Storyboard

 

Locations

 

Shotlist and Shooting Script

Shooting Script:

Olivia R

Shots	Shot description	Audio and dialogue
1	Long-shot of people walking past on their phones	Dramatic piano music
2	Over the shoulder shot of someone on their phone	Presenter: “Over the past few years, technology has become a huge part of our lives” Dramatic piano music
3	Long-shot of child watching the TV	Presenter: “many of us can’t seem to cope without it” Dramatic piano music
4	Mid-shot of someone on their computer with a cup of coffee next to them	Presenter: “we use technology every single day to work, communicate and learn” Dramatic piano music
5	Close-up of someone scrolling on their phone	Dramatic piano music but then it stops
6	Close-up of medical professional saying that technology is bad for our health – as she says a key word it is displayed through text on the screen – her name is also displayed on the screen	Medical professional: “Using our devices too often can cause insomnia, headaches and many other health problems”
7	Mid-shot of medical professional discussing the effects technology has on our health - anxiety and depression displayed in text on the screen	Medical professional: “we have also seen an increase in people being diagnosed with anxiety and depression” Dramatic music begins again
8	Mid-shot of scam victim saying how they got scammed	Scam victim: “I was told that one of my accounts would be deactivated” Dramatic piano music
9	Close-up when the scam victim states how much money they have lost	Scam victim: “In total I lost £5000” Dramatic piano music
10	Mid-shot of teenager saying how technology has impacted her mental health – ‘perfect lives’ is highlighted on screen	“I am constantly comparing myself to other people and their ‘so-called’ perfect lives” Dramatic piano music
11	Cuts back to presenter addressing the audience – giving them a question	Presenter: “but what impact is this having on our lives?” Dramatic piano music
12	Title “Technology: the good, the bad and the ugly” appear on the screen	Dramatic piano music
13	Title “Technology: the good, the bad and the ugly” fade out	Dramatic piano music fades
14	LS of presenter explaining what the episode is going to be about	Presenter: “In today’s episode we will be discussing the issues with technology and how it affects our everyday lives”
15	MS of presenter explaining where the first interview is going to take place – about to get into a car	Presenter: “First, I will be visiting Basildon Hospital to meet a medical professional who can tell us all about the affects technology can have on our health…lets go”
16	CU of car door closing	Fast paced music
17	LS of car driving off	Fast paced music
18	LS pan of Basildon sign	Fast paced music
19	LS, low angle shot of the building	Fast paced music
20	LS of the hospital	Fast paced music slows down
21	LS, two shot of the medical professional coming to meet the presenter and introducing herself	Presenter: “Hi, nice to meet you” Medical professional: “Hi” Presenter: “so I understand that today you’ll be explaining the impacts of technology on our health?”
22	MS of the medical professional explaining the negatives of technology -name is displayed on screen	Medical professional: “Yes that’s right, now more than ever before we have seen a large rise in the amount of people coming to us who have problems with their vision or who are struggling to sleep. This is because much of the population now owns smartphones and other devices and I would say a large amount of these people use their devices before bed.”
23	CU of the medical professional further explaining why technology can impact our health	Medical professional: “The issue with this is that these devices emit a ‘blue-light’ which stimulates the brain into thinking that it is day-time, so by being exposed to this light right before you go to bed, can certainly cause insomnia and shifts our body clocks which can in turn have an effect on our health, not just our sleeping patterns.”
24	Two-shot of presenter asking a question	Presenter: “Since more people have been at home over lockdown would you say that you have seen a rise in these types of cases and what advice would you give to these people?”
25	MS, low angle of medical professional answering the question	Medical professional: “Most definitely. We have seen a rise in people being prescribed medications for these things as we have spent much more time at home and although there are many great aspects to technology, we need to be mindful about how much time we spend on our devices”
26	MS of medical professional answering the question	Medical professional: “I would say that people should turn off their devices at least an hour before they go to bed to help combat insomnia as well as ensuring that you are partaking in at least 60 minutes exercise per day.”
27	Two-shot, long shot of presenter and medical professional parting	Presenter: “I will certainly be taking that information on board! Thank you so much for your time”
28	Cut to shot of someone using a device in the dark with facts and statistics being displayed about insomnia and health issues due to technology – voiceover of presenter reading the facts	Presenter (voiceover): “on average people usually spend 3 hours and 15 minutes on their phones each day…60% of adults reported that they experienced insomnia when they used their phones before going to bed, 70% of people reported that they experienced headaches, dry eyes and eyestrain after they have used a computer for a long period of time, 50% of people reported back and neck pains after using a device” Dramatic piano music
29	Cuts to LS of car arriving at a house and presenter exiting the vehicle	Presenter (voiceover): “Since we are all now using technology, it has massively increased our chances of being scammed” Dramatic music
30	CU of presenter’s shoes whilst walking up to the door	Presenter (voiceover): “So now I am visiting someone who…” Dramatic music
31	LS of presenter walking up to the door	Presenter (voiceover): “…has recently been a victim of this crime” Dramatic music
32	CU of presenter knocking on the door	Pleonastic sound - knocking on the door
33	MS of scam victim opening the door and inviting the presenter in	Presenter: “hi nice to meet you” Scam victim: “hi”
34	Two-shot of presenter asking about the scam	Presenter: “So how exactly did you get scammed?”
35	MS of scam victim explaining what happened	Scam victim: “I received an email stating that one of my online shopping accounts was going to be deactivated and that I should follow a link to cancel this which I did”
36	MS, low angle, of the scam victim explaining what happened	Scam victim: “It took me to a website which looked just like the real one so I continued and entered my details.”
37	MS of scam victim explaining what happened	Scam victim: "It was only the next day that I received a phone call from my bank to say that unusual activity had been reported on my account”
38	CU of scam victim explaining what happened	Scam victim: “I then realised that at least £5000 had been taken out of my bank account.”
39	Cuts to MS, over the shoulder shot of scam victim on their device with facts about scamming being displayed	Presenter (voiceover): “it has been estimated that 4 million scams occur per year in the UK…34% of scams take place over the phone…the annual cost of fraud in the UK is £190 billion…identity theft is one of the most common types of scam with almost 200,000 people experiencing this annually” Dramatic music
40	Cuts to LS of presenter walking through a town centre to meet someone for an interview	Presenter (voiceover): “I am now meeting a girl who says that her whole life is on her phone” Dramatic but slightly upbeat music
41	LS of all the shops and people walking past (sped up)	Presenter (voiceover): “but has this turned into a hobby or an obsession?” Dramatic but slightly upbeat music
42	LS, pan of area	Dramatic but slightly upbeat music fades
43	Cuts back to a two-shot of the presenter walking and meeting the teenager	Presenter: “Hi, how are you?” Teenager: “Hiya, I’m good thanks”
44	MS of presenter asking why they use social media	Presenter: “So what is it that compels you to use social media on a daily basis?”
45	MS of teenager positively answering the question	Teenager: “Well really social media is a huge part of my life now due to my growing fan base who have supported me every step of the way in pursuing my career as an influencer. They’ve made me feel really confident about myself and they’re all just so great”
46	CU of teenager’s phone as she describes how much she uses her phone	Teenager: “Although I have noticed that my screen time is constantly increasing”
47	MS of teenager talking more	Teenager: “My screen time must be at least 8 hours per day which is really excessive when you think about it but my whole life is online”
48	CU of presenter asking how social media has impacted her mental health	Presenter: “Would you say that social media has impacted your mental health in any way?”
49	MS of teenager answering the question about her mental health	Teenager: “In some ways it has made it worse because I am constantly comparing myself to other people and their so-called ‘perfect lives’ but it has also improved my life in so many ways”
50	Two-shot CU of presenter and teenager saying how she has made many friends online	Teenager: “people I just started chatting to online have now turned into friends for life, it’s amazing that you can talk to so many people from around the world who you would never usually meet.”

 

Documentary plan

                                      Coursework: Social Media

 

Documentary title:

-       Technology/social media: the good, the bad and the ugly – includes intertextuality

-       Anti or social media/social or anti media

-       Things you wish you knew…/the truth behind…/break free…/the ugly truth..

-       Surf/surfing/surf, sink or swim/

-       Likes/follows/tags/share

Production company title:

-       Estrella means star

-       Moira - a person’s fate or destiny

-       Elysian – beautiful creative

-       Duende – the mysterious power of art to deeply move a person

-       Moonglade

-       Eunoia – beautiful thinking

-       Apricity – the warmth of the sun in winter

-       Yugen – an awareness of the universe that triggers feelings too deep and mysterious for words

-       Elysian – pure/heaven/paradise – logo of palm tree/angel wings

Things to focus on:

-       Include vlogging/social media/YouTube star

-       People who have had a bad experience with social media e.g., scams, mental health issues, physical health problems.

-       Scams –  vulnerable people, elderly – interview – how technology has impacted their lives in a negative way – money taken – taken advantage of/ cut to shot of that person actually on their computer scrolling through emails?

-       Mental health – Ideas about the ‘perfect life’, beauty standards, celebrities as role models - interview

-       Physical health – Too much screen time, headaches, trouble sleeping – could speak to a doctor/expert

-       Coronavirus – How social media has been useful during lockdown e.g. keeping in touch with friends and family, school work. How social media has created bad habits during lockdown e.g. too much screen time, laziness, online shopping.

Must haves:

-       At least 40 different shot types e.g.: close-up, mid-shot, long-shot, extreme long-shot, low-angle, high-angle, pan, shallow focus, deep focus, eye-line match, over the shoulder-shot, tilt, dolly, zoom, Dutch angle/tilt, two-shot

-       Shot plan/list should have a table including – shot number, location, shot type, camera angle, camera movement and shot description (subject, action, lighting etc.)

 

Shot ideas:

-       Shot of me/someone using a device with the documentary logo as the wallpaper, click on an app/link and this takes me to an interview or another scene.

-       Shot of a phone/device light up in the dark and then text (facts about technology) floats/slides onto the screen with percentages etc.

-       Interview with a doctor/practice nurse – someone can be wearing a mask – link to coronavirus?

-       Shot of member of the public/YouTube star explaining how they have used much more internet over lockdown and eyesight has worsened? 

-       Positives of social media – keeping in touch with friend, examples of social media platforms displayed on the screen as they say each kind of platform

-       Screen recordings? 

-       Fade in/montage of different interviews

-       Me sitting with an interviewee – lots of shot types e.g. close ups of both faces, different angles, clear background.

-       Maybe a drone shot

General Ideas:

 

-       Narrator

-       Vox pop – interview with the public

-       Interview set to rule of thirds

-       The opening needs to cover the central question and action footage

 

 

Statement of intent

 

How do you intend to use the four areas of the media theoretical framework to communicate meaning and meet the requirements of your chosen brief? (approx. 400 words)

Product 1 – documentary 

 

For my opening sequence of a documentary, I plan to use media language to create a technological documentary which will raise awareness about the issues covered, educate and entertain. This will be used to appeal to the target audience of a socially conscious, 16-25, middle to upmarket demographic to hopefully reflect the industry context desired by BBC Three and will be of a subject of great interest to them considering technology is predominantly used by this age bracket. I will need to ensure that my documentary complies to the BBC’s remit which is to inform, educate and entertain and I shall do this by including information and advice about current topics and I will represent my target audience through having a presenter of a similar age and through an interview with a teen influencer which will be of interest to this age group. To add to this, I will also be representing a slightly older demographic through the medical professional and scam victim to ensure that a variety of age groups are represented as well as different genders. Furthermore, I will achieve this through the mise en scene of youthful clothing and props such as mobile phones and other technological devices which will further appeal to my audience. I plan to use appropriate codes and conventions of a documentary such as a wide variety of camera shots, angles and movements as appropriate to a documentary and have various different interviews to cover as many aspects of technology as possible which my audience will be able to relate to. The lighting will be fairly natural to ensure that my documentary looks and feels as realistic as possible, and I will have text appearing when an interviewee states a shocking fact to emphasise what they have said, and this will shock my audience even more. My music choices will also create meaning through reflecting the video being shown, I will mainly have electronic sounding music to mirror the theme of my documentary and it will have an intense tone to demonstrate the seriousness of the issue. I am going to use 3 distinct locations where each interview will take place which will be a hospital, town centre and a scam victim’s home. This will add depth to my documentary and so it feels to the audience as though they are travelling with the presenter to find out more as there will be many shots of each location. I will find inspiration from other documentary programmes shown on BBC Three such as Stacey Dooley and Beauty Laid Bare which have a similar format to my planned documentary as they are on journeys to find out more about their chosen topic and visit many different places. I will also have the BBC Three logo present throughout my whole documentary to make the branding clear.

 

 

 

Product 2 – website    

 

My website will include relevant information linking to my documentary such as facts and advice on the topic. My audio-visual content will be a vlog from a young social media influencer discussing her problematic experiences with social media and how she overcame the issues she faced. It will also include advice which will appeal to the target audience due to their age group as they are the predominant users of technology and many will have faced the issues raised. The influencer will also advise them to view the website for additional information and as well as the documentary to further promote my products. The design of my website will be clear yet eye-catching through the use of colours and I will have interactive sliders and click-throughs to my other pages to keep my target audience engaged as well as images and text having engaging transitions. I will have a home page which will display my documentary, advice about the topic, a section where the audience can get to know their presenter and a section which introduces the vlogger starring in my audio-visual content on my second page. My second page will be titled ‘get involved’ and will display the audio-visual content, advice about the issues the vlogger has raised in her video as well as a competition for the audience to enter to further engage them and share their experiences.

 

 

How do you intend to link your media products to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the digitally convergent nature of your media production (approx. 100 words) 

A media product must have a highly appropriate and consistent brand image across different media forms, a branding which demonstrates and highlights that the documentary and web pages are for the same production company and same intended target audience. Some ways I am going to do this is through the consistent use of the same brand logos and fonts as well as house style. Both my website and documentary will feature the BBC Three logo as well as the production company name. On the website, the audience will be directed straight to my documentary and there will also be audio visual content relating to the topics discussed within my documentary. Furthermore, my documentary will include the website link and the presenter will be holding interview cards with the logo displayed on them to further connect my two products. My website will also include detailed information and advice about the topics discussed in my documentary so that the audience of my documentary can explore the topic in further detail after watching it if they have any questions or queries. The use of social media on my website will demonstrate my knowledge of digital convergence and further appeal to my target audience as they are very active users of social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. My website and documentary will also have very similar fonts and colours used to further interlink them.