Script Documentary.pdf
- 1. Created using Celtx INT. BAILEYS ROOM 1 - DAY CLOSE UP. A record player is moved into frame and turned on. The music is 'Express Yourself' By NWA. The first 10 seconds plays through until the beat drops. HARD CUTS COMPILATION & EXT. GARDEN - SUNNY DAY Compilation of tik toks/ youtube videos lasting for around 1 minuet. Within videos, MEDIUM (BAILEY IS SITTING DOWN WITH KNEES VISIBLE) BAILEY 'You can use it to escape' *Footage* 'you can use it to learn things as well' HARD CUTS EXT. GARDEN - SUNNY DAY MEDIUM (BAILEY IS SITTING DOWN WITH KNEES VISIBLE) With a slow pace: BAILEY But sometimes people get addicted too much to social media. This is when the negative side of it appears and the addiction gets out of hand. People begin to judge themselves online. From this people become depressed. Eventually people take matters into their own hand and can end up harming themselves. (Try and follow the basics of the text but it does not need
- 2. 2. Created using Celtx to be word for word, try to sound as natural as possible) INTERVIEW FROM YOUTUBE An interview with Elon musk talking about the negative sides of instagram, overcut with news reports of how instagram effects teens and mental health. INT. BAILEYS ROOM 2 - DAY Bailey lies in bed, asleep, then picks up his phone in slow motion. MEDIUM SHOT HARD CUT Bailey is scrolling through instagram EXTREME CLOSE UP HARD CUT Footage of Bailey using a PS controller CLOSE UP HARD CUT Game Cases footage EXTREME CLOSE UP HARD CUT Controller on the floor CLOSE UP HARD CUT BAILEY (WHILE THE SHOTS ABOVE PLAY OUT) It started to become very unhealthy, I was always finding myself waking up on a morning and straight away trying to find my phone. I was never having a morning without social media. It was always getting straight online and spending arounf half an hour just scrolling through
- 3. 3. Created using Celtx instagram. I was never relaxing in any sort of way, I was never having a normal morning of getting food. I was just always online. Then I started gaming a lot more. I started spending all of my money on games. I stopped going out and spent all my time online. That for me was one of the bad parts of social media . EXT. GARDEN - SUNNY DAY MEDIUM SHOT (BAILEY IS SITTING WITH LEGS VISIBLE) With a slow pace: BAILEY But the good thing about social media is that you can share your thoughts and opinions on certain things *News footage about how people shared an event online plays* BAILEY And a good example of that would be George Floyd. COMPILATION A compilation of riot footage and news footage is played in a fast pace. VOICEOVER OF BAILEY Because of social media, people were able to see what was happening in the world and were able to unite and protest over what was going on. I would say that that is one of the positives of social media, it helps people connect.
- 4. 4. Created using Celtx EXT. GARDEN - SUNNY DAY WALKING TO THE METRO BAILEY But I think the negatives outweigh it more EXT. WHITLEY BAY METRO Walking onto the metro BAILEY so I decided to see if there was anything i could do instead of social media. EXT. WHITLEY SKATE PARK Compilation of Bailey skating. BAILEY Although i'm absolutely awful at skating, its something I enjoy. Bailey scrolling on his phone at the park and then leaving. BAILEY Now I find myself only using youtube to either learn something new or learn new tricks. I've started to learn that I feel better outside than i do on social media... and that's when i found walking. EXT. WINGATE WOODS Bailey is sitting next to a tree and talking about how walking helped his mental health, with shots of him walking and nature. BAILEY *This segment is unscripted in order to give a sense of true feeling and make it look more believable. Here Bailey will be talking about his issues, therefore unscripted* INT. NIGHTCLUB Stock videos of nightclubs and raves playing.
- 5. 5. Created using Celtx BAILEY (WHILE THE SHOTS ABOVE PLAY OUT) But I promise you, after you quit social media your life becomes so much better and you can find yourself again. FADE TO BLACK. Credits