| 0–3s • HOOK | V.O: The other day I was hiking in the woods when I found a camera. It was very old, but it wasn’t damaged or destroyed… | On camera, we see Claw hiking (maybe even using the exoskeleton!) and then kneeling down when something shiny catches his eye… the camera! |
| 3–5s • CONTEXT: | V.O: So, I took it home to try and find the owner, but I had no clue how it even worked. | We see Claw run back home and sit down at his desk and toy around with the camera, clueless as to how to even open it up. |
| 5–10s • INTO ACTION: | V.O: That’s when my father came to help me, and took me to the school’s dark room to develop the photos. | Claw’s father appears in the frame, shaking his head, and takes the camera in his hands, nodding to his son to follow him. |
| Experiment Setup • Progression 1 (5–10s): | Claw: Wow, it’s like magic! | On camera, we see the dark room, and a montage scene of Claw and his father developing the photos and sharing them with the camera. |
| V.O: Sadly, many were ruined and blurry, but there were a couple of good ones we could use as clues. | |
| Dad: Looks like a diner… | |
| Progression 2 (roughly 10–20s): | V.O: We hopped on the car and drove around town until we found the diner. | Father and son get in the car, we see a few shots of the car driving around the streets, with Claw poking his head out and using a pair of binoculars to look around. |
| Cla: Dad, I think this is it! | We get a view of the diner, and Claw holds up to the camera the developed photos, comparing them to the scene right in front of him. |
| V.O: But the place was clearly abandoned, and we couldn’t even get in. | Claw tries to open the door pushing it with all his strength, but it’s clearly impossible. |
| Progression 3 (roughly 20–33s): | V.O: I was devastated. We had spent hours developing the photos for nothing. | A sad Claw Quest shakes his head as he holds his forehead. |
| Claw: Wait a minute… | But when he looks to the side, he spots a dusty yearbook. |
| V.O: That’s when I found an old yearbook… | He flips through the pages. |
| Claw: Hey, that’s the same person, isn’t it? | He finds the same face we saw in the diner photos! He directly puts them side to side to compare. |
| Progression 4 (33–45s): | V.O: Now with a name, I hopped on to Facebook to try and locate this mysterious person… | Claw is typing into his computer, sitting at his desk with the developed images and the yearbook open. |
| Claw: They replied! They want to meet us at the abandoned diner! | His father stands right next to him, leaning closer to look at the computer as the notifications pop up. |
| Climax (45/50s) • last progression, results. | V.O: My father and I got the pictures and the camera and rushed back to the diner where… | We see Claw and his dad arriving at the diner once again, where a mysterious person is standing in the entrance. |
| Stranger: Hey, I can’t believe you found this! | And when they turn around… it’s the person from the photos! |
| V.O: And I can’t believe I found the owner of the camera! | The last clip of the short is a direct side by side comparison of this stranger in the old photo vs now, standing in the same spot in the diner. |
