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Title: How to Save a Life Public Service Announcement VIDEO AUDIO 1. Opening Scene: LS- Lively bar scene at Baja Lounge with several people at the bar
1. Nat sound: people chattering at the bar Background music: Margaretville by Jimmy Buffett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cbX4DUACYU
2. MS- Girlfriend ordering another drink at the bar and clearly laughing and enjoying her conversation with the bartender Boyfriend approaches girlfriend at the bar
2. Nat Sound: Laughing and the conversation Background music: Margaretville by Jimmy Buffett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cbX4DUACYU
3. CU- Visibly angry, the boyfriend slams down his drink and shatters it on the bar. Standing over his girlfriend and comments to the bartender, “Hey man, she is taken.”
3. Nat sound: Glass shattering on the bar Chatter stops at the bar when glass shatters Music fades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cbX4DUACYU
4. LS-The boyfriend grabs her arm firmly and forces her to leave with him
4. Background music: How to Save a Life by The Fray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjVQ36NhbMk Lively chatter in the bar continues
5. MS-The hotel elevator door opens. Girlfriend steps out with a black eye, clothes tattered, hair all a mess while tears and mascara stream down her face Boyfriend behind her
5. Background music: How to Save a Life by The Fray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjVQ36NhbMk
6. LS Boyfriend in asleep on the sofa
6.Girlfriend dialing 911 Narrator: “911, What is your
CU The girlfriend picks up the hotel phone CU Fingers dialing 911
emergency?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjVQ36NhbMk
7.ECU- Girlfriend holding the phone up to her ear in the other room
7. Girlfriend: “Yes, room service for #812 please, please. Narrator-“This is 911, do you have an emergency?” Girlfriend: “Yes, yes requesting room service for #812 we would like lots ice and beer.” Narrator-“Stay on the line, we are sending help.”
8.MS-Police at the door, OTS Girlfriend answers and police notice her black-eye
8 Police knocking on hotel room door Background music: How to Save a Life by The Fray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjVQ36NhbMk
9.Still-shot: Girlfriend with black eye. Scroll on screen: “On average, 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States.” Save a life today--If you know someone is being abused call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) 24/7
9.Background music: How to Save a Life by The Fray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjVQ36NhbMk
Lively bar scene Girlfriend ordering a drink and talking to the bartender
Broken beer bottle from boyfriend slamming drink down Boyfriend grabbing girlfriend to leave the bar
Girlfriend walking out of the elevator with a black eye Boyfriend falls asleep on the couch in the hotel room
Girlfriend calling “room service” (911) for help Police shows up at the hotel room
Script rolling “On average nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States” If you or someone you know is being abused, please call 1-‐800-‐799-‐SAFE (7233)
The intended platform for the “How to Save a Life” PSA is television. The way
this PSA will the grab viewers attention would be with the abrupt action of the
boyfriend slamming down the beer bottle when he sees his girlfriend chatting with
the bartender. The camera angles definitely add when gaining viewers attention
because we can zoom in and out on specific details during the scenes of this PSA.
The music provides a nice tone and sets the overall mood and emotion of this PSA as
a whole. The way we would persuade the audience would be with the convincing
element of the black eye on the girls face and the strong emotion tied with the
abuse. Everyone needs to take action when witnessing any form of domestic
violence. There are certain ways bystanders can take action to decrease the chance
of domestic abuse happening. The number one solution to stopping a dangerous
situation is to immediately contact emergency support and authoritative personnel.
There are many ways as listed by the National Coalition against Domestic
Violence to take a stand against abuse, whether you personally know the victim or
come across a risky situation. It was intelligent that the girlfriend being abused
thought of a clever way to handle the situation. It was a great way to get help by
using a decoy so that her boyfriend would not think anything is suspicious. This
goes to show that everyone needs to have his or her radar on 24/7 if something
does not seem right or fitting. The emergency dispatcher could have just hung up
thinking that this was some type of joke, but instead he gave the situation a chance
and sent emergency help to this odd phone call.
If you do in fact know the victim, here are some ways that you can aid the
victim without offending them. The bartender could have taken a stance and alerted
authorities after the boyfriend had broken the glass at the bar. It is important that
the victim knows that you are there for them and can later on be a witness. It is
good the victim knows that whatever he/she says will stay confidential with you. It’s
important as the witness or acquaintance that you know and start to understand
what the situation is like for him/her. It is never the victim’s fault for being
domestically abused and that they know ‘you have their back’ and are afraid for
their safety. However, do not keep reinstating that they need to leave their partner
because they obviously know that and just need to learn of a safety plan to escape.
It is also a good idea to have your house as a safe-‐haven for him/her and their
children. Emergency items can be stored in the safe-‐haven. These items may include
information from the abuser such as the driver’s license, car registration and their
workplace address. Medications, insurance information, bank accounts and
immunization records for their children should also be stored. “One in four women
and one in seven men have been victims of severe physical violence by an intimate
partner in their lifetime” (NCADV). It is important to keep in mind that not just
women experience domestic violence, men can also be victims of abuse. According
to Lexis Nexis, “One in three women and one in four men report being the victim of
some type of physical violence by a romantic partner at some point in their lifetime
with one in five women and one in seven men reporting the abuse as being severe
physical violence.”
Works Cited "Friends and Family." Friends and Family. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2017.
<http://www.ncadv.org/learn-more/friends-and-family>.
"Domestic Violence Against Men." Lexis Nexis. Plus Media Solutions, 17 Sept. 2016. Web. 5 Mar. 2017.
Statistics." Statistics. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2017. <http://www.ncadv.org/learn-
more/statistics>.