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Content “Life On Display” Produced By: Tallie Johnson Masters Thesis-Class of 2013 MA: Broadcast Journalism School: University of Southern California 2 Table of Contents: Introduction to Ruby…………………………………………………………..Pages 3-4 Getting Ready………………………………………………………………….Pages 5-6 Family Time……………………………………………………………………Pages 7-8 Showtime……………………………………………………………………….Pages 9-10 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………….Page11-12 3 Tallie Johnson Documentary Script “Life on Display” Thesis 2013 Ruby’s Hands Reaching for the Radio Montage of Vegas Shots Upbeat song playing in the background. Songs picks up pace Shots of Flashing Lights Shots of Ruby coming out of her room and walking down the hallway Announcer: She’s got a huge fanbase out there. Shots of Ruby walking on stage posing She is from Palmdale California; she is an amazing 65 years of age! Ruby on camera Ruby Carter Pikes: The key is to look like your having fun. I mean I do. I really do. I don’t know how well I’m going to do this show , but I have fun it makes me feel good . I just feel good for me and the people. I like going on stage because I’m just saying…I’m 65 and you can do it to. I’m alive, I’m not on a stick, I could be but I’m not today. Just look at me, and all because I took pride and took time to take care of me. Outside shot of Palmdale Fitness Shot of her working out Sounds of workout machine 4 Shots of Ruby running Ruby On Camera Ruby Carter Pikes: I did 1700 calories last night, I mean, and you know one of the girls say, are you going to stop? But I don’t know once I start going its like an engine. Once I start going I’m good. I feel good. And I know how to breathe and I know how to take my stride. I know how to slow it down and pick it up, like that second wind. And I just kept going and it felt good. Shots of Ruby lifting 30lbs weighs Husband on Camera Al Carter Pikes Husband: The only time she intimates me is when she attempts to train me. (laughs) So I’ll be doing my workout which is nothing compared to hers but she always feels the need to show me something or correct me or something and we joke about it, but I tell her look, I’m not one of your clients. Demetri-‐On Camera Demetrius Orlando Carter, Son: Intimidating…It’s more like competitive. Like now, I know she can outrun me. Ruby working on her legs at the gym Ruby: The Body is something, you have to eat right, get the right nutrients you need. You have to hydrate it, get plenty of water, you have to get up and move and exercise. Ruby explaining how much weight she is lifting. We see her about to work out. Ruby: We’ve got 45, two 45s on each side, which is 90 on each side, which makes it 180, probably more than that with the bar. Ruby doing leg lifts Ruby: You have to give it a rest. All four of those things, you have to do it all. You can’t do one without the other. 5 Shot of the Outside of Custom Swimwear sign We see shots of the bathing suits Ruby: So you can tell me a little bit about these suits. Carriann Love: Alright Ruby I got 5 different suits for you to try on, you can try any of them on, they are all your standard figure posing suits according to guidelines all adorned with swobski crystals . On Camera Cariann Love: Our Store is mainly for swimsuits , but based in the fact that there aren’t too many companies that make custom posing suits for bodybuilders and figure competitors. We do get most of the competitors in Southern California. Ruby looking at herself in a swimsuit on camera. Ruby: I just try to make sure everything is in proportion and proper, your suit has to fit proper. On Camera We see Ruby’s toned back and prancing in front of the mirror Cariann Love: We do get a lot of people, I’d say several hundred per year, customers that compete— including Ruby who has been coming in for years. We love working with her and she always comes in and get something. Usually the suits fit her right off the rack because her physique is always the same. She’s always in peak shape. Packaging Ruby’s items for check out Carianne Love: Competitors doing their first show, that’s maybe in a smaller city or smaller sanction. They are usually going to spent about 250 dollars a suit. Customers who do the pro levels shows like the Olympia and the pro levels classics and those 6 type of things. Those suits can go up to 1400 dollars. Carianne: Let us know what is going out with ya? Ruby: Ok I will. Goodbye. Picture of her sister on camera Ruby: My sister, died last year 2011, September 21 st . My sister was two years younger than me. She ended up having diabetes and that’s the thing that runs in my family. Shot of Ruby in Kitchen cooking a meal Ruby on Camera Ruby: My sister continued on her path, she ended up losing a leg, she ended up...they amputated her leg. Ruby: To me its pointless, its crazy, when a person know that you already have health issues, and you know what those are, you know how to prevent it, and you still continue She killed herself. Ruby putting food in pot Anne Peters on Camera Ruby putting food in oven, then son on camera. Anne Peters: Rates of Type II Diabetes is very high in the African American Community. One of the highest communities in terms of rates of type II diabetes. The Type II Diabetes is first of all always genetic almost everybody has a family history of it, or a family history of heart disease that is sort of a type II diabetes equivalent,. Demetrius: I’m a diabetic now, so now its not just eating what is on the table. Now its more or less for my saftey 7 Family eating at the dinner table On Camera Anne Peters: They think by 2050 that 30 percent of all people will have type II diabetes and if your African Americans, Latinos, or Asian, 50 percent or half of all people will have diabetes. That’s huge. Demetrius: So healthy eating is very important in my life now. Its not all fun and games or cupcakes and twinkes all over the place. I have to stay away from the sweets so this is something I’m starting to learn as a grown man. Ruby with her family eating dinner Ruby: If somebody tells me today that something I’m doing is causing my health..then I’m going to stop it. I may not be able to cure myself, but I can either slow the process of I can speed it up. Shots of Ruby Driving to Vegas Shots of Sign Saying Las Vegas 80 miles Ruby: I mean I’m going to a body building show now and it is a sport and its fun but I look at it as more than that ..I do… I really do.. I look at it as more than just me competing. I mean, I’m putting my life on display and its like just like, when a new product hits the market you see tv, billboard, magazines, everybody flashing cuz they want everybody to have a part of it. Ok then I’m that billboard. That’s what I want to do. I want people to be a part of me, at least how I live my life. It can make some kind of impact on them. Larry Camacho On Camera-‐Assistant Larry: Muscle mania is a competition about natural body builders…total drug free body builders, and this is our 23 rd anniversary and we have been here the last four years at the golden nugget in Vegas and this is our annual contest, we have figure, 8 fitness, model and body building. Montage of Ruby getting Ready makeup, tanning cut to music Shot of Ruby coaching guys Ruby: Whatever you do smile! Not no crazy smile, but you smile. You know kind of sexy a little bit. Walk out there with confidence. Aaron Zambran Emcee, Fitness America On Camera Aaron: it’s just the best of the best from all over the world. Some of the best natural athletes I’ve ever seen. Shot of Ruby on Stage Peter Hardwick—On camera International Bodybuilding Judge Peter: It’s great, back home in New Zealand, our last show. The largest class of women was the physic women over 50 years old. They are in great shape, the baby boomers are really coming through and we are getting more and more of the older more mature people who have got time on their hands and they want to keep in shape. Ruby on stage Husband on camera Al Carter Pikes It’s like wow, that’s my wife up there and she is competing against all these women and some of them are like half of her age, and she is holding her own and looking good. 9 Shot of Ruby before they announce the winners Announcer: Alright, In third place we have competitor 297 Ruby Carter Pikes…… Shot of Ruby on Stage Shot of Ruby on Camera talking Shot or Ruby posing on stage with her flowers and trophy Ruby: It felt good, it really did, and I was up with people much younger, I think I was the oldest thing up there. But just going up there with other women its not so much of age but just the condition your body was in, and I knew my body was in pretty fair condition, and competing against women that was a lot tighter than me, it was ok. I felt real good. Being in third place. It’s ok, when they say 5 th , I was in the top five that was nice, they call out five pass me, 4 th , 3 rd , pretty damn good, it felt good, it felt real good. Shots of Ruby and people taking pictures Aaron: It is not about a trophy or apiece of glass that says figure American championship, its about the journey, its about being able to jump on stage and say I presented my best body and at the end of the day. You look at just money versus trophy its not really worth it, its not worth it at all, but you cant put a value on that time or experience on the journey itself. And it’s invaluable to be honest with you and so these competitors do it because it’s something money cannot buy, its inner happiness, inner peace, it is inner strength. that just goes beyond the stage. Shot of scene place where Ruby is going to run. Son On Camera Demetrius Orlando Carter, Son: Like they say your body is a temple, and you are what you eat and that is what I believe you would say. 10 On Camera Shot of Ruby looking out into the distance On Camera Anne: So what is absolutely great is the stories I have of people who have learned how to prevent diabetes, who have taken it to heart and who have fought diabetes in a very proactive way. This isn’t a dieses that one has to be a victim of. There are all sorts of horrible dieses, horrible cancers all sorts of things that I cant fix but I know with the right motivated patient, I can prevent anything that happens from diabetes. Al: Especially at her age, the shape that she is in. I think its fantastic. And Oh God I wish I had her stamina and energy to do things like that. Closing shot of Ruby running off Ruby: And Anybody can do this ..anybody all you have to is just take your time..I don’t have time, you mean to tell me you don’t have time to take care of you! I’m special, I only have but one life, you only have but one life, one time to do it..try to do it right. That’s the way I feel about it. Roll those credits!!! ### 11 Bibliography-Works Cited "AT2W." LAs Fitness Contest Winner Ruby Carter-Pikes Says You Have To Live Iife At Age 64 [VIDEO]. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://www.atoast2wealth.com/2012/06/23/las-bikini-contest-winner-ruby- carter-pikes-says-you-have-to-live-it-at-age-64-video/>. "BlogsAnti-Aging News: Can Exercise Help You Stay Young?" Men's Fitness. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://www.mensfitness.com/training/anti-aging-news-can- exercise-help-you-stay-young>. "Exercise May Delay Early Aging of People With Diabetes." US News. U.S.News & World Report, 19 Oct. 2012. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/10/19/exercise-may- delay-early-aging-of-people-with-diabetes>. "Fannin Partners in Education to Feature 'Fitness Over the Age of 50' at Meeting Oct. 31 - North Texas E-News." North Texas E-News. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_79475.shtml>. "Fitness and Aging on MedicineNet.com." MedicineNet. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51446>. "Indian Wedding Decorations." Mother Nature Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/physical-exercise-beats- mental-workout-for-a-healthy-brain>. "LA Great-Grandmother Takes 2nd in Fitness Contest." NBC Southern California. N.p., 12 n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Ruby- Carter-Pikes-FitSciences-Championships-Los-Angeles-LA-Atlanta-Georgia- Fitness-Health-Bikini-Grandmother-Grandma-159830715.html>. "Local." Grandmother Wows Judges At Body Building Competition Â« CBS Los Angeles. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/07/13/local- grandmother-wows-judges-at-body-building-competition/>. "Madame Noire | Black Women's Lifestyle Guide | Black Hair | Black Love." Madame Noire | Black Women's Lifestyle Guide | Black Hair | Black Love. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://madamenoire.com/189914/age-aint-nothin-but-a-number- 64-year-old-ruby-carter-pikes-wins-bodybuilding-contest/>. "Maintaining Aerobic Fitness Could Delay Biological Aging By Up To 12 Years, Study Shows." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 Apr. 2008. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080409205827.htm>. "Ohio Women Enter Physique Competition after Getting Fit." USA Today. Gannett, n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/31/ohio-women-fitness- competition/1672553/>. Wilson, Julee. "Ruby Carter-Pikes, 64-Year-Old Great-Grandmother, Shows Off Age- Defying Fitness Competition Body (PHOTOS)." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 21 June 2012. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/ruby-carter-pikes-grandmother- fitness-competitor_n_1615314.html>.

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Abstract For most people, age 65 means retirement, but not for Ruby Carter Pikes. As a Fitness USA competitor, she goes up against bodybuilders decades younger, in memory of her sister who died from diabetes.

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Creator Johnson, Tallie (author)

Core Title Life on display

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School Annenberg School for Communication

Degree Master of Arts

Degree Program Journalism (Broadcast Journalism)

Publication Date 05/07/2013

Defense Date 04/30/2013

Publisher University of Southern California (original), University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Tag bodybuilders,Diabetes,fitness,Fitness USA,OAI-PMH Harvest,Ruby Carter Pikes

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Advisor Birman, Daniel H. (committee chair), Peters, Anne (committee member), Smith, Erna R. (committee member)

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