A raw vertical 9:16 video filmed from a first-person POV using an action camera.
The camera wearer approaches an older homeless man sitting on the sidewalk in a winter jacket.
Urban American street, cold weather, traffic noise in the background.
Interaction:
The camera wearer asks gently: “Did you ever serve?”
The man looks at the camera and answers.
Veteran’s dialogue (short, restrained, powerful): “Yeah.
I did my time.
Life didn’t turn out the way I planned.
I’m still here though.”
He looks away after speaking.
No music.
No narration.
Unfiltered realism.
Let the silence linger.