Documentary Outline
June 9, 2008
Ann Harvey Documentary Script Outline
Copyright 2008 Thomas D’Arcy O’Donnell
A ’shortlist’ of people who should be interviewed.. in no particular order. Blanford Billard (Harvey descendant), Bruce Arnott (survivor descendant), Kevin Major (author, historian), CCGS Ann Harvey Skipper, Linda Baillie (survivor descendant), Mary Stengel (survivor descendant), Kirk Butt (historian), Clayton Cook (Harvey descendant, historian), Don Crewe (musician), David Blackwood (artist), Ches Frampton (Harvey descendant) Anne Walsh (writer), Geoff Butler (artist, writer) Michael Harrington descendants (Author), Keeping descendants (Burnt Island)
Music, SFX
coordinates .. 47° 36′ 0″ North, 59° 1′ 0″ West
the rock (known as ‘Bad Neighbor’ or Wreck Rock
Time lapse (from shore at Isle Aux Morts)
wild and beautiful shoreline (from the water)
meridian .. land, water, sky ..
Narration voice, Host
“This is the very edge of North America” (a young, lilting, female voice)
OK.. that’s a start…
below are further Ideas or ‘Topics’ to explore/visualize .. (and to be organized)
and ideas about how they are explained by various interviews
and who those interviews might be with (and why)
The exact spot where the Harvey’s lived
The approach to Isle Aux Morts shoals (heading North NorthWest)
Fog
A dory
Captain James Cook’s sailing directions
Scripted as: photo reference of Cook’s direction and read by host or guest narration
Visual support: possible archival map
Where the survivors were landed
Scripted as: On Camera Host shot on beach, describes aspects of the rescue.
A survivor descendant
A ‘lee shore’
Port Aux Basques
A Harvey descendant
This would be scripted as – 30 second interview clip with Blanford Billard
Possible location of interview: Standing beside the grave of George Harvey (Isle Aux Morts)
Content of interview clip: Blanford explains how/when George Harvey, brother Tom & their wives emigrated to Newfoundland
A map of Newfoundland
A working fisherman
A gale
A codfish
A lighthouse
Scripted as 30 second Narration: explanation that these lighthouses were built after 1830’s
Support Imagery: B-Roll footage of Rose Blanche Lighthouse at dusk
A Newfie
Aboard a working Brig
A safe port
Icebergs
A Newfoundland Dog
A shipwreck
Aboard the Ann Harvey
Scripted as: On-Camera Host with skipper on bridge of Ann Harvey
Hosts prompts skipper to explain why ship was commissioned in Anne’s name
and the patrol mandate of the ship per Newfoundland & Labrador
Out on The Grand Banks
A graveyard
A Brig or Schooner underway (imagine 400 of them racing to Labrador)
The eastern shore of Newfoundland
A sense of thousands of shipwrecks
Rounding Cape Race
The rowing route/experience from the beach to Isle Aux Morts
The rowing route/experience from Isle Aux Morts to Port Aux Basques
Scripted as: On-Camera Host rows as Ann Harvey did, after the initial rescue
and explains how/why survivors were moved
Additional support imagery: A map showing exact route along the shore
Sailing to Halifax
Seeing Cape Ray on your starboard side enroute to Quebec
“Canada eh”
hello Ann…..My name is Lloyd Pretty,visual artist. I live in Stephenville. I am putting a proposal together to the Isle Aux Mort Developement Association or who ever else has an intrest in the Ann Harvey Saga.
My inention is to create a series of Authentically correct paintings based on the event. I will begin with a family in Ireland making ready to go to Londonderry for passage to the new world. From that point the artwork will represent dock side,loading,details of the ship,the high seas,the fog and storm,the cold and wet,the agony of the passengers,the wreck.the first hours and then days,the rescue,Ann hersellf, her home life,her family and all the post activity that took place following the rescue including following some of the familys to their new home….A book and video documenting the series will be included . I also will be producing figurines of Ann, her dog and possibly the rest of her family…..I am hoping that this is something that will be of intrest to you. If so please emil me,or call 709 643 8586
lloyd
lloyd pretty
January 7, 2009 at 11:43 pm