Script and Interview Questions
When it came to writing the script and the questions for the interviews, Heather and I worked collaboratively. We used the the example of a layout of a factual/documentary script that Kate Misrahi had shown us in the talk she gave to use as the outline of our script. We reflected upon conversations we had partaken in with Beth, research we had done, and also thought about other things that we would like to include in the documentary. Some of these ideas were footage from protests, graphics with quotes and facts and interviews. Throughout writing the script, we had to think about keeping the audience engaged and remembering to relate it to the target audience of "16-24 year-olds" (Campbell, 2021). To try and achieve this, we put the use of graphics, stock footage and simplified the language, which Curran Bernard (2010:47) argues "allows for complexity in the overall film".
The feedback that we received concerning the script was minimal, with Beth saying that it was an "incredibly detailed and clear" (Turrell, 2021) script. The feedback that we received was concerning certain questions that we should think about: "what's your presence going to be? What role is the presenter going to be playing? Is the presenting style going to be more like people such as Louis Theroux or Roman Kemp? Do you need a presenter? What journey are you going to go on with these people?". When thinking about and writing the second draft of the script, we took this into account. In response to the feedback, we adjusted the script, which allowed for clarity for the crew with regards to the ideas in the script (Rosenthal and Eckhardt, 2015:86).
When creating the questions for the interviews, we decided to make them individual to each contributor. They held some similarity for editing purposes, but by making them more individualised it meant that they were more applicable to the contributors as individuals. We used a variety of questions so that we had more options to choose from when cutting in the editing process.
Link to First Draft of the Script
Bibliography:
Campbell, F. (2021) BBC 3 Commissioning. At: https://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/bbc-three (Accessed 17/05/2021)
Curran Bernard, S. (2010) Documentary Storytelling: Making Stronger and More Dramatic Nonfiction Films. (3rd ed.) Oxfordshire: Taylor & Francis Group. At: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucreative-ebooks/detail.action?docID=629959 (Accessed 17/05/2021)
Rosenthal, A and Eckhardt, N. (2015) Writing, Directing and Producing Documentary Films and Digital Videos. Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. At: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucreative-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4414608 (Accessed 18/05/2021).
Turrell, B. (2021) Documentary Lecture Series. [Online 17/05/2021]
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