Script

Props

Voice of Detail

Research on the Background

Things to include in the argument between America and the UK.Boston Tea Party

- It was a form of protest bt colonist in a British colony in Massachusetts.
- It happened December 16th 1773-Men dressed as indians led by a man called Samuel Adams dumped £10,000 (£636,000 by modern day) worth of tea into the harbour.

The Earl

- Built the castle1776 as a hunting lodge but soon changed its name to Boston Castle because he felt that strongly about the American Revolution. He believed America should have their independence.
- The Earl was also expected to fight in the war against America.

Change of idea

We are no longer going to include the reenactment because we do not think that it would be suitable for a children TV programme as it would not keep the attention of the children. Instead we are going to have Lisa Blythe and Daniel Simpson wearing plain clothes, a white top and dark trousers. Lisa with the Union Jack on her top, and Daniel with the American Flag. (It would be a good idea that Daniel speaks in an American accent). They are going to have a conversation/argument about the situation surrounding the Boston Tea Party. Just to give children an insight into why Boston Castle is named as it is, and also a little extra information even though it is not to do with Boston Castle but the American War Of Independence.

Treatment

Treatment

Presenters - Jade Dannatt, Becky Marshall

The Earl of Effingham - Daniel Simpson
Newspaper Reporter - Lisa Blythe

In our group of four, we are going to make a children's documentary about Boston Castle. Our target audience is going to be children in the age range of 7-13. The mode of address is going tbe teacher to pupil however it will be very informal but still informative.
Our group intend to create this small clip by using only 3 locations. We are going to follow a narrative structure (Todorov). First we plan on starting in a classroom at college with a white backdrop. We are using the white backdrop to make the colours of the costumes stand out, as Jade and Becky plan on wearing bright colours because it is something aimed at young children and bright colours attract and help to keep them engaged with the action. Using high angled shots would be good to use as these shots would make the children feel 'bigger' whilst watching this, even though we are more dominant as we are playing the 'teacher' role in the documentary. Also in this part we will give a brief intro such as “Hi kids! Today we're going to be learning about Boston Castle!” We will also give facts and figures about the castle. Once that has been done the camera will then cut to Jade and Becky (the presenters) who are at Boston castle. We are thinking about using the top of the castle to cut to (Up for negotiation). Then we are going to have a video clip of around and inside the castle and maybe some of the surrounding features of the castle grounds. On top of this we plan on having a voice over which is done by Daniel explaining what we are seeing/filming.
After this the camera will cut to Jade and Becky who are stood outside the small door within college. The two presenters tell the children it is a time machine (we will also have a sign on the door saying 'TIME MACHINE'), Jade and Becky open the door and will either use a fade in and fade out editing or we will edit images of Jade and Becky on a 'swirl' background with sound effects used on doctor who. This is to create the effect of time travel. Jade and Becky appear behind a tree. Throughout the next set of scenes we plan to use an old look editing effect as this will show that we have travelled back in time and to show the past. We also have an idea that there maybe a possibility that we could edit it so that Jade and Becky are the only people that are in colour; Which shows that they are from the future. We then stop and say 'shhh, look, there’s the earl!' and the camera then goes to a shot of The Earl and the newspaper reporter who is interviewing the Earl. The camera now focus’s on the interview itself. However, after the interview you see Jade and Becky in the background using hand gesture to say 'come on! We’re going!'
Then we are going to cut back to a shot of Jade and Becky stood outside the time machine, saying ‘Thanks for joining us today kids! See you soon!'

Costumes - Jade and Becky - wearing bright colours to keep the children’s attention to the action, funky clothes and pigtails.
Daniel - (The Earl Of Effingham) 18th century clothes, from the drama section in college
Lisa - Newspaper Reporter, wearing a suit and a hat.


PROPS - Something for the newspaper reporter to be writing on.
The hardest part we are going encounter whilst doing this is going to be doing the re-enactment, we have to go back to 1846(ish) using the location as it is today. This is hard because the windows and doors of Boston castle are covered with metal planks; this is obviously an issue to tackle. We plan to tackle this by still showing Boston castle, however only using shots that do not show the windows and/or doors, but only the walls. To make it look as though we are in the past we are going to have try and cut out any sounds such as cars from in the distance, and also film in the early morning when there no cars around at the car park. The costumes will also fit to the diegetic world. We may also add some non-diegetic sounds. We will also be using a non diegetic sound when it comes to editing for the time travelling scene

Health and Safety points

Filming outside only when the weather is dry
Falling objects i.e. branches
Trips and falls due to a wet surface etc
Making sure that at least one member of the group has a mobile phone when filming
Don’t go filming on your own
Making sure that no lights are shining in peoples eyes.