Intro

This is the website for my documentary project. The Documentary Project was finding a person, place or idea to document and write a book on. I chose to do my documentary on the morality of euthanizing animals. Here you will find the digital version of my book, the intro video for my book, a gallery of some of the photos I took in the proccess of this production and bios for all of the people I interviewed.

The process of making my Intro Vid was a complete learning experience for me. This was my first time really using Adobe After Effects. The video was supposed to be a one minute long commercial, excluding the five seconds of black at the end. It was a little difficult to explain my book topic and also leave it open enough to persuade viewers to read my book all within one minute without sounding rushed. I also chose background music that was sad to some extent simply because it's not a happy topic. It's literally about death. And for the same reason, I made the video slow and calm without a whole lot of special effects because I wanted my viewer to say, "That's sad." or, "That's debatable." not, "That's neat!" Although, I think I did a pretty good job with what I have even though I know I am capable of making much more.

Book

Book Thumbnail
The dog looked up at be and I felt like the dog said, "It's okay now, I'm ready to let go."
~Richard Brown

I decided to write my book about the morality of animal euthanasia. In my book, you can read why I chose to do my documentary on this topic. The process of producing this book was very long and stressful at times. It started in English class. First, after choosing my topic, I started to gather general information from the internet as well as brainstorming possible interviewees and interview questions. After trying to email out to potential interviewees and not getting responses, I started physically going to interviewees where I found success. I did manage to find interviews through email though. As I was conducting interviews, I was working on placing my research and information from interviews into the document that would become my book. Throughout that time, in Design class, I was working on designing my book in InDesign, editing my photos in Photoshop and creating my graphic design elements in Illustrator. Designing a book is much harder than I thought it would be because I wanted it to help convey the feelings of my book through colors, fonts and the whole layout. In Digital Media, I produced an Introduction Video for my book with After Effects and making this website.

I believe the process for producing all of this was fairly well planned out, thanks to my teachers. Although the whole project was difficult and stressful, I learned more than I can explain about InDesign and grew as a person through learning about my topic and making myself get out into the community.

Gallery

  • Cows
  • Hand Holding Paw
  • Surgery Room
  • Door Sign
  • Wall Art
  • Shadow the Cat
  • Cat Toy
  • Shelter Dog
  • Shelter Dog
  • Shelter Dog
  • Shelter Bird
  • Shelter Dog
  • Frodo
  • Frodo and Toy
  • Gracie
  • Gracie
  • Tennis Ball
Cows1 Hand Holding Paw2 Surgery Room3 Door Sign4 Wall Art5 Shadow the Cat6 Cat Toy7 Shelter Dog8 Shelter Dog9 Shelter Dog10 Shelter Bird11 Shelter Dog12 Frodo13 Frodo and Toy14 Gracie15 Gracie16 Tennis Ball17

Bios

These are the wonderful people I interviewed.

Sachi Hwangbo

Sachi Hwangbo is the Volunteer Coordinator at the Palo Alto Animal Shelter.

Sachi Hwangbo
Bonnie Yoffe

Bonnie Yoffe is the Veterinarian at the Palo Alto Animal Shelter.

Bonnie Yoffe
Jill Bertrand

Jill Bertrand is a retired veterinarian.

Jill Bertrand
Geri Weizman

Geri Weizman is a vegetarian that takes pictures of kittens that need to be adopted.

Geri Weizman
Linda Powers

Linda Powers is a vegetarian who has been with a lot of her pets when she has had to make the decision to put them down.

Linda Powers
James Fair

James Fair, Linda Powers's husband, is not a vegetarian and has some different perspectives than Linda.

James Fair
Richard Brown

Richard Brown has had many pets and animal friends over the years. He and his wife, Sandy, tell the story of their experience with animal death.

Richard Brown