. When she realized it, she already came to the pass high school.

The school invoked her memories.

Suddenly she wanted to try to climb the wall to enter the school. But it was so embarrassing because the guard was coming and found her, the even worse is she had no time to run away.

Audio (Guard): Miss, please come down. An alumna, right?

Audio (Woman): Sorry, I’m very sorry.

Audio (Guard): Don’t you guys know that there are security cameras now? No climbing, please.

Audio (Woman): What do you mean by “you guys”?

(Scene Setting: guard station sets)

Video: She came to the guard station, and watched the video recorded by the monitor. Then she found him, the man is also recorded by the monitor, he came to the school at a previous time and climbed the wall heavily, he was also stopped by the guard.

She saw this and smiled.

Video: She left the guard station, and thought: this is the 7th day after they met together. And she walked faster and faster, in the end she ran up.

Audio (Woman): The 7th day. This is the 7th day.

(Scene Setting: Door of the Home)

Video: She ran back to the downstairs of her home, out of breath. As expected, the man already stood there and held a cup of coffee.

Audio (Woman): Coming up?

Audio (Man): Sure. You coffee.

(Scene Setting: living room sets)

Video: At her home, they sat facing each other silently. He stared at the baggage at the corner and broke the silence.

Audio (Man): Leaving tomorrow?

Audio (Woman): Yes. You, too?

Video: He wrote the word“Movie”on the hand again. But this time she gave him a slap hard on his hand before he finished the writing, presented the pun joke instead of him. And they both laughed.

Video: They have good chemistry, taking off the jacket together. Then she took out a paper which is written a script from the pocket.

Audio (Woman): I wrote a script. Do you mind taking a look?

Video: He took over the paper and read aloud purposely.

Audio (Man): At dawn, a woman is sitting by the bed. Gazing at a man who is about to leave. The man says, “I’m off.” The woman says, “We’re not going to see each other again, right?” The man says, “I guess so.”“These have been the best 7 days of my life.” “You are good.”

Video: She stopped him reading, because the “script” should be acted it out.

Audio (Woman): That’s enough. Let’s act it out.

Scene 6

(Scene Setting: Bedroom sets and situation here are totally as same as Scene 1)

(Black slate)

Audio (Woman): Maybe it is better that everything ends … at its best moment.

Video: At dawn, the woman still sits on the bed, gazes the man who is going to leave.

(Continued from the previous scene, it looks like the script that the woman wrote, but also looks like the real goodbye.)

Video: Before leaving, The man packs his baggage at the door.

Audio (Man): I’m going now.

Video: She saw his back and asked.

Audio (Woman): We’re not going to see each other again, right?

Video: He didn’t answer, just took up his baggage.

Audio (Man): See you.

Audio (Woman): Wait a second.

Video: She took a letter from her bag and passed to him with a smile.

Audio (Woman): This is for you.

Video: He closed the door and left.

Scene 7

(Scene: outside of 7-ELEVEN store sets with a cherry tree)

Video: Morning, she brings all the baggages sits in front of the 7-ELEVEN store, holds a cup of hot coffee, (the cup is a cherry blossom cup) gets some warmth.

(Movement: Lang shot)

We see her sitting under a cherry tree. And the cherry blossom is in a full bloom, blooming too splendid that looks like so unrealistic.

Audio (Woman’s O.S.): Cherry blossoms only bloom for 7 days. Isn’t this what we live for? A moment to savor rather than a lifetime of monotony.

(Movement: Jump Cut)

(Scene: Bus sets)

Video: The man sits on the bus, opening the letter she wrote.

(Movement: Jump Cut)

Video: The scene before the man left her house is different from the narrative of Scene 1. When the woman said “yeah, I know”, she was full of joy.

Audio (Man): These have been the best 7 days of my life. You are good.

Audio (Woman): Yeah, I know.

(Movement: Jump Cut)

Video: On the bus, he found the letter in his hand only wrote a sentence – “Like the cherry blossoms, these were the best 7 days of my life.”

(Scene: Back to the front of the 7-ELEVEN store.)

Video: The taxi is coming, and she carries her baggage under a flurry of falling cherry blossoms.

(Scene: Using the cherry tree setting and presents product with five different version cherry blossom cup.)

SUPER: Savor while it lasts. The Cherry Blossom collection. Now on sale for only 7 days.

Audio (Woman): Savor while it lasts.

Video: She takes one last glance at the cherry tree then closes the car door, heading out for her journey.

ENDING CUT

SUPER?Presented by 7-ELEVEN CITY CAFÉ. Cherry Blossom Cup Collection.

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