First Draft Script | Development

• When we started thinking about what our documentary will look like, and what content will be in it, we got together and made a list. We started by creating a narrative, and during one of our tutorials with Helen she suggested we base our narrative around the timings during the day. 
• What she meant by that was, the beginning of the documentary will be set at the beginning of  the day, and then the end of the documentary will be set at the end of the day. We all agreed that this was a good idea, so we planned out the order everything will be in while also deciding what questions we want the presenter to ask John, the farmer.

• At first, it was my job to write the script, so I started by writing the commentary to help create a base  for the script, but I found it quite hard to write it on my own as I wanted the rest of my group to have a say in what the script will be like. Also I found documentary scripts harder to write than normal scripts, so the others helped me. 
• We got together and started writing the script using all three of our opinions. After some discussions and moving some questions and shots around, we finished writing more than half of the script. Due to me not feeling confident enough to finish the script, we all decided that Sammi would finish the last part of the script.  

 

• Once the script was finished, Sammi showed it to Helen and the feedback we got was that some parts were in the wrong place and they needed to be moved around. Also some words needed to be changed but other than that, everything was good. 
• After the tutorial, we talked about the feedback and decided that Sammi would improve the script and then send it to myself and Nisserin so we could start the storyboard and the shot list.