Why I chose these pictures:
My claim is that dogs need to be freed from puppy mills. Reason, dogs are constantly abused and die in an inhumane way everyday. The warrant is all puppy mills are dangerous places to breed and raise dogs. The living conditions don't meet the requirements of raising healthy dogs. But in reality, there are a a few puppy mills that can sustain a large amount of dogs with good health. My audience is directed to the general public and especially present and future pet owners. Through this video, I want my audience to make the right choice about where they are getting their dogs and get them thinking about how they can save the dogs in the puppy mills. Free the dogs in the puppy mills!
Argument of each picture:
With the pictures, I wanted to show the journey of a dog in a puppy mill. I also added a snippet somewhat in their perspective to show how they want to be free of their miserable life in the mill. By putting a part of the video in their perspective, it makes it seem as if they are living in a jail place and want to be freed. Then I resume with the typical ending of a dogs life in the mill.
First, I started off with pictures of mother dogs with their litter. This is the start of puppy mills for female dogs are constantly being bred when in heat. I had two of these pictures to emphasize how often puppy mill owners force the female dogs to mate. Next I had a picture of some puppies without their mother. Puppies are taken away from their mothers before they are well nourished and come of age. Then I had two pictures of dogs over populating a certain area. From this, the audience will grasp the fact that puppy mills are overcrowded and aren't spacious enough for dogs. The next few pictures show the usual living conditions of dogs. They are kept in dirty cages filled with many other dogs.
Before the first climax of the song it fades into black. I did this so that it will seem as if the dog is dreaming of a better life, of being free! The dog is dreaming of being able to run in the luscious green grass, being able to share something with an owner (food!), having the chance to be petted, being with a family, being hugged by a person, eating a treat, being able to sleep in a comfortable bed with loving owners, and playing fetch.
After the playing fetch picture, it fades to black once again to symbolize the dream ending and that reality is always there. I randomly put in pictures of dogs in cages, abused dogs, and lonely dogs. I didn't want to put them in sections so that I can add more variation and interest toward the end. Some of the sad looks the dogs give in the pictures should steal the hearts of the audience because of how sad and cute it is. Also the harsh reality of their abuse should send an alarming realization to the audience, making them want to do something for the dogs and feel more sympathetic toward them.
The second climax of the song helps end the typical story of a puppy mill dog. Death. This should make the audience feel devastated toward the dogs and angered toward the puppy mills for their mistreatment of dogs. I end the video with a stop sign saying "stop puppy mills", giving the audience the push and feel to stop the production of puppy mills and take initiative to save the dogs in the puppy mills, to free the dogs. The picture before the stop sign picture fades to white. This is to help emphasize and symbolize death, because the dog is "seeing the light".
Explain the music:
I chose the song Comptine D'un Autre Ete by Yann Tiersen, an artist who I looooooooove by the way. This song consists of only piano, which can be versatile depending on it's use. In this case, it's repetitive melody and mellow tone makes the song really sad and should make the audience feel down and more sympathetic toward the video. Also, the slow pace adds to the sadness. There's two sections of the song that consist of a faster paced and more connected melody, which are the climatic parts of the song. The first climax would emphasize the dog's dream to be free. The second would help emphasize the harsh realities of puppy mills and the constant death of dogs. Some of the keys in the song were played in a louder and stronger tone, so I purposely (tried to) put the pictures on the more emphasized notes of the song in order to dramatize them.
Here are the links to the pictures I used:
http://images.google.com/imgres?q=puppy+litter&hl=en&sa=X&gbv=2&biw=1280&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=9NU2aJMvE-FDcM:&imgrefurl=http://grinninggoldens.com/index.asp%3FID%3D18&docid=XBmnCLjF8YezUM&imgurl=http://grinninggoldens.com/assets/darma%252520with%252520t%252520litter%252520pics.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=dqcDT_DcNsaviQKC0JHODg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=799&vpy=242&dur=652&hovh=162&hovw=215&tx=126&ty=75&sig=111776574671553607895&page=2&tbnh=152&tbnw=201&start=15&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:15
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