Documentary Planning - Script

Documentary Planning - Script

Me and Steven are planning what we would like the; the narrator, teachers of the school and maybe some of the students of the school to say within our documentary. We can not do it in order yet because we do not know what we would be filming first but when we know what order we are going to put the shots into, we will do a full script in the correct order so that when we begin filming we will know what shots we have to do and what we would want either the students or teachers to say.

Some of the interviews will be scripted and some will not be scripted. The scripted interviews would be with students so that they do not say bad things about the schools and, the non scripted interviews would be with the teachers so that they can tell the audience what it is like working everyday in a school and the challenges that they have to overcome. This is conventional in a documentary for a school so that the viewer feels like they know the truth and is getting the real truth from the real people but not from some of the students because they may us bad language which we would not want to include.

Teachers

• "This school is a very vibrant place, where we expect our students to excel"
• "We have been rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted"
• "In the subjects that we offer here, we have very high pass rates at 69% GCSE pass rate and 98% A-Level pass rate"
• "We believe that students are enthusiastic about coming into school, as this school is very different to others"
• "We try to make our lessons as interesting as possible to ensure that the students are enthusiastic about coming to lessons and progress well with their GCSE's to get a better future"

Students

• "The teachers at this school try their best to ensure that we get the best education possible"
• "The environment is very welcoming around the whole of the school. As all teachers and students are nice"
• "This school is very unique from other schools because the school has a good link with local business like 'Southampton Airport' so that we get state of the art equipment that other schools may not be able to afford and will improve our education"
• "The school hosts many events such as the 'Big Picnic' so that us students try our best with our studies so that we can get invited to go to these events"

Narrator

• "We will be taking you around one of Britain's schools based in Southampton"
• "We want to show what school life is really like for the students and teachers"
• "This is Bitterne Park School, a school which has maintained itself as a great representation of a secondary school in the UK"
• "The head teacher of this school 'Susan Trigger' has been running this school for over 20 years and has kept improving the school"
• "In this school are over 1,500 students who are currently working towards there GCSE grades at Bitterne Park School"