This film is a metaphor for what we’re all going through - hoping that when our communities thrive again, in the near future, that our daily, once-neglected, tiny joys will be ours again.
This is the tale of one dog’s journey to Main Street as he goes from store to store.
Music plays: throughout. It is a Beatles song “I get by with a little help from my friends”. Sung in ¾ time by a man with a rough voice.
We see a dog lying on his porch. He picks his head up to reveal his name tag. It tells us his name is Sam.
Sam leaves his porch, then leaves his yard and trots off down the street to go on a journey.
He passes through his neighborhood; it looks as if the rain just let up. We hear the jingle of his tags as we see his determined face close up. We see and hear the pitter patter of his paws on the pavement as he passes green yards.
Sam crosses a crosswalk into town. But the town looks empty.
He goes back to stores he knows, but they are closed. At a barber shop, he peers through the window. No one is there.
Lyrics: What do I do when my love is away, does it worry you to be alone?
He walks down Main Street, past a closed clothing store. Then he goes to a Biscuit House, it too is closed. We humans can see there is a closed sign on the door. He walks down the street and to another door.
Lyrics: How do I feel at the end of the day, are you sad because you’re on your own?
Again, we Sam through the window of a store. He waits hopefully. Then we hear something. He cocks his head as he hears it too. It is a door unlocking.
Now from inside the store, we see an African American woman opening the shutter on her storefront door. Sam jumps excitedly on the other side. We hear him yipping with excitement
Lyrics: I don’t get sad no more.
The owner opens the door and gives Sam his first treat in months. She gives him a pat on the head.
Music swells.
Lyrics: I get by with a little help from my friends.
We see and hear the bell of another store opening. Type come up over the scene:
Super: We're helping small businesses come back.
We cut to Sam now running down a busier Main Street. There is a man putting out an open sign. A florist is readying the front of her store, as Sam runs full tilt toward the next store.
Lyrics: Oh, gonna try with a little help from my friends.
From inside a gift shop, Sam runs in off the street and puts his front paws on the counter, where a hand reaches into a dog treat jar and gives Sam another treat. As he happily chomps on his treat we type that says:
Super: Because when they do, that's good for everyone.
Lyrics: Woah woah woah…Ooh ooh ooh….Ooh ooh ooh…
We then cut to a beautiful shot of the outskirts of the town, Sam is heading home, happy and satisfied. He is trotting, then runs, then trots again, as if he can’t wait to tell someone his story.
We hear the tapping of his feet on the sidewalk and the jingle of his tags. The audience learns of the role of Truist in the community. The type says:
Super: Truist Financial is helping over 100,000 businesses,
supporting 2.8 million jobs.
The screen turns purple BB&T and Suntrust logos appear and animate into the new Truist logo. A URL animates onto the screen: Truist.com/MainStreetLove.
The music strums to the beat of the animation, ending on a heartfelt and somewhat dramatic note.
Legal: Truist Bank, Member FDIC. © 2020 Truist Financial Corporation. Truist, the Truist logo, the BB&T logo, the SunTrust logo and Truist Purple are service marks of Truist Financial Corporation.
