1. Hit That Beagle One More Time: A Documentary
Movie Storyboard by Emery Ives an Drew Colburn
2. Description: Happy, healthy, and
well-cared-for puppies and dogs will Intro: Puppies Playing
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
3. » Abused & Neglected Animal
Description: During this
Photos
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
4. Description: In this scene, the » Footage of Dogs at the Pound
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
5. Description: In this scene, the » Cat Footage at the Pound
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
6. Description: Drew and Emery will » Information Segment with
speak about what the viewer has just Drew & Emery & dog, Trixie
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
7. » Interview of Marisa Kent
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
8. Description: This interview will serve
» Interview of the Manager of
as our professional source. The manager
of Midland Animal Control, Paul O’Neil the Pound
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
9. Description: The viewer will see » Interview of Joe Simmons
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
10. Description: Drew and Emery will » Another Information
continue to give information from other Segment with
sources on animal cruelty. We will recap
what has happened so far, and provide a
Drew, Emery, and cat, Alice.
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
11. Description: The audience will see
an interview of Ashlesha Shah, who has • Interview of Ashlesha
done extensive research on animal
cruelty. She gives several of her own
Shah
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.
12. Description: The viewers will see Interview of K Delvadiya
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
13. Description: the viewer will see » Pictures of Cats & Dogs at
several pictures that we have taken at the Pound
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
14. Description: Once again, as in the » Happy Dogs playing again
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
15. Description: In this final scene, we
are doing everything possible to show » Take Action
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