SHOT 1 [0:00–0:03] — 3s, real-time
Extreme close-up: a single perfect golden-brown fried mandu (Korean dumpling), triangular fold, sitting on the railing of a 10th-floor officetel balcony in Seoul. Bright midday sun catching every crisp fried edge, steam rising gently. A small dish of soy-vinegar dipping sauce sits right beside it, close to the mandu.
SHOT 2 [0:03–0:05] — 2s, real-time
A pigeon lands on the railing a foot away. It looks at the mandu, tilts its head, takes one casual step closer. Its wing brushes the sauce dish.
SHOT 3 [0:05–0:06] — 1s, real-time
The mandu and the sauce dish both wobble from the nudge. They tip together and fall off the edge of the railing.
SHOT 4 [0:06–0:10] — 4s, slow motion
Wide shot from directly across the street at 10th-floor level: the mandu and sauce dish tumbling outward, rotating end over end, catching the sunlight on every turn. Behind them, the building facade — a tall Seoul apartment block, muted grey-blue exterior, laundry hanging on a few balconies. The mandu is a tiny golden triangle falling against the building.
SHOT 5 [0:10–0:13] — 3s, real-time
Ground level wide shot: a busy Seoul street in midday sun. Pedestrians with shopping bags, a delivery scooter idling at the curb, a tteokbokki/odeng street cart with an ajumma stirring a pot, a dog sleeping in a patch of sun, an elderly man reading a newspaper on a bench. Ordinary day, nobody aware anything is falling.
SHOT 6 [0:13–0:15] — 2s, real-time
Close-up on the sleeping dog: one ear twitches, then both go up. Nose starts working. One eye opens, pupils tracking something falling. The dog slowly rises, never looking away from above.
SHOT 7 [0:15–0:17] — 2s, real-time
Close-up on the cart ajumma: her stirring spoon slows, then stops. She looks up, eyes widening, and slowly sets the spoon down on the cart edge.
SHOT 8 [0:17–0:19] — 2s, real-time
Close-up on the newspaper man: a small triangular shadow crosses his page. He lowers the newspaper and looks up, his glasses catching the sunlight.
SHOT 9 [0:19–0:23] — 4s, slow motion
Wide shot of the full street: the mandu and sauce dish visible as tiny falling shapes above the crowd. Below, reactions ripple outward — the dog now standing, the ajumma craning her neck, the newspaper man on his feet, the delivery driver stepped off his scooter looking up, a vegetable vendor shielding her eyes with one hand.
SHOT 10 [0:23–0:25] — 2s, real-time
A second pigeon flying past at around the 5th-floor level narrowly dodges the falling mandu, does a startled double-take mid-flight, and veers off.
SHOT 11 [0:25–0:29] — 4s, extreme slow motion
Extreme close-up: the mandu now three feet from the ground, rotating slowly, every crisp fried ridge sharp in the light, a faint trail of steam still lifting off it. The sauce dish falls a foot above it, tilting but staying upright.
SHOT 12 [0:29–0:31] — 2s, real-time
Ground-level close-up: the dog's mouth is open, perfectly positioned. The mandu drops directly into it. The dog closes its mouth. The sauce dish lands upright on the pavement beside the dog with a small click.
SHOT 13 [0:31–0:34] — 3s, real-time
The dog sits down, chews twice, swallows. It licks its nose once, then glances down at the sauce dish, then up at the silent, staring crowd.
SHOT 14 [0:34–0:40] — 6s, real-time
Wide shot: total silence on the street for a beat. Then the dog lies back down in its sunny spot and closes its eyes. The crowd slowly breaks and goes back to what they were doing — the ajumma picks her spoon back up, the newspaper man sits and lifts his paper, the delivery driver gets back on his scooter.
SHOT 15 [0:40–0:45] — 5s, real-time
Overhead, back on the 10th-floor balcony: the first pigeon is now sitting exactly where the mandu used to be, looking down at the street below. Bright midday sun, crisp shadows. Hold on the pigeon as the shot settles, closing the sequence.