When Lyn and Glen Hansen first decided to adopt they didn’t realise the long journey and many questions that were ahead of them. After years of interviews, qualification testing and paperwork they were able to be waitlisted as a potential home for any children that were in need. While going through the process, they began to become increasingly aware of just how little education there was available around adoptions with this only growing after they adopted their two children. WATER IS AS THICK AS BLOOD is a 5 minute audio documentary that sees Lyn and Glen reflect on their experience of adopting their son and their experiences in the adoption system.
Production Credits
Featuring Lyn and Glen Hansen
A film by Madeleine Hansen
Title card image from Lyn Hansen’s personal collection
Sound effects and music:
‘Male Astonished Gasp’
Composed by Mixkit
https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/
‘Baby_boy_toddler_kid_smile_smiling_joy_fun_happy_kids_infant.wav’
Composed by Ondondvo
https://freesound.org/people/ondondvo/sounds/460079/
Licensed under – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
‘female laugh with inhale.wav’
Composed by Tim Kahn
https://freesound.org/people/tim.kahn/sounds/470059/
Licensed under – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
‘110-Murmur Of Joy Woman.wav’
Composed by Leoctiurs
https://freesound.org/people/Leoctiurs/sounds/428235/
Licensed under – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
‘Hug 1.MP3’
Composed by FunWithSound
https://freesound.org/people/FunWithSound/sounds/367755/
Licensed under – https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
‘Keyboard.m4a’
Created by Rosachoque
https://freesound.org/people/Rosachoque/sounds/463927/
Licensed under – https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
‘HymneCanterbury.wav’
Created by Herbert Boland
https://freesound.org/people/HerbertBoland/sounds/28240/
Licensed under – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
‘Small group laughing’
Created by richwise
https://freesound.org/people/richwise/sounds/497420/
‘Footsteps_Hallway.wav’
Created by georgisound
https://freesound.org/people/georgisound/sounds/368834/
‘Rustling Paper.wav’
Created by keweldog
https://freesound.org/people/keweldog/sounds/181774/
‘Hospital sounds 3.wav’
Created by ERH
https://freesound.org/people/ERH/sounds/54486/
Licensed under – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
‘Wheely chair.wav’
Created by Jeanet Henning
https://freesound.org/people/Jeanet_Henning/sounds/328904/
Licensed under – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
‘Vintage telephone ringtone’
Created by Mixkit
https://mixkit.co/free-sound-effects/phone-ring/
‘Plastic modern landline telephone dial number, button presses 1’
Created by Zapsplat
https://www.zapsplat.com/?s=landline&post_type=music&sound-effect-category-id
‘AOKI Takamasa:2’
Created by Creative Commons
https://soundcloud.com/wearecc/ear_aoki_2-wav
Licensed under – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
‘Train Passing Grade Crossing’
Created by GaryEdstrom
https://freesound.org/people/GaryEdstrom/sounds/264117/
Licensed under – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
‘Door Open Close’
Created by amholma
https://freesound.org/people/amholma/sounds/344360/
With thanks to:
Paul Ritchard, Adam Farrington-Williams and the Real to Reel studio class members for all their feedback.
Supervising Producer
Rohan Spong
Created as part of
Real to Reel studio
School of Media and Communication
RMIT
2020