Social Action Production Booklet

Social
Action
Production
booklet
Contents
Task 1: Proposal
Task 2: Pre-production material
Task 3: Filming
Task 4: Editing
Social Action Production Proposal
Name of production
First fostering - why should you become a foster carer?
Reason for following this issue
There are 181 children in foster care in slough. We feel that this Is something that
doesnt get a lot of recognition and it should. Lots of people can help the community
by becoming a foster carer and help shape a childs life and make it better. My
family and I are foster carers so it will be easier for me to talk about what its like being
a foster carer and we can have my parents talk about how rewarding it is. We can
also talk to my brother who can tell us how it effects his life or if it even effects it at all.
Length of production
Our production will be over 5 minutes because we feel that, any less, would
be hard to bring any important information to the viewers. Also in the first 5
minutes we will just be talking about first fostering agency, not any interviews.
The maximum length of the production will be 15 minutes because its only
going to be short and sweet to capture the attentions of the viewers and not
bore them.
Interviewees in production
The people we are going to be interviewing for are social action are, one of the
social workers for first fostering so they can give us information about the company,
my mum because she is a foster carer working for first fostering so she can talk about
the different ranger of children she has looked after over the years, and also one of
the children that has been in foster care since she was 15 and how first fostering has
helped her.
We will be interviewing the Foundation itself, First Fostering. This way we would be
able to get expert opinions and the right type of information.
We will also be interviewing a girl who has just turned 18 and left her fostering care.
We would be talking to her about her life in fostering and how it has helped her.
Production angle, how and why
The type of production that we are trying to create is to show the more emotional
side of fostering that not a lot of people see. It will also be filled with facts and
information about how fostering has effected these children and how they have
helped them or not. The angle is to try to encourage people to want to foster and to
get those help these children.
A production layout (beginning, middle and end) Opening: At the beginning we will
show all facts and figures about first fostering and talk to one of the people who run
the first fostering agency and ask them about they, personally, got involved with
creating there agency. They will also talk about how many children they have in
foster care and how many of them have gone off to be adopted.
Middle: After that, we will talk to my mum and ask her what its like to be a foster
carer. This can give the viewers an insight to what it would be like to be a foster carer
and will hopefully encourage them to want to get involved. We will then show facts
about how many people become foster carers each year and how to become and
foster carer.
End: We will finish the video by talking to someone who is currently in foster care and
how they are affected by it and how they got into foster care in the first place. Then
we will talk to someone who was in foster care but is now too old to be looked after
by a foster family and is living in a YMCA in slough. This will help bring the emotional
side to fostering.
Target Audience and why
Our Target Audience for our video would be adults 25+. This is because adults at this
age and up would be able to and capable of adoption, mainly because they would
be more accessible to sufficient funds and old enough to make such a decision. We
also think this is the appropriate audience because younger audiences wouldnt
adopt at any younger age, so we feel if this was our target audience (25+), it would
relate to them better.
Where your video will be uploaded / shown
Our final video will be uploaded on the First Fosterings website, where, if our target
audience has a look at the website because it is something they have thought
about, they will be able to watch the video and see the benefits of fostering and
how many children and families it helps each year.
List of questions you wish to ask / have answered in your production
1. How many children are in foster care?

2. How many people foster?
3. What impact does fostering have on the child?
4. Why should you become a foster carer?
5. Why they should foster with First Fostering?
6. How can it benefit the foster carer?
7. Could Fostering and adoption possibly have a negative effect on
Children, and how they look at life?
8. How many children go off to be adopted after being in foster care?
Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used
Type of
room/area:
Office
Location
Address:
Lily Hill Rd,
Bracknell
Sat Nav.
details
(Post
code):
RG12 2SJ
Nearest
Train
Station:
N/A
Nearest
Bus stop:
N/A
Lighting Information: Solutions:

Controlled indoor lighting Lighting will be fine because we will
be inside a room, which will have
controlled lighting.
Sound Information: Solutions:

There may be a crackling sound We will be bringing a microphone to
coming from the cameras be able to make the sound quality
as good as possible.
Power Information Solutions:
Camera will nbeed to be fully I will make sure the camera is fully
charged before filming charged and everything that is
needed to be charged will be.
There are plugs in the room if
anything needs to be recharged.
Hazards Solutions:
The only problem we should have Tape the wires to the floor so people
would be tripping over wires. cant trip over them
PROPS LIST
Production Name:
Producer:
Item Script page Description Actor/location Notes

2x Laptop 1 Prop on table (James Townsend
and Lesley
Fitzgerald) Founders
of Fitzgerald
Fostering at
Fitzgerald
Laptop 1 Prop on table (James Townsend
Cushion and Lesley
of Fitzgerald
Fostering at
Fitzgerald
Pens 1 Prop on table (James Townsend
and Lesley
of Fitzgerald
Fostering at
Fitzgerald
Coffee Cup 1 Prop on table (James Townsend
and Lesley
of Fitzgerald
Fostering at
Fitzgerald
Maltesers 1 Prop on table (James Townsend
and Lesley
of Fitzgerald
Fostering at
Fitzgerald
Phone 1 Prop on table (James Townsend
and Lesley
of Fitzgerald
Fostering at
Fitzgerald
Packages 1 Prop on table (James Townsend
and Lesley
of Fitzgerald
Fostering at
Fitzgerald
Paper Folders 1 Prop on table (James Townsend
and Lesley
of Fitzgerald
Fostering at
Fitzgerald
Oranges 1 Prop on table (James Townsend
and Lesley
of Fitzgerald
Fostering at
Fitzgerald
Pint Glass 1 Prop on table (James Townsend
and Lesley
of Fitzgerald
Fostering at
Fitzgerald
Found Footage
Footage description Reference Used

for
Bibliography
Removed Film on Fostering - Nathanael Matanick (2014) ReMoved. Betwe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOeQ Available at:
en
UwdAjE0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOeQU
wdAjE0 (Accessed: 28 February 2017). Foota
Citations, Quotes & Annotations ge
Nathanael Matanick (2014) ReMoved.
Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOeQU
wdAjE0 (Accessed: 28 February 2017).
(Nathanael Matanick, 2014)
Bibliography
The Picnic (Adoption Documentary) Real Real Stories (2016) The picnic (adoption Betwe
Stories - documentary) - real stories. Available at:
en
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfHVZ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfHVZ
e0mQIc
e0mQIc (Accessed: 28 February 2017). Foota
Citations, Quotes & Annotations ge
Real Stories (2016) The picnic (adoption
documentary) - real stories. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfHVZ
e0mQIc (Accessed: 28 February 2017).
(Real Stories, 2016)
Bibliography
Dave Thomas Foundation - DaveThomasFoundation (2014) Youth Betwe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jie__i voices: Life after foster care - full length
en
O44fs&t=820s version. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jie__i Foota
O44fs&t=820s (Accessed: 28 February
ge
2017).
Citations, Quotes & Annotations
DaveThomasFoundation (2014) Youth
voices: Life after foster care - full length
version. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jie__i
O44fs&t=820s (Accessed: 28 February
2017).
(DaveThomasFoundation, 2014)
News Report - YouTube. (2017). 'Obscene': UK foster kids Betwe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3N taken from 'politically incorrect' family. en
kRSwdm7o [online] Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3NkRS
Foota
wdm7o [Accessed 23 Mar. 2017]. ge
(YouTube, 2017)
Life in Foster Care - YouTube. (2017). Life in Foster Care. [online] Betwe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn3S Available at: en
BaDe_i0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn3SBa
De_i0 [Accessed 23 Mar. 2017].
Foota
(YouTube, 2017) ge
Getting Started - YouTube. (2017). Fostering/Adoption - Betwe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXH Getting Started. [online] Available at: en
V5d4YzI0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXHV5
d4YzI0 [Accessed 23 Mar. 2017].
Foota
(YouTube, 2017) ge
Kony - YouTube. (2017). KONY 2012. [online] Betwe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4M Available at: en
npzG5Sqc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Mnp
zG5Sqc [Accessed 23 Mar. 2017].
Foota
(YouTube, 2017) ge
Production Schedule
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Interview Interview Re-shoot

Week 1 at with Joy Interview
Fitzgerald Cooper with Zak
Date: Fostering and Zak Loader
with the Loader 9th March
6th 12th Founders about 2017
of the fostering
trust - 6th 8th March
March 2017
2017
Equipment Hire sheet
Item From Return
Sound/ Boom Henley College Yes
Cables for Connecting Henley College Own camera

Camera and Sound
Lighting Natural Lighting Using lighting in the room
2 Cameras Victoria Pethrus Own camera
2 SD Cards Victoria Pethrus Own SD Cards
Sound Recorder Henley College Yes

Copyright issues / legal ethical issues you may face
As adoption is a social, emotional and legal process which involves children who will not be
raised by their birth parents, to become full, permanent and legal members of another
family. Ethical issues in this change over time, as children who were adopted become adults
and may choose to find out their genetic and historical identity, and claim their rights to this.
When interviewing the children that Milly and her family have taken in and care of, we are
not allowed to ask them about their background and where they come from, as this could
be a danger for the child if someone who knows them, saw the video, and could cause
complications. However, instead when interviewing them, we could ask them questions such
as how foster care has helped them, etc.
For me and Milly, we may have to think about things like confidentiality, such as if someone
agrees to be interviewed, but wants to remain anonymous, then we will make sure they stay
anonymous. We would not be allowed to film or document anything that we havent
received permission to film or document.
When interviewing children who have been in foster care, if they are under 16 we would
need the childs parents permission and the childs, for having the child in the video.
http://msass.case.edu/downloads/vgroza/fall2004/ethicalissues.pdf
http://calswec.berkeley.edu/files/uploads/pdf/CalSWEC/Participant_Ethics_Values.pdf
List of Questions you wish to ask and order of questions (Make sure they link and
follow on from each other. The wording of your questions will be graded)
Question 1: How has fostering helped you?
Question 2: Do you think fostering is something more families or people

should do?
Question 3: You
get around 300,000 children in each year, how many of
these children do you usually manage to find new homes for?
Question 4: Does Fostering always have a good impact on Children?
Question 5: Could Fostering and adoption possibly have a negative effect on

Children and how they look at life?
Production
Before you go off and film please be aware of the following.
PRODUCTION TIPS:
Interview in relevant locations
Make sure there is no background noise when filming - ask to turn off all machines or film in a
quiet location and if outside try and use a wind cover and microphone.
Use TWO cameras when filming - One following the interviewer and one following you as you
had with your multi camera unit
Get MORE footage than you need - you can always cut items out but you can't add once
you have filmed
Think about how you want the final product to look before you start filming
Add archive footage (clips, newspaper clippings, footage from news stories etc...) but
ALWAYS reference them on screen and make sure you have permission to use them
Once filming is finished make sure the following is complete BEFORE you start to edit your
production
Shot list and running order of final production (including found and archive footage)
Sequence Description
Shot
1 Intro / Globe Opening From Kony 2012 Video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc
Beginning
2 3 News Reports on Fostering (Quick shot edit)
3 Scene from ReMoved Foster Short Film
4 Video clips from YouTube of Foster Children
6 Video clips from YouTube and pictures of Foster Children
7 Title: Fostering: The Toughest Job Youll Ever Love

Over Video clip from YouTube of Foster Children
8 Interview with James Townend. Long shot of James Townend
10 Video clips from YouTube: Life in Foster Care People who have
been + are in foster care talking about how it used to be or is now
Video clips from YouTube: Fostering / Adoption - Getting Started

12
13 Video clips from YouTube of Foster Children.
Interview with Lesley Fitzgerald and James Townend shot-
reverse-shot of them talking long shot.
Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

15 Video clips from YouTube: Life in Foster Care

Interview with Lesley Fitzgerald Long shot of her
1 - Middle Video clips from YouTube: Watch Emotional Moment Couple

Meets Adopted Son after 7 Years of Trying
Couple are taking a flight to meet their adopted child.
2 Video clips from YouTube of Foster Services
3 Interview with Zak Loader talking about what he thinks is good

with fostering. Long shot.
4 Video clips from YouTube and pictures of Foster Children

Title over Clip: 1 in 3 Children are placed by Independent
Fostering Agencies
Scene from ReMoved Foster Short
5 Voice Over (Interview Question): How would you say Fostering

benefits you and your family?
Interview with Justine Loader
Mid-shot from the side

Pictures of Foster families
1 Outro/ Globe Ending

End
2 Credits
Voice over script
Shot Script
1 Intro / Globe Opening From Kony 2012 Video -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc
Beginning
2 3 News Reports on Fostering (Quick shot edit)
4 Voice Over: There are approximately 52,500 foster families in

the UK. However, this is not enough. With so many children
requiring care, there are often not enough foster families to
cater for their needs.
Video clips from YouTube of Foster Children

6 Voice Over: Of all the UK children in care, approximately

80% live with foster families. This is the main reason why
councils and fostering agencies are in urgent need of more
foster families.
Video clips from YouTube and pictures of Foster Children

7 Title: Fostering: The Toughest Job Youll Ever Love
Over Video clip from YouTube of Foster Children

8 Voice Over (Interview Question): Could you tell us a bit
more about the history of the Fitzgerald Fostering?
Interview with James Townend

9 Voice Over: A child enters the care system every 22 minutes.
Put in this way, it is a quite shocking fact. Imagine how
frightened a child is to be separated from its parents and the
home he or she knows. However, despite the situation, a
child will generally be upset when taken into care;
Scene from ReMoved Foster Short Film

10 Video clips from YouTube: Life in Foster Care People who
have been + are in foster care talking about how it used to
be or is now

11 Voice Over: Foster carers can work to give that child a sense
of security and love. Seeing a child thrive is something that
most foster carers will tell you is the most rewarding part of
their job. It is also why they would never consider doing
anything else.

Video clips from YouTube: Fostering / Adoption - Getting
12 Started

13 Voice Over (Interview Question): Why do you think more
people should become foster carers?
Interview with Lesley Fitzgerald and James Townend

14 Voice Over: For children in care, foster families can provide a
loving home in which they can thrive. However, there are
simply not enough foster carers in the UK and, unfortunately,
there are many reasons why people do not register for this
worthwhile cause. The main reason is probably
misinformation. There are a lot misconceptions about
fostering and many people are, wrongly, of the opinion that
they would not be eligible. Nevertheless, with the right
information, more people might consider fostering.

16 Voice Over: It is not only married people who foster.

Approximately 19% of foster carers are single and are doing
a great job at providing a loving home for young children in
care.

17 Voice Over: In 2013, there were 92,727 children in care
compared with 88,083 in 2010. More foster families are
needed urgently; you do not need to be married or own
your home to provide a loving foster home.

18 Voice Over (Interview Question): Whats the difference
between long term fostering and adoption?
Interview with Lesley Fitzgerald

1 - Middle Voice Over: The number of children in care who then went
on to be adopted was 4,724 in 2013 compared with 3,698 in
2010. Councils and agencies will work with foster families to
try to return foster children to their parents where
appropriate. However, there will be times when this is just not
possible and, for younger children especially, adoption is the
next step
Music: Cinematic Documentary Ambient Music

Video clips from YouTube: Watch Emotional Moment Couple
Meets Adopted Son after 7 Years of Trying

Voice Over: Each year approximately 30,000 new children
enter the care system. A similar number will leave in order to
return to their parents because either they have been
adopted or they have reached adulthood.
Video clips from YouTube of Foster Services

Voice Over (Interview Question): Whats good about it?
Interview with Zak Loader

Voice Over: On 31st March 2014, 55% of children in foster
care in England were boys and 45% were girls. Foster carers
can specify the type of child that they feel more
comfortable fostering. Some foster carers would prefer to
have boys, for example, because their own children were all
boys and they feel that they would have more experience
dealing with boys, and vice versa. It is also possible to specify
an age group that you would prefer to foster
Video clips from YouTube and pictures of Foster Children
Title over Clip: 1 in 3 Children are placed by Independent
Fostering Agencies
Scene from ReMoved Foster Short

Voice Over (Interview Question): How would you say
Fostering benefits you and your family?
Interview with Justine Loader

Video clips from YouTube: Life in Foster Care
Voice Over: Every year, 14% of the foster care workforce will
leave. These carers and workers need to be replaced in
order to ensure that children are supported and loved.
Councils and foster agencies need carers to register now.
Pictures of Foster families

1 Outro/ End Globe Ending
Credits

Checklist for production items
In production
Interviews
Voiceovers
Facts about issue (either spoken or put on screen)
Cut away footage
Archive footage
End credits with 'thank you to' section
Music
Roles and responsibilities
Name Role Responsibilities
Victoria Pethrus Director Get archive footage and

Camera write questions for
Editor interview
Milly Loader Director Get archive footage and

Camera Research Facts and
Editor statistics

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First fostering - why should you become a foster carer?

Reason for following this issue

Target Audience and why

Where your video will be uploaded / shown

1. How many children are in foster care?

Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Lighting Information: Solutions:

Sound Information: Solutions:

Item Script page Description Actor/location Notes

Footage description Reference Used

Getting Started - YouTube. (2017). Fostering/Adoption - Betwe

Kony - YouTube. (2017). KONY 2012. [online] Betwe

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Interview Interview Re-shoot

Item From Return

Sound/ Boom Henley College Yes

Cables for Connecting Henley College Own camera

2 Cameras Victoria Pethrus Own camera

2 SD Cards Victoria Pethrus Own SD Cards

Sound Recorder Henley College Yes

Question 1: How has fostering helped you?

Question 2: Do you think fostering is something more families or people

Question 4: Does Fostering always have a good impact on Children?

Question 5: Could Fostering and adoption possibly have a negative effect on

Before you go off and film please be aware of the following.

Interview in relevant locations

2 3 News Reports on Fostering (Quick shot edit)

3 Scene from ReMoved Foster Short Film

4 Video clips from YouTube of Foster Children

5 Scene from ReMoved Foster Short Film

6 Video clips from YouTube and pictures of Foster Children

7 Title: Fostering: The Toughest Job Youll Ever Love

8 Interview with James Townend. Long shot of James Townend

9 Scene from ReMoved Foster Short Film

11 Scene from ReMoved Foster Short Film

Video clips from YouTube: Fostering / Adoption - Getting Started

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

16 Scene from ReMoved Foster Short Film

17 Video clips from YouTube of Foster Children

18 Video clips from YouTube of Foster Children

1 - Middle Video clips from YouTube: Watch Emotional Moment Couple

2 Video clips from YouTube of Foster Services

3 Interview with Zak Loader talking about what he thinks is good

4 Video clips from YouTube and pictures of Foster Children

5 Voice Over (Interview Question): How would you say Fostering

7 Scene from ReMoved Foster Short Film

1 Outro/ Globe Ending

1 Intro / Globe Opening From Kony 2012 Video -

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

3 Scene from ReMoved Foster Short Film

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

4 Voice Over: There are approximately 52,500 foster families in

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

6 Voice Over: Of all the UK children in care, approximately

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'

Music: The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Build A Home'