[Amir is holding and talking into the camera, walking on the street.] AMIR: Hi mom! Thanks for buying me this video camera. I know you wanted me to use it to document what I do on a day-to-day basis, so I'm gonna do exactly that. This is my video letter to you. Usually, I start every day by going over to my best friend Jake's house, who lives right here. (Presses a button on a nearby apartment building to buzz Jake) He's expecting me. JAKE: (talking through the buzzer) Hello? AMIR: It's me! JAKE: What the hell are you doing here? AMIR: I know you wanted to see what I do on a day-to-day basis, so this is my video letter to you. Usually, I start every day by visiting my best friend Jake, who lives right here. (Buzzes Jake) He's expecting me. JAKE: (talking through the buzzer) Agh. Come on up. AMIR: See? (Amir knocks on Jake's apartment door. Jake opens it.) JAKE: You have twenty minutes. AMIR: Ok, cut. Don't- (Amir, outside the apartment again, knocks shave and a haircut; Jake opens the door.) JAKE: Stay as long as you want. (AMIR knocks the first part of shave and a haircut; Jake opens, and does the two bits part vocally.) JAKE: Da da! (Amir enters, and turns the camera to a woman sitting on the couch) AMIR: Oh! Mara's here. (turns the camera to Jake) Kind of a third wheel, right? [Amir is facing the camera again] AMIR: Jake usually has food prepared for me when I get here. What's for brunch today, Jake? (Turns the camera to Jake.) JAKE: Here you go. (Tosses a bag of buns to Amir) AMIR: Okay, come on. What is this? [Jake is preparing a bowl of cereal.] JAKE: Honey Nut Cheerios, your favorite. (Amir is sitting at the table, facing the camera) AMIR: Brunch was delicious! Now we usually see a movie. What's it today, partner-in-life? JAKE: Absolutely not. AMIR: Rush Hour 3? JAKE: No. AMIR: Come on, man. Come on. (Puts the camera down) 20 bucks. 20 bucks for the movie. JAKE: 40. [Amir is facing the camera again] AMIR: Now we usually see a movie. What's it today, buddy? JAKE: It's Rush Hour 3. AMIR: Wow, Rush Hour 3. Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth? JAKE: That's Rush Hour 1. [Jake and Amir are still at the table, the camera turned on Jake.] AMIR: How was the movie, Jake? JAKE: It was good. AMIR: What was your favorite part? JAKE: (unenthusiastically) The karate. AMIR: Come on. [Jake is in the bathroom talking to Mara, and Amir is surreptitiously filming them through the partially opened door.] AMIR: (to the camera) Mom, take a look. Jake and his girlfriend are in the bathroom together. Mara: I want him the FUCK out of here, Jake! JAKE: Alright, calm down! I'll tell him to leave right now. (Amir runs back to the kitchen.) AMIR: Um. Usually, we play videogames after the movie. [Amir is filming himself in the mirror, pretending to walk down nonexistent stairs; he notices Jake.] AMIR: What's up man? Hey, uh, videogames. JAKE: Right, no. You gotta get out of here. AMIR: What? JAKE: Sorry, uh, you just gotta go. AMIR: What's up? JAKE: Nothing, it's just time to leave. AMIR: Okay. Uh, totally, thank you so much for all this. JAKE: Hey listen... 100 bucks, and you can hug me. AMIR: 100 bucks for... and I get to hug you? JAKE: Yeah. AMIR: On video. Definitely. JAKE: Alright. AMIR: Hold this. (He hands Jake the camera; sounds of him counting money can be heard.) Alright, fine. I only have 80 left, but... Mara: Jake! JAKE: See you later. AMIR: Come on, man! I'll give you 20... JAKE: There's an ATM around the corner. Mara: Jake! AMIR: I'll be-- JAKE: Go, quick. AMIR: I'll be back in, like, less than two minutes. Where is it? JAKE: Around the corner. This is still taping. AMIR: Turn it off, I'll be back-- [Amir is talking to the camera, still in Jake's apartment.] AMIR: Alright, time to go! Uh, hold this. One second. (Gives the camera to Mara.) Later man. (Hugs Jake.) JAKE: See you later. AMIR: Bye mom! (THANKS MOM displays, with Thong Song by Sisqó playing) [Mara is still holding the camera, pointing it at Amir. Amir is waving at Jake, who is off-camera.] AMIR: 20 for... 20, one shot waving. (Jake comes over and starts waving at the camera with Amir, while Amir fishes out a 20 dollar bill.) (Jake and Amir wave at the camera for a bit.) AMIR: Thank you so much. JAKE: Do you know how to edit? AMIR: Yeah. No. I'll just put it in a timeline, and you export it. It's super easy. (Takes the camera back) How do you turn it off? JAKE: Right there. Top.