Manhole Covers
Manhole Covers
A Caucasian male reporter is standing on a city street with a microphone in his hand. The topic of discussion is manhole covers. Reporter states that the cost of the covers range from $74 to $56. Camera moves off reporter and focuses on a manhole cover in the street. Audio of the reporter states that in one year, 200 covers have gone missing. This type of theft is costing the city over $13,000 yearly. The thieves sell the covers to junk dealers. Shot of car rolling over the manhole cover. CU of a second cover. Camera pulls back to reveal reporter interveiwing a Caucasian man dressed in a suit & tie. Man never looks directly at the reporter, but stares blankly at the camera. Staring man claims that the pilferage of manhole covers is a serious ploblem. Not only is it costly, it is also dangerous. He goes on to say that there is no practical way of stopping thieves from taking the covers, so the city is going after the junk dealers who buy them. View of reporter making his final commentary. Camera then zooms in on another cover.