Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Silver Plate Script | Development ~ PP

When starting work on the scripts, I knew I needed to do quite a lot of research for each objects so the content is accurate. I used the '100 Objects That Made Kent' website, which Rachel gave me access too, while also reading books they gave me during one of our meetings.

I decided that it would be easier and less complicated for me to focus on one script at a time.

Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Silver Plate

For this script, I needed to do a little bit more research on Sir Cloudesley Shovell as I felt it was important that the audience knew who he was before showing the plate in depth.

The video will start with a very brief introduction to the plate, saying what it is, who owned it and basically giving the story a little bit of an intro.

To start the 'story', there will be an introduction to Sir Cloudesley, saying who he is, what he did and what he was known for. Then the flag ship story, which is where the plate comes in, will be mentioned along with visuals and sounds that look and sound like a thunderstorm. I want the visuals to look like a storm and I want the audience to feel like they are on a boat, so I'm thinking about have shots of boats or the river and I can move the camera around to make it seem like the boat is moving. This is something I can experiment with during the production and shooting day.

Once the storm scene is over, the information that the silver plate sunk along with the ship and stayed underwater for quite a long time, will be mentioned and shown through animation. This is something I will have to try before hand so I know I can do it and I won't have to try something else for that part of the video. I have already used after effects for a few things, and I know how to use that, I just need to be sure I can create an underwater scene before going ahead with that idea.

After the animation, the visuals will go back to artistic shots of the plate, similar to the first few shots. Then the Court Hall and the ceiling in that room will be shown as that has a link to Sir Cloudesley and the museum. 

Then like the other videos, the last visual will be the plate with text appearing on the screen saying what the object is and where to find it - which is at the Guildhall museum.

I am going to send this script to Rachel so if her and Jeremy want to change anything or adjust any of the words they can.