The character becomes a little addicted to television an adverts, but ultimately realises this doesn't bring him happiness. To convey this, we will probably be incorporate footage of him watching the TV (as illustrated above). This is quite a 'well-known' angle, but illustrates the absorption of the watcher, and the power of the TV. (For example this is used in Requiem for a Dream).
However, the above is quite a destressing scene, and it isn't really the intention to push it that far, as though the script is trying to convey 'a message about advertising', making it so in your face, in a film format could come across as a little preachy. Not unlike Charlie Brooker's video below (which in contrast, works well).
The general sense that both these videos illustrate though, is that of things , and what we're shown to want not actually being what will make us happy. This is a theme explored in the below short film, which takes a more light-hearted approach at the subject matter, whilst still maintaining a sense of melancholy (they get old).
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