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