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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