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This clip uses animation, drawings and live action to discuss a type of female birth control, commonly known as “the pill.” It begins with a drawing of the pill with a label under it titled “the pill,” then the camera zooms all the way on the pill as a transition to the next shot. Cuts to a panning shot of a diagram of chemical compounds that make up the pill. Cuts to a live action CU of a finger pointing to the pill in its packaging. Cuts to a MS of a woman talking to a male doctor/ clinician. A animation of a circle of circles forming to show that the pill is taken either twenty-one or twenty-eight days out of the month. Continues with a line of similar circles indicating that a woman must continue to take the pill each month for it to be effective. A live action MS of a woman offering another woman her pills and the woman shaking her head in polite decline. A shot of a clinician examining a woman before prescribing her more pills. A CU of the pill in its container. A list of advantageous things the pill does besides preventing pregnancy. A list of symptoms to call your doctor about if a woman on the pill experiences. A shot of a clinician holding the pill packaging and discussing it with her patient.