ideas for script

***I know a lot of the ideas from the meeting are mentioned only briefly on here, but I was just copying down the main gist of the story***

Friends and relatives in high school during the reelection.

Start off getting everyone’s views on the election.

Start with a slide of news reports of the arrests of Watergate burglars (A lot of them), building up until it’s unbearable, then open on stage.

Include a newspaper in every scene

Have dates on the slides? (Nov. 6, 1972)

(Stage) – November 1972 - Caroline, Mary, Janet at the lunch table, the day after the election. Lydia brings Hazel and introduces her to the table, Mary doesn’t like her. Theo walks by “Happy Birthday”. Janet asks who he is. Talk about the election. Hazel doesn’t like Nixon for lack of progress with civil rights. Mary and Hazel begin to argue. Caroline interrupts.

(Video) – December 1972 - Janet comes over to Caroline’s after stopping at the store for milk. Caroline is leaving for debate practice. Janet asks what the debate is about. (Maybe Nixon’s economic plans?) Caroline leaves. Theo tells Janet he is going to Vietnam. Janet explains her view on the war. They argue.

Transition with news report – Roe v. Wade

(Video) – January 1973 - Lunch. Mary brings up Roe v. Wade. Discussion with Lydia.



News reports from throughout the presentation in reverse (a lot of them), building up until it’s unbearable, then transition to counterfactual.

(continued from last dscussion)

---1ST SCENE
(Stage) – November 1972 - Caroline, Mary, Janet at the lunch table, the day after the election. Lydia brings Hazel and introduces her to the table, Mary doesn’t like her. Theo walks by “Happy Birthday”. Janet asks who he is. Talk about the election. Hazel doesn’t like Nixon for lack of progress with civil rights. Mary and Hazel begin to argue. Caroline interrupts.
-views on election
-civil rights
1st SLIDE

*WHAT NEWS REPORT???*

---2ND SCENE
(Video) – December 1972 - Janet comes over to Caroline’s after stopping at the store for milk. Caroline is leaving for debate practice. Janet asks what the debate is about. (Maybe Nixon’s economic plans?) Caroline leaves. Theo tells Janet he is going to Vietnam. Janet explains her view on the war. They argue.
-daily life(milk)
-On July 5th, 1971, Nixon changed the voting age from 21 to 18. (the debate could be about this instead)
http://www.nvr.org/pres_content.php?pro=pres&sec=timeline&subsec=5
-Military stuff-(Theo's view)
-Anti-war movement(Janet's view)
2ND SLIDE


*Transition with news report – Roe v. Wade*

---3RD SCENE
(Video) – January 1973 - Lunch. Mary brings up Roe v. Wade. Discussion with all.
Hazel---for abortion
Mary---against abortion
Caroline---against abortion
Janet---against abortion (but may get one)
Theo---against abortion
Lydia---for abortion
**MIGHT CHANGE/ADD SLIDE*

*WHAT TRANSITION??*

---4TH SCENE
(Video)(Janet's house) girl group to study, Janet is a hippie and doesn't like to study so flips through the channels. Since Caroline is so political, she says "Wait, stop i wanna watch that!" TV channel is about NcCord telling Judge Sirica that he and the other burglars had been paid by high-ranking white house officials to lie under oath. (Kelsey types, Laudi's idea)

Kelsey has the better typed up storyboard on her computer. she'll post it next

http://www.nvr.org/pres_content.php?pro=pres&sec=timeline&subsec=5
timeline used to help make the script