A2 Media Studies | Documentary Planning: Script

Whilst going through the planning phase of the documentary task, me and Tom are currently considering what the narrator, teachers and students might have to say in the documentary to show a vibrant working environment. The only thing which is holding both of us back from doing a full script is the lack of a storyboard, which will have to be thoroughly planned out and drawn. Once the storyboard is finished we will start the full script and for now an in depth into any considerations regarding the documentary script will be added here and will be updated once the full script is made.

Script - 1st draft

Teachers

• "This school is a very vibrant place where we expect our students to excel in their studies."
• "We as a school have been rated as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted."
• "We also have high pass rates in the subjects we offer as in previous years, most of our students have passed their subjects. There's been a 69% pass rate with our year 11 students on their GCSEs and a 98% pass rate with our Year 13 A-Level students."
• "We believe that our students are very enthusiastic with coming to school and working through their subjects."
• "We try to make our lessons as interesting as possible to ensure that students are enthusiastic about their studies and are progressing with their GCSEs for their benefit in the future."

Students

• "The teachers at this school are doing their best to ensure that we get the best education in the subjects we do."
• "The school's environment is very welcoming to us students throughout the entire building. All teachers and all students are nice and the school is always kept clean on a regular basis."
• "This school is very unique from other schools because the school has a good bond with local businesses such as Southampton Airport so that we get state of the art equipment which other schools may not be able to afford which is an enhancement on our education."
• "The school hosts several rewarding events such as the 'big picnic' which is set in the sports field, assemblies which celebrate the success of students and trips to rewarding places for students such as theme parks and entertainment facilities."

Narrator

• "We'll be taking you around one of Britain's schools based in Southampton."
• "We want to show what school life is like for teachers, students and other staff which work in the building."
• "This is Bitterne Park School, a school which has maintained itself as a great representation of a secondary school in the United Kingdom."
• "The headteacher of the school is Susan Trigger who has been in control of the school for over 20 years and has kept improving the school."
• "In this school there are over 1,500 students who are currently working towards their GCSE grades, all within 5 different year groups ranging from years 7 to 11."

Alongside all of these script elements that me and Tom have considered regarding the documentary, we should also note that interviews with people won't be scripted as we want people to spontaneously say how they feel about the school and what it offers to them and that it's conventional for this to be portrayed in documentaries which highlight school, as a result of this the viewer will feel like they know the truth about people's experience at the school and are getting the actual truth from the real people in the documentary.