The sequence opens with calming music and fades straight into a slow turning shot of a baby's bedroom. This non-diegetic music immediately associates with the baby's room because of it's calming and slow melody. The camera follows the parents as they put the baby asleep in its cot. The dad then walks towards the camera, blocking it as it fades into the next shot. The next shot cleverly fades in to match when the lyrics start in the song again and shows a shot of the same child but he is around 6 years old now. The mother tucks the boy into bed and he stands up from his bed and gets an old picture of his father in the military.
The next then fades in with a close up shot of the same picture at the end of the bed and now the boy is around 17 and packing for the military, following in his fathers footsteps. There are lots of short duration close up shots showing the boy packing his bags for the military. The camera then follows the boy outside the front door and towards the sad mum. The final shot shows the boy from the POV of the mother looking at each other saying their silent goodbyes.
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