Hannah
Potts
Jennifer
Hudgens
WRD
110
17
November 2015
Storyboard
This storyboard is being used to
display and outline the process, tones, and events that will be happening
throughout my documentary. My topic is the effects of divorce on kids, and weather
sticking it out for them is the right choice. In my first scene I will
introduce my topic and have opening credits. The credits will include the names
of the people I interviewed, and my own as the creator. This will be a black
screen with the words “Staying Together For The Kids” written on in with the
rolling credits underneath. There will be music playing, although that is
unclear. It will be a low key, almost sad song.
The next scene will
begin with me describing the why I chose this topic, so it will include me
saying “I chose this topic because it relates close to me. My parents were
divorced when I was 7, and my sister and I both reacted differently. I have
always wondered how different my life would be had my
After this scene, I
will go into the first interview I did, which was with my dad. During the
interview I asked “How do you think the divorce affects us? He said I think it
obviously made us all sad. It was not a goal of ours to have our marriage end,
or to put you two through this. But it was something that needed to be done, to
make us better parents and people.” I asked him if he thou |
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The next scene I will be talking about
the secondary source used, which was an article titled “Should You Stay
Together for The Kids?” This article will be used to back up my dad’s statement
about his thoughts on sticking it out. This will also be a voice over, I will
say “In the article “Should You Stay Together For the Kids?” the authors go
into detail of what the right decision is. The article mainly focused on the
beliefs of Judith Wallerstein, a therapist. Judith originally believed that if
parents are unhappy they should divorce and the kids would be okay. However,
questions began to arise as to why kids weren’t sleeping or why they were more
aggressive and out of control. These questions led to more investigating. After
almost 30 years of listening to kids, Judith’s conclusion was a: kids don’t
need their parents to like each other or even be civil, but they do need them
to stay together; and b: for parents to suck it up and stick it out.” The tone here is neither sad or happy, its
more of an informative section where I will describe the article and talk about
what their conclusions were, while relating it back to my original topic. The
song behind this scene will be “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac. I chose this song
because although this section may not require a lot of feeling, this song does.
This song is one of my personal favorites. I think that’s the case because it
brings out the raw emotions that anyone can feel. It allows for a connection
the the scene and the audience, when my words my not be able to do that.
This next scene will be a video clip I
found from youtube.com. In the video a group of 5 women, Paula Bisacre, Carolyn Meyer-Wartels, Lesli Doares,
Morrisa Drobnick, and Melanie Gorman, have all been deemed experts. In this
video they talk about divorce, co-parenting, and staying together for the kids.
I will only be using the first minute of the video. The tone here will be set by
the video itself, and feel more conflict centered because some of the women
agree and some disagree. I will be using
this video to help the audience realize that this question isn’t only in the
minds of parents who have divorced, or kids whose parents have divorced, but also
in the minds married couple and psychologists alike.
After
that, I will move into another interview I did. This interview will be with
Emily Haynes. She is a freshman I met here at UK, and her parents were divorced
at age 3. I asked her thoughts on having
her parents divorced and how she thought that affected her. She said “having my
parents divorced affected my childhood at first. I always wanted my mom and dad
to be together like every one else's. And then I went through the stage where
it was cool that I had more than 1 Christmas, or more than 1 birthday party.
But later I understood that not everyone can love each other. It's better to be
happy and separated than to be miserable and together. I think my parents still
loved each other, but mainly because they had my brother and I. I don't think
divorce is a bad thing, I think that it could be good. When it goes bad it's
because the parents might not recognize that their children are hurting just as
much as them from it. And the children are the ones who really come first. Overall,
because of what I went through as a child, I don't want divorce, but I
understand. If you can't fix it, it probably wasn't together in the first
place.” This will also be a voice over, however I will include music in the
background. The song choice is still unclear. The tone for this scene will be
sad to start out with because of what Emily says, but is intended to move to a
lighter feel, because of what is said at the end. During Emily’s scene I will be playing the
song, “Burning House” by Cam. I chose this song because its about one mistake
and trying to make up for it. I think about how her parents avoided this
mistake, and for there was still some sadness for a while. I think about how it
makes me feel like someone should be helping them, but that maybe they helped
themselves.
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My next scene I will bring in another
secondary source. This source however will include a little more detail about
how divorce effects the kids. Im doing this to hopefully display the impact
divorce can have. I will be using the graph found on the website where the
information came from. This graph is a visual representation of how kids feel
their lives were effected, or how the can change. It
The scene that follows will be another
voice over. This scene uses an experiment that was done and published in the Journal of Divorce and Remarriage to
portray in a more relatable way how divorce affects kids. This scene will be
similar the to the previous in that its about about how kids say their parents
divorce effected them. This time however, I will be explaining where the data
came from a little bit more and will be able to give the audience more
information for them to make their own opinions about my topic. My voice over
will say “This secondary source is of an experiment done using 365 kids, from
middle school and high school, from together and broken homes. In this study
each person selected if they felt that the phrase on the paper related to them,
and by how much. This source is used to help us relate more because we all just
came from high school.” The tone of this scene will antagonize the audience to
thing more about they would do if they were about to get divorce, or about how
they would be if their parents were divorcing.
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The next scene includes the final
interview I did. This interview was with my sister, Meredith. There will be
music behind this scene, whether different than before or something new is
unclear. It will be a voice over and I will be saying “I asked how our parents
divorce effects her? She goes on to reply “In the beginning, it was rough. It
caused separation and distance between me and both my parents. It resulted in
internalization of all my feeling, happy or sad, and it drove a wedge between
my you(me)and I. Oddly enough, us having gone through it at the same time and
same place, it for some reason, whether that was me and my more internal
approach, or you and your very external approach, caused a lot of anger and
hostility towards one another.” I will being using this to encourage the
audience to think about what her life would have been like had my parents
stayed together. That may include less anger and hostility, or more openness
and feelings of acceptance. The tone for this scene should portray conflict and
frustration. The music I will put behind will be a song that describes the pain
felt at the time, but the also the eventual freedom and growth felt. That song
will be “Gravity” by Sara Bareillis.
The next scene will be a secondary source
that I have already found. This source is a book titled, Children Of Divorce : Stories Of Loss And Growth. The book uses the thoughts
and ideas of multiple scholars to help remove the negative connotation the
follows the word divorce. This source will be used to the give the audience a
more positive sense. This will hopefully allow them to see the true struggle
over divorce. I will be doing a voice over describing the book and contrasting
all the negative thoughts to the positive outcomes. I will say “This secondary
source brings a change of pace. This source allows people to the happiness that
come from a divorce, regardless that initial pain. The source is a collection
of thoughts of scholarly people on the topic of divorce. This source is used to
help show that kids will actually have a higher self-esteem if they are able to
properly deal with the divorce, and they may be more compassionate to other
people.” The tone will be a happier one and possible one that gives relief.
There will be music in the background and I was thinking about a song that
gives a more positive feeling. The song I would like to use is “Lean on me” by Bill
Withers. I am choosing this song because I think it relates times of struggle
to an outcome of togetherness and love.
The
last scene will be a picture I have made that contains a picture of me with my
dad, and a picture of me with my mom. There will be writing across the screen
that says, asks the question “should they stay or should they go?” In ending
the documentary with this, I am hoping to provoke the audience to decide for
themselves. There isn’t really a right or wrong answer. I think this kind of
thing is always situational, and it always depends on how the people involved
choose to act in those moments. That question will be followed by the ending
credits. The credits will include my works citied, as well as the people that
were interviewed. The tone of this last scene will be of happiness and I want
it to feel almost like a movie just ended. So I will be playing the song
“Should I Stay or Should I Go?” by The Clash. I chose this song because it
gives a feel of resolution and completion. It is also more up beat and happy,
which is how I want things to end.
Works Citied:
Bareilles, Sara. Gravity. Epic Records, 2009. CD.
Cam. Burning House. Arista Nashville, 2015. CD.
Cyrus, Billy Ray. Ready, Set, Don’t Go. Walt Disney, 2007.
CD.
Fleetwood Mac. Landslide. Reprise Records, 1975. CD.
Heartland. I Loved Her First. Lofton Creek, 2006.
CD.
Hanna, Erica. “WCCO Promo- Should You Stay
Together for the Kids?” Online video clip. YouTube.
YouTube, 7, May 2009. Web. 17, Nov. 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9lrPTuBDsk
Harvey, John H., and Mark
A. Fine. Children Of Divorce : Stories Of Loss And Growth. Mahwah, N.J.:
Psychology Press, 2004. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 22 Oct. 2015.
http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.uky.edu/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook/bmxlYmtfXzEwNzQxOF9fQU41?sid=8c669a97-ec7f-4372-b9a2-4e11509f2e57@sessionmgr4004&vid=4&format=EB&rid=7
Gatins, Deborah, C. Ryan Kinlaw, and
Linda L. Dunlap. "Do The Kids Think They're Okay? Adolescents' Views On
The Impact Of Marriage And Divorce." Journal Of Divorce &
Remarriage 54.4 (2013): 313-328. PsycINFO. Web. 10 Oct. 2015. http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.uky.edu/doi/pdf/10.1080/10502556.2013.780496
Kirn, Walter, et al. "SHOULD YOU
STAY TOGETHER FOR THE KIDS? (Cover Story)." Time 156.13 (2000): 74.
Academic Search Complete. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
Laumann-Billings, L. and Emery, R.E.
“Distress among young adults from divorced families.” Journal of Family Psychology, 14, 671-687.
(2000). Web. 30 Sept. 2015. http://emeryondivorce.com/how_divorce_affects_children.php
Potts, Hannah. “Photo 1: Me and My Dad.” 2015.
Photograph.
Potts, Hannah. “Photo 2: Me and My Sister.” 2015.
Photograph.
Potts, Hannah. “Photo 3: Emily Haynes.” 2015. Photograph.
The Clash. Should I Stay or Should I Go. Epic,
1982. CD.
YourTango. “Should
You Stay Married For The Kids?” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 24 July, 2013. Web. 17, Nov. 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOmzOs5sW30
