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Client:  The American Cancer Society: Reach to Recovery
Medium:  Video and Handbook
Total Program Length:  22 minutes
Writer:  Ann Biswas

Reach to Recovery: A Guide To Healthy Healing After Breast Surgery
 

FADE UP

1. The American Cancer Society logo slowly fades up. (Grandview master also will include the GVH/SVH logo).

FADE TO BLACK.

MUSIC

Fade up soft, light piano music. Fade music under as narrator begins to speak.

FADE UP

1b. The pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer appears full screen. (Animation Option: a pink ribbon gently floats across the lower portion of the screen, then ties itself into the recognizable pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer, finishing center screen).

2. Slow dissolve to a silhouette showing the back of a woman sitting on the edge of a bed in a hospital room.

FADE UP

3. Over video, fade up the program title briefly:

"Reach to Recovery: A Guide to Healthy Healing After Breast Surgery"

(Fade out title)

This is Patient #1, a single, Caucasian woman in her 40s. She appears to be sitting alone quietly. The camera begins to slowly pan around the bedside to reveal someone sitting beside her. It is a Reach to Recovery volunteer. The camera circles around to show the women from the front. They are now fully lit in bright sunlight. As the female narrator begins speaking, we see that the women are engaged in an animated discussion. The Reach to Recovery volunteer, Volunteer #1, is Caucasian and in her 30s. She has several pamphlets in her hands, a small rubber ball and a rope. She appears to be explaining information that is in one pamphlet and referring to the ball and rope. Patient #1 at her side asks a few questions as they talk.

NARRATOR

You’ve just had breast surgery. While the hard part may be over, you have lots of work ahead of you on your road to healthy healing. This program will help guide your recovery process. It reinforces information you’ll find in the American Cancer Society’s Reach to Recovery publications. You may have received some of these materials while you were in the hospital.

4. Cut to a close-up of Volunteer #1.

NARRATOR

You may have had a visit from a Reach to Recovery program volunteer. If so, you’ve met someone who’s been where you are today:

Every Reach to Recovery volunteer is someone who’s had breast cancer and is at least one year cancer-free.

5. Cut to reaction shots of Patient #1.

NARRATOR

She’s been specially chosen and trained by the American Cancer Society to provide information and support to people like you.

6. Dissolve to a wide hospital shot showing Patient #1 in a hallway near a nursing station. We see members of her healthcare team busily working nearby. A male physician discusses something in the chart with Patient #1. A nurse, radiologist and another team member enter talking. Someone hands the physician a report, and they discuss information with the patient.

MUSIC

Change to medium tempo, light music.

NARRATOR

Your Reach to Recovery volunteer is just one member of what’s often referred to as your "healthcare team." This team is a group of individuals who have special interest and expertise in your treatment and healing process. The team approach means you’re not alone in your recovery...ever.

7. Dissolve to medium close ups - first of the surgeon and pathologist in discussion - then of an oncologist and several nurses.

NARRATOR

While you were in the hospital, your team probably included your surgeon, pathologists, oncologists and nurses.

8. Dissolve to a medium shot of a primary care physician (PCP) and nurse in a physician’s office setting.

NARRATOR

Your primary care physician and nurse practitioners coordinate your care before and after your hospital stay.

9. Dissolve to shots of Patient #1 with a group of co-workers eating in a lunchroom cafeteria. The patient is talking, then someone responds. Everyone appears to be having a good time.

NARRATOR

Don’t forget, your pastor, friends and loved ones also are a part of your "team." Look to them for support, encouragement and a helping hand throughout your recovery process.

10. Dissolve to a close-up of Patient #1 with the nurse practitioner from the PCP’s office. The patient is asking questions.

NARRATOR

Your relationship with your healthcare team is for life. Being open and honest with each member of the team and having confidence in your treatment plan will help ease your recovery and healing process.

MUSIC

Change to "theme" music. This light, medium tempo music will reprise each time we see a section title.

11. Effect to a dark, neutral background with the pink ribbon symbol in the upper left-

hand corner. This image, when combined with section titles, will divide each section of the program. The "pink ribbon title screen" will serve to visually reinforce a change in the program’s focus. (Animation Option: each time we see this image, the tails of the ribbon flutter slightly).

12. Fade up words over the pink ribbon title screen:

"Coming Home: Getting Back to Basics"

MUSIC

Fade theme music under.

13. Fade title and dissolve to Patient #2 sitting on a couch. She is an African American

woman in her late 60s. She is wearing a robe and we can just see her bandages. Her family is nearby: a husband, an adult daughter, and a teenage granddaughter. Her husband hands her the telephone and she begins a conversation with someone. Her daughter comes into the frame and hands her a book, then sits at the end of the sofa. The grandchild is in the frame watching television.

NARRATOR

While the surgery may be over, you have lots of work ahead of you. Recovery from breast surgery takes time and patience. When you first arrive home from the hospital, your body will need time to adjust.

14. Cut to a close up of Patient #2 as she hangs up the phone. She asks her husband a question. Cut to a wide shot as her husband adjusts a pillow behind her, then sits next to her. They begin to talk with each other.

NARRATOR

Improvements are often incremental, and you’ll need to take it one step at a time. Enlist the help of friends and family members during this time, and remember, you may need to explain to them the limits of what you can and can’t do.

MUSIC

Changes to medium tempo music.

15. Dissolve or effect to a flashback of Patient #2 in the hospital. She is lying on the bed and a nurse is giving her instructions. She practices deep breathing.

NARRATOR

In the hospital, members of your healthcare team probably gave you some simple activities and exercises to do like deep breathing, coughing and simple leg exercises. It’s a good idea to continue these at home for awhile. They’ll help you relax and improve circulation.

17. Dissolve to Patient #2 at home carrying a small potted plant. We can tell it takes effort for her to do this. She sets the plant down and gently massages her arm.

NARRATOR

After your surgery, you’ll probably notice a big change in your arm strength. It may take awhile to get back your strength and the range of motion you had before surgery.

18. Dissolve to shots of Patient #2 brushing her hair in front of a mirror. Cut to a shot of her putting a blouse on a hanger and putting it into the closet (using her operated arm).

--- PROGRAM CONTINUED ---


 

 
 
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