hit that beagle one more time: story board
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Hit That Beagle One More Time: A Documentary
Movie Storyboard by Emery Ives an Drew Colburn
Description: Happy, healthy, and
well-cared-for puppies and dogs will
be shown playing and living the ideal
life that every pet should have.
Audio: “Be OK” – Ingrid Michaelson
Narration: none (just music)
Time: 1 minute
Intro: Puppies Playing
Description: During this scene,
several abused and neglected animals
will be shown. This scene is to make
viewers realize the harsh reality of
animal abuse.
Audio: “The Greatest” – Cat Power
Narration: none (just music)
Time: 1 minute 30 seconds
» Abused & Neglected Animal Photos
Description: In this scene, the viewer
will see footage of innocent dogs at the
local Midland Animal Control Pound. This
will hopefully also be a wake up call to
residents knowing that this is going on in
our own city.
Audio: some slow and sad instrumental back ground music combined with the sounds of the dogs and puppies whimpering helplessly and barking in hopes of finding someone to love them.
Narration: in addition to the dogs crying for help in the background, we will be talking briefly about how severe this problem is and how these dogs are being killed because of irresponsible owners
Time: 2 minutes
» Footage of Dogs at the Pound
Description: In this scene, the
viewer will see footage of cats at the
local Midland Animal Control Pound.
This will hopefully be a wake up call to
residents knowing that this is going on
in our own city.
Audio: some slow and sad instrumental back ground music combined with the sounds of the kittens and cats meowing helplessly behind the bars of their cages.
Narration: we will talk about the severity of cat abandonment in Midland.
Time: 1 minute 30 seconds
» Cat Footage at the Pound
Description: Drew and Emery will
speak about what the viewer has just seen
and provide the audience with information
and statistics on animal cruelty. Emery’s dog,
Trixie, a victim of previous animal cruelty will
be shown to the viewers.
Audio: Soft piano will play in the background.
Narration: Drew and Emery will inform the audience mainly on the two types of animal cruelty, and give examples of each. We will also give a couple statistics on the frequency of animal cruelty.
Time: 3 minutes
» Information Segment with Drew & Emery & dog, Trixie
Description: The audience will see an
interview of Marisa Kent, which will give a
strong and educated opinion of a student
who is active in animal rights.
Audio: No music, only Marisa speaking.
Narration: Marisa will give her opinion on animal cruelty and explain to the viewers why she is a vegetarian. She will also give a few ideas of how students can help prevent animal cruelty in our town.
Time: 5 minutes 10 seconds
» Interview of Marisa Kent
Description: This interview will
serve as our professional source. The
manager of Midland Animal Control, Paul
O’Neil will inform our viewers about
animal cruelty in Midland.
Audio: No music will play, just Paul speaking.
Narration: Paul O’Neil gives some facts about how many animals are brought in to the pound and how many are adopted. He also shares some stories about a few animals in the pound, who are victims of abuse. Lastly, Paul offers a few solutions to this growing problem.
Time: 4 minutes
» Interview of the Manager of the Pound
Description: The viewer will see the an
interview of Joe Simmons, who will speak
about a time when he was attacked by a
dog, which will provide a real life narrative.
Audio: No music will play, just Joe speaking.
Narration: Joe tells the audience of a time when hen was attacked by a an aggressive dog. The dog was most likely aggressive because he was neglected. This shows the viewer a real example of the harm that results from animal cruelty.
Time: 2 minutes
» Interview of Joe Simmons
Description: Drew and Emery will
continue to give information from other
sources on animal cruelty. We will recap
what has happened so far, and provide a
few more facts and statistics.
Audio: Soft piano music will play in the background beneath our voices.
Narration: Drew and Emery will offer several statistics on animal cruelty and show Alice, as a victim of neglect. This will appeal to the pathos of the audience because they will see a poor, blind cat.
Time: 1 minute
» Another Information Segment with Drew, Emery, and cat, Alice.
Description: The audience will see an
interview of Ashlesha Shah, who has done
extensive research on animal cruelty. She gives
several of her own statistics and gives some of
examples of animal cruelty in Midland.
Audio: No music will playing, the audience will only hear Ashlesha speaking.
Narration: Ashlesha will provide several statistics that she found on her own. She will also tell of a few local animal cruelty stories, including a recent story where a dog was shot with an arrow just outside of Midland.
Time: 2 minutes 30 seconds.
• Interview of Ashlesha Shah
Interview of K DelvadiyaDescription: The viewers will see
an interview of K Delvadiya, a fellow
Lee High school student speaking out
against animal cruelty.
Audio: No music will play, the audience will just hear K speaking.
Narration: K will tell the audience about his vegetarian views, and about the reality of animal cruelty that really does exist in Midland. He also gives several examples of how students can prevent animal cruelty.
Time: 1 minute 30 seconds
Description: the viewer will see
several pictures that we have taken at
the pound of these poor cats and dogs.
Audio: juxtaposingly happy music will play during this scene. This will emphasize the sarcasm of how this is not a happy topic in any sense
Narration: most of the time, only the music will be playing but we will add in a few facts about local animal cruelty and what is happening to these very dogs that they are seeing in our local pound
Time: 1 minute 30 seconds
» Pictures of Cats & Dogs at the Pound
Description: Once again, as in the
beginning, the viewers will see happy dogs
playing. This will help viewers to see again
what they can do in an animal’s life and
how this is the life they deserve to have.
Once again, this scene should inspire the
viewers to make a change.
Audio: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/ What a Wonderful World”: - Isreal Kamakawwiwo’ole
Narration: there will be mostly music playing during this scene but they will be very minimal commentary by Drew and Emery about how viewers need to step out and save and animal’s life.
Time: 1 minute 30 seconds
» Happy Dogs playing again
Description: In this final scene, we are
doing everything possible to show viewers
how easy it is for them to make a change.
They can report abuse by simply having
their eyes and ears alert and making a
quick call to the police or animal control.
This is our last attempt to make sure that
the viewer is taking away something from
this documentary. We hope that this will
inspire change within our community.
Audio: “Jumping Bean” – Nelo
Narration: Drew and Emery will discuss all the easy ways that the viewer can make a change in local animal cruelty.
Time: 2 minutes
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