long shot - melanie's car turning in school road. long shot - the approach road to the brenner house. melanie's car is driving along the shore. behind her, the sky is stained with sunset. there are gulls on the bay, cawing into the silence. close shot - a lone gull flying low over the water, the camera tracking it. the bay is silent. the gull spreads its wings to brake, and then sits on the water. the camera continues low over the water, going through thousands of gulls sitting there patiently, as if it is threading itself through a crowd, not a sound, over the gulls, and then lifting to show the brenner house in the distance.