Documentary Video - Treatment and Script

     This documentary project was chosen to inform people about adoption and what good it does for families. A lot of times, adoption is looked at as a negative because of how many children are put in foster homes and don’t get along with the families they are placed with. Adoption is also thought of as negative because the parents don’t want their children to jump from one family to another and not feel like they belong to anything, but that is not the truth for every child. Most children are placed in a good home and loved as if they have always belonged to their new family.

     We will be interviewing Julie Brems who has fostered children and all of her children are adopted. She will discuss how their children have blessed them and given them something they couldn’t have had on their own.

The questions we will be asking her are:

1)    How many children do you have? How many are adopted?

2)    How many kids have you been a foster parent for?

3)    How long did you wait to find out that you were going to be blessed with your first child?

4)    Did your family grow stronger together after learning about infertility?

5)    Would you foster more children when yours grow up more?

6)    Would you have adopted teenagers or older children if you were given the opportunity?

7)    What was your first reaction when you found out you would be parents for the first time?

8)    How much of a surprise was it when you found out you were chosen to be the adoptive parents for your first child?

9)    What was your reaction whenever you would get a call about fostering another child?

10) Have you ever thought about adopting another child?

11) What are your views on abortion? Why?

12) Do you think you would feel any differently about adoption and abortion if you were able to have your own biological children?

13) Do you think adoption is ignored and seen as something negative?

14) Do you feel that being a foster parent and adopting has changed you in any way? (your views on family and life?)

     We believe a documentary video that focuses on adoption is a good way to bring more positive reactions to such a controversial topic.

Documentary Subject

The person I have chosen who would be interesting to interview is my neighbor, Julie. This interview could be used in a documentary about the struggles of infertility along with why adoption is an amazing alternative to abortion because it blesses a couple with children whom they could not conceive on their own.

Julie and her husband Tod have adopted three children. They struggled with infertility and chose adoption as the best alternative. Their first child was adopted from birth and they made the adoption open so that their oldest, Nathan, can still know his birth mother along with her family and children. Their second child, Amber, was in foster care until the age of two when they adopted her. She does not know her biological mother or father, but knows that she is adopted and why. Tod and Julie then had two foster children who were siblings. They were transferred to another foster home after living with Julie’s family. Shortly after the two foster children moved to a different family, Julie received a call that there was an infant who was in need of a foster home. At the age of 18 months, their third child, Lily, came into their family. They had no idea if she would be part of the family forever, but loved her as if she was their own. They later adopted Lily and feel that their family is complete. Since having Lily as a foster child, they have not fostered any other children. I admire them for loving these children as if they were their own flesh and blood. They also openly raised their children to know about adoption and that they are not biologically related, but are still loved by many and treated as if they were biological. This family has shown me that anyone can be loved as family even if you are not blood relatives.

1.  How long did you wait to find out that you were going to be blessed with your first child?
2. Did your family grow stronger together after learning about infertility?
3. Would you foster more children when yours grow up more?
4. Would you have adopted teenagers or older children if you were given the opportunity?
5.  How much of a surprise was it when you found out you were chosen to be the adoptive parents for your first child?
6. What was your reaction whenever you would get a call about another foster child?
7. Have you ever thought about adopting another child?
8. What are your views on abortion? Why?
9. Do you think you would feel any differently about adoption and abortion if you were able to have your own biological children?
10. Do you think adoption is ignored and seen as something negative?