Storyboard

Scene 1:    Time: 40 seconds        Camera angle: Front

Audio: “Safe and Sound” by Taylor Swift

In this scene, we show thought provoking pictures of children who have been abused. While pictures are shown, there is a voice over of a child asking for help.       Statistics of physical abuse being shown on screen.

Scene 2:    Time: 1 minute            Camera angle: Above

Audio: “Safe and Sound” by Taylor Swift

This scene consist of statistic reading about approximately how many children die per year from child abuse, “5 children die per day from child abuse.”

Scene 3:    Time: 3 minutes          Camera Angle: Forward

Audio: Questions and answers during the interview

When walking through the store Target we stopped to ask random customers about their views on child abuse. This is when we get to know the public’s view on abuse.

Scene 4:    Time: 3 minutes          Camera Angle: Close ups

Audio: Honking cars

We will be doing a roadside petition of “Honk if your against Child Abuse.” This will help to get a better idea of who stand with our opinion.  

Scene 5:    Time: 2 minutes          Camera Angle: Front

Audio: “Concrete Angel” by Martina McBride

More statistics on how abuse affects children’s lives and the ones around them.

Scene 6:    Time: 1 minute            Camera Angle: Front

Audio: “Concrete Angel” by Martina McBride

In this scene archival footage will be shown to let us know that child abuse has been a problem for years; It is not a new problem.

Scene 7:  Time: 3 minutes   Camera Angle: Above, below

Audio: “Dare you to Move” by Switchfoot

This is a clip of the acting out footage of what child abuse may look like.

 Scene 8:   Time: 2 minutes   Camera Angle: On phone

Audio: Questions and answers during the interview

We set up   the phone interview with a school counselor to get an idea of what they do for children that they are suspicious about them maybe being a victim of abuse.

Scene 9:    Timer: 30 seconds       Camera Angle: Front

Audio: “Somewhere over the Rainbow” by IZ

In this scene we will show contrasting photos of happy and sad families.

Scene 10:  Time: 1 minute 10 seconds   Camera Angle: Front

Audio: “Somewhere over the Rainbow” by IZ

End documentary with a happy smiling child to contrast the sadness of child abuse. Also have page with website hyperlinks to Child Abuse    Prevention Programs.

Doucumentary

Part 1

                                                                          

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Annotated Bibliography

                               Annotated Bibliography

"NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE." National Children's Alliance Digital Media Kit. National Children's Alliance, 2009. Web. 01 Apr. 2012. <http://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/NCANationalStatistics>.

            The man and women at the National Children’s Alliance work hard to help victims of child abuse. They also provide shocking facts about child abuse like the number of children that die from child abuse each day, the number of preventable deaths caused by child abuse, and the number of children that are abuse in each age group. All of the facts help prove the idea that child abuse is a major problem that action must be taken in order to fix it.

"National Child Abuse Statistics." Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse. Child Help, 2012. Web. 01 Apr. 2012. <http://www.childhelp.org/pages/statistics>.

            The Child Help Organization, founded by Sara O’Meara and Yvonne Fedderson in 1959, uses statistics in order prove the importance of child abuse. Along with statistics are reliable graphs and charts describing the increase of child abuse victims over time and a percentage of the types of child abuse that are occurring every day. All of the information leads to the shocking fact that innocent children are dying each day. The organization is dedicated to ending child abuse worldwide.

King, Jessica. "Some of the Most Horrendous Child Abuse Stories Ever…." Some of the Most Horrendous Child Abuse Stories Ever€¦. 21 Nov. 2007. Web. 01 Apr. 2012. <http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2007/11/21/one-of-the-most-horrendous-child-abuse-stories-ever/>.

The authors of the gruesome tales located in this website are young, innocent children who have to face fear every day. These 46 awful stories are meant to shock the reader into believing that child abuse is an immoral, growing problem that is consuming our children. The stories allow the reader to see what the child sees, to feel the pain and agony. The authors use pathos to convey a sense of sorrow but also anger that adults can do such awful things to children.

"Child Abuse." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition. Columbia UP, 2011. Literary Reference Center. Web. 1 Apr. 2012.

The authors of the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia put child abuse to a written definition to describe what child abuse really are. It supports the  hypothesis that child abuse has long lasting effects on the victim. These children do not just face bruises and broken bones but the emotional scars that last a lifetime. They describe that the abuser was abused which creates a never ending cycle and describe that substance abuse is a key factor in child abuse cases. The source also describes child abuse as a growing problem.

Saisan, Joanna, Melinda Smith, and Jeanne Segal. "Child Abuse and Neglect." Child Abuse & Neglect: Recognizing and Preventing Child Abuse. Helpgiude.org, 2012. Web. 01 Apr. 2012. <http://www.helpguide.org/mental/child_abuse_physical_emotional_sexual_neglect.htm>.

            The authors and researchers of the Help Guide Organization use facts to inform readers about the dangers of child abuse. The main purpose of the Help Guide Organization is to inform the reader on how to recognize and prevent child abuse. The the main solution to child abuse is to prevent it from ever happening in the first place. They also talk about how to recognize it because abuse children are very good a hiding what happens in their homes. The Help Guide Organization describes child abuse as causing more emotional damage that physical damage. The bruises disappear but the nightmares last forever.

                                                                        Interviews

• ONE IN THREE GIRLS AND ONE IN FIVE BOYS ARE SEXUALLY ABUSED BY AN ADULT AT LEAST ONE TIME DURING CHILD HOOD.
• FAMILIES OF FOUR OR MORE HAVE HIGHER RATES OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE.
• MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF ABUSERS ARE PARENTS OR SOMEONE CLOSE TO THE CHILD.
• CHILD ABUSE IS SO FAR MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN THE CHILDS HOME THAN AT A DAY CARE CENTER.
•   ONE OUT OF TEN BABIES ARE BORN TO A MOTHER WHO IS MOST LIKELY ABUSE DRUGS DURING THEIR PREGNATCY AND AFTER THEIR PREGNATCY. 

        Shocking Facts About Child Abuse

• 85 PERCENT IMMATES WERE ABUSED AS CHILDREN.