How Monetary donations help deal with the issue of homelessness

 

 

Documentary outline

1. Expository documentary mode
2. This documentary is meant to help the American society understand pervasiveness of the issue of homelessness in the American society. and illustrate the way that charity donations can effectively be utilized to help eradicate the issue and change the life of many homeless people.

• This documentary will interview some of the individuals that manage various major homeless shelters including David Nathan of Time Out Shelter in Arizona, Annabel James of Anchorage Rescue mission in Alaska and Daniel Jackson of First Light in Alabama. The interviews will also include random interviews on different US citizens like students and people in various professions to understand their views on donating to charities.

1. The documentary will include pictures of various homeless people in the streets, pictures of the homeless shelters, records of the activities that happen at the shelters and show statistics of the donations that are made to homeless shelters annually.
2. The documentary will begin by analysing the problem of homelessness citing various past researches that have been conducted. The statistics of the issue will be shown as well as the various footages o the homeless people sleeping in the streets. The documentary will then explain about the homeless shelters and a footage of various shelters Interviews on various supervisors of this shelters will be presented to explain elaborate on how the operate, how they get their donations and how they utilize the donations. The last section of the documentary will show interviews on the common citizens and their thoughts on charity donations and how the homelessness issue should be dealt with.

Fiction Film Outline

Title:

The Fraudster

Characters      

Adam- the homeless man

Neili - Adam’s daughter

Jonathan- the fraudster

The police officer that tracks down Jonathan

The Judge that finds Jonathan guilty, helping to show how wrong it is to misuse charity donations

Storyline

The essay

Homelessness is an issue that has greatly affected the American society for a very long time.  With the documentary, it will help to communicate to the society and help them understand the extent of this issue and the roles that charity donations play in helping eradicate this problem. The documentary will adopt an expository mode because this is helps to directly address the viewers through the use of titles and voices which further helps to add a perspective to what the documentary is talking about.  The commentary voice that will be adopted in the film will help the audience to associate what is discussed in the documentary with what really happens in real life and it makes much easy for the audience to understand actually believe the issue discussed in the documentary.  

Choosing to use the homeless shelters’ supervisors is effective in that these are people from all over the United States which helps to show the intensity of the homelessness issue. These are also important people, because they understand the whole concept of charity donations and how they help them operate the shelter homes or the homeless community. They understand the things that they need most and the things that they have to prioritise once the monetary donations are sent to them. The other list of interviewees will include the general public to help understand their understanding of charity donations and also on the issue of homelessness. Interviewing these people will help establish the knowledge base of the society on these two issues and it will help to raise awareness on the importance of charity donations to help the people in the society that do not have food to eat and a place to call home. The order that the documentary will take is all to help the society understand the extent of the issue of homelessness and the problems that the available homeless shelters are still facing in regard to donations. And the last section will help to encourage people to give more donations in order to help improve and also reduce the issue of homelessness in the American society.

The film outline for the movie ‘Fraudster’ has three acts which greatly help to fulfil the requirements of a Classical Hollywood Narrative. The main character named Adam is an African American man that is homeless; the villain is Jonathan, a Caucasian man that takes advantage of Adam’s situation to earn money from well-wishers. The race choice for the characters is to help show that the black community has the highest homelessness rates in US. A cry made by the whites is more likely to be responded to as compared to a cry by a black man and hence Jonathan being white. The first act introduces the main characters Adam and Neili, their goals and their main obstacle as well as the protagonist Jonathan who is the villain that stands in the way of the main character’s better life achievement. The second act introduces complications to the story and it is where the evil intentions of the villain are brought out. The third act which is the final segment of the film shows the dramatic confrontation as Jonathan is arrested and convicted of his evil deeds. This is where victory is achieved as Adam is able to get a home and live happily ever after. The twos aspects that would be changed or this film is the title which would change to ‘ A Cry by The Minority’ this would help to appeal to more people in the world as people outside of America relate more to minority referenced issues. Another aspect that would be changed would include the main character traits, which will be altered a bit to present him as a disabled individual that cannot find a job because of his disability. This will make it more interesting for international release as it would also show the plight of people with disabilities.

The films are intended to help show the American society the pervasiveness of homelessness within the society and the importance of donations to help improve the life conditions of the people who have no home. The films will be aired in the common broadcasting televisions stations which will help reach to many people. The films will also be posted in the social sites and the YouTube channel where they can freely be accessed by people all over the world.

The films will be accepted by the society since they help showcase some of the things that are happening in the society and people can easily related to the issue of charity donor ship as well as the homelessness. It will help people to change their perception on offering monetary support to the needy in the society, with the understanding that there are people who really need this help in order to live a more humane life.

The films especially the fiction will be popular because it is a new context that helps to show the extent of homelessness and the manner in which donor ship can help change the lives of many homeless people in the society. The movie helps to show that if people come together and work as a community each contributing a little of what they have, they can change the society and make it a better place for everyone.