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You can’t press pause on life, but you can press pause on lectures. Colorado State University Online offers flexibility within programs, because we know life doesn’t stop just because school begins. Lean into your future while still focusing on your present.

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Title: CSU Online | When life happens, just press pause
Duration: 1:06
Date: January 17, 2024

[00:00:00]

[Visual Description]: The scene opens following a middle-aged woman [Molly] with red hair as walks down the steps of her modest home. Natural light is filling the room.

A logo is overlaid on screen. It has a ram icon and text that reads “Colorado State University Online”.

[Sound]: [Footsteps down the hardwood stairs]

[00:00:01]

[Visual Description]: We cut to the kitchen still following Molly from behind as she walks toward the counter.

The overlaid “Colorado State University Online” Logo remains on screen.

[Sound]: [Footsteps on the hardwood floor]

[00:00:03]

[Visual Description]: Molly is now at the counter top. We see her push down the lever of a toaster.

[Sound]: [Toaster being turned on]

[00:00:04]

[Visual Description]: Cut to Molly pouring coffee from a coffee pot into a yellow ceramic mug.

[Sound]: [Coffee being poured into a ceramic mug]

[00:00:05]

[Visual Description]: Molly finishes pouring her coffee and places the coffee pot back in the coffee maker as the camera tilts up to reveal her face.

[Sound]: [Coffee finishing being poured into a ceramic mug — The click of the coffee pot being placed back in the coffee maker]

[00:00:07]

[Visual Description]: We now see a close up of a white marble countertop with a laptop and set of over ear headphones sitting undisturbed.

Molly’s hand enters the frame, setting an open notebook and pen down next to the laptop in the foreground and places her yellow coffee mug on the opposite side as she sits down.

Now seated she reaches for her headphones.

[Sound]: [An open notebook and pen being set on a marble countertop followed by a ceramic mug coffee being placed on a hard marble surface]

[00:00:09]

[Visual Description]: The scene cuts to a wider shot and we see Molly’s face and upper body sitting behind her kitchen countertop as she picks the headphones up and puts them on.

[Sound]: [The slight rattling of the plastic headphones being picked up and put on]

[00:00:11]

[Visual Description]: We cut back to a close up of her laptop on the countertop.

Molly’s hand enters the frame and presses the spacebar on the keyboard.

[Sound]: [Click of the spacebar being pressed — Upbeat music starts to play]

[00:00:12]

[Visual Description]: We cut back to a side profile of Molly’s face. She’s wearing headphones and now draws her attention to the computer screen as the camera pushes past her.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — Whoosh of the camera moving past the woman]

[00:00:14]

[Visual Description]: As the camera moves the scene transitions to a field of greenery and flowers. A college age woman [Reb] wearing a cream colored baseball style hat and a thin light gray hooded sweatshirt is holding a small digital camera leaning over a flower, framing up a photo.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — Whoosh sound finishes as the camera lands in the new scene — Birds are chirping and there is a subtle breeze in the background]

[00:00:16]

[Visual Description]: We are now looking up at Reb from the view of the flower. Reb presses the shutter button taking a picture and leans back to look at the screen on the back of the camera. She smiles as she reviews her photo. She stands up and starts to walk away.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — Click of the camera shutter — Birds are chirping and there is a subtle breeze]

[00:00:18]

[Visual Description]: Cut to a wide tracking shot of Reb walking through the green field with trees and foothills in the background. As she walks she looks at the back of the camera again before she slings the camera over her shoulder and continues to walk.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — footsteps on dirt — Birds are chirping and there is a subtle breeze in the background]

[00:00:19]

[Visual Description]: Cut to the interior of an office. We see a man in his early-30s [Devan] dressed in business casual attire sitting in his cubicle working on his computer at the end of a long hallway in a traditional style office. A tall male co-worker of Devan’s walks up to his desk holding a folder of papers.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — Phones ringing and light office chatter in the background]

[00:00:22]

[Visual Description]: We cut to a close up of Devan’s desk. A large folder of papers is tossed onto the desk right in front of the camera. The camera tilts up revealing Devan’s face. He gives a deep sigh and rolls his eyes.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — A loud thud of the folder of papers hitting the desk — Whoosh as the camera tilts up — A deep sigh from Devan — Phones ringing and light office chatter in the background]

[00:00:25]

[Visual Description]: Cut back to the green field. Reb is walking towards the dirt road with her camera. We see a gray pickup truck with the tailgate down parked on the side of the road and two of Reb’s friends [Wesley & Cece] with mountain bikes standing next to the truck getting their bikes prepared. Reb looks up and waves.

[Reb]: Hi!

[Visual Description]: Reb continues walking till she gets to the tailgate and sits down on it.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — footsteps on dirt — Clicking of a bike gear as it roles — Birds are chirping and there is a subtle breeze in the background]

[00:00:27]

[Visual Description]: Cut to a close up of a laptop with a CSU Ram logo sticker on it sitting on the tailgate. Reb grabs the laptop and sets it on her lap and starts to type.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — Subtle typing noises — Birds are chirping and there is a subtle breeze in the background]

[00:00:29]

[Visual Description]: We cut to looking over Reb’s shoulder and now see her laptop screen which shows her typing an email with the flower photo she just took attached.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — Subtle typing noises — Birds are chirping and there is a subtle breeze in the background]

[00:00:31]

[Visual Description]: Cut back to Molly’s Kitchen where she is still sitting at the countertop. We see her laptop over her shoulder. She is taking notes looking at a presentation entitled “Focused Viewpoints (2)”.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — Subtle pen writing on paper noises]

[00:00:35]

[Visual Description]: We cut into a close up of her taking notes with a yellow pen in her notebook.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — Subtle pen writing on paper noises]

[00:00:36]

[Visual Description]: Now we see Molly’s face from the low angle of her laptop as the camera moves left to right. She is writing more notes, then moves her eyes back to the laptop screen.

[Sound]: [Upbeat music continues — Subtle pen writing on paper noises]

[00:00:38]

[Visual Description]: Cut back to the office. Devan is standing in the office hallway with his folder of papers. Something catches his eye and he stares intently as he drops his arms down to his side.