(medium-long shot) Harvey walks up to the front door of the hat store.
2a: (medium shot) Harvey sees note, reacts, grabs it, and reads it.
2b: (ECU note) "Harvey-- Mr. Big coming over at 9:00 sharp. Make
the shop look perfect, or else! --the Boss"
2c: (medium shot) Harvey looks at his watch, reacts (yikes!)
2d: (ECU watch) The minute-hand clicks from 8:58 to 8:59.
2e: (medium shot) Harvey turns, enters the store.
3A: (normal camera) Harvey carries in the hatboxes, puts them
offscreen-left, takes out the wide-brimmed hat, and with a little
flourish puts it on Chantelle's head. We cut on action BEFORE the hat
touches her head. (Approx. 4-5 sec)
3B: (ECU Chantelle's head) We see Chantelle's expression
change to a smile as the hat is placed on her head. (1-1.5 sec)
3C: (normal camera) Harvey adjusts the hat on Chantelle's head, grabs
the turban from offscreen, spins it, and places it on Vikki's head.
Again, we cut BEFORE the hat touches her head. (2 sec)
3D: (ECU Vikki) We see Vikki's expression change to a smile. (1 sec)
3E: (ECU Chris) We see Chris's expression change to a smile. (1 sec)
3F: (ECU Jasper) We see Jasper's expression change to a sneering frown.
Harvey's hands lift away from the hat, and we see his lower torso exit
screen right, at which point the tinkling bell tells us that he's going
outside. (1.5 sec)
Harvey steps outside to survey his work, and is shocked and
dismayed at the frown on Jasper's face.
Harvey confidently switches Jasper's hat with Christopher's,
thinking he has the solution.
Harvey steps outside again, and is even more shocked to see two
frowning faces. Nervous now, he looks at his watch and hurries back
inside.
Harvey thinks for a moment, then switches the two male hats with
their female counterparts, and zips outside to see if it works.
Harvey zips outside a third time, and despairs to see that one
switch made things better, the other worse. He clutches his head in
exasperation, and rushes back in.
Harvey begins to switch Jasper's and Chantelle's hats back the way
they were, realizing halfway through that now he'll be back where he
started. He hesitates, holding Jasper's fishing hat in his hand, and
stares out the window for a moment in total confusion.
In that moment, he sees Mr. Big's car coming down the street! He
desperately looks around for a solution to his problem. The other
heads? This fishing hat? Looking at the hat, the answer hits him.
He puts the hat on his head, picks up Jasper's head, and begins to do
something with it, but his actions are obscured by the arriving
limousine.
(Old version: In that moment, he sees Mr. Big's car coming down
the street! He clutches his head again, unknowingly donning the
fishing hat, and desperately looks around for a solution to his
problem. He then notices the hat on his own head, and realizes what
he has to do. He picks up Jasper's head, and begins to do something
with it, but his actions are obscured by the arriving limousine.)
(medium shot, inside store) We see Harvey bent away from us,
finishing his mysterious task. He stands up, and his head is stuck
sideways. He twists it around and it clicks into place-- it's
Jasper's head on Harvey's body!
(ECU Harvey's face, pulling back to same camera as establishing
shot.) We see Harvey smile and blink. He's wearing the fishing hat.
Camera pulls back, revealing that he's now a disembodied head in the
store window. Credits roll as we pull back slowly. After the end of
the credits, we see a hand emerge from the shadowy store interior,
flipping the "CLOSED" sign on the door to read "OPEN".
Shot 2: Harvey learns what his problem is.
Shot 3: The setup.
Shot 4: Harvey discovers the obstacle.
Shot 5: Harvey tries to fix the problem.
Shot 6: Harvey finds he's only made things worse.
Shot 7: Harvey tries another solution.
Shot 8: Oh, what a disaster!
Shot 9: Harvey runs out of time, and discovers the real solution.
Shot 10: The punchline.
Shot 11: Denouement.