Jake Fields LO4 Unit 11
Have needs/ expectations been met for
the client brief and target audience?
For
this assignment I have been asked to create a script for my documentary I am
making called "Me And My Disability". This is about a 19 year old called Josh who has a physical disability
called Cerebral Palsy and this is about how Josh has got to where he has today
living with his disability. He talks about his struggles with his disability
and how he gets around those problems.
An example from my script specifically aimed at Josh and his Cerebral Palsy was “Josh, tell me more about how you came around knowing you had Cerebral Palsy” Josh replied “I did not know I had Cerebral Palsy until I was around 2 years old because fortunately for me I have a twin brother who had already started walking and I was having difficulties that is why my parents began to question if there was something wrong with me and why I was not standing. This then turned out to be Cerebral Palsy”.
My
target audience for my documentary are 12+ mature because of the content
included maybe to sensitive for anyone under this age. People ranging
from lower to middle to upper class A,B,C1,C2,D because this is aimed at people
who may share the same disability are who want to learn more about the cerebral
palsy. Aimed at both genders and is for people of any lifestyle. The target audience who may be wondering
what challenges he faces there is in the script a question on this “What
challenges does he face on a daily basis”which he
explained “I do not really
face that many challenges on a daily basis yes walking at times can be an issue
can’t really walk
for a large amount of time but to what people think that are challenges to me I
do not think they
are”.
What were the clients likes and dislikes
My
client liked the fact I had a good balance of the fact Josh in this represents
a typical teenager just because he has Cerebral
Palsy it does not let him struggle
in life and my client agreed that this shows representation. Maybe add some non-diegetic incidental music to connote the sombre tone of Josh talking about his disability. Having it fade in and out I think the
best to add this would be suited at the start at the introduction to introduce
the documentary and also at the end for credits. I think by adding some non-diegetic incidental music this will give a strong impact into josh's life and also effect on
the audience and this will give them their own opinion on josh. It is important
I have a strong narrative because this has to touch people to the heart and not
just to look at josh and say he has a disability ignore him but to actually
what he has done in his life more than what other people have done in their
lives. The dialogue used in the script is informal
and is all natural nothing fake all genuine dialogue because this is a documentary
What are the relevant changes that need
to made to the script?
The
relevant changes that would need to be changed in order to make this a shooting
script from the advice I was given from The
Writers Group would be to make sure the format of the script is to the
correct standard so the style is correct shot types are places in the right
places to the right and include cut away to not just cut to mention what it's
cutting away to. On the right is where all the camera shots are used where the
special effects are used and also where the special effects are used. The Writers Group did mention about if
there was music included in the documentary what type of music would be used
which I replied and said that I would look to use some instrumental background
music nothing with any lyrics more orchestral music something subtle and the
represents Josh.
Is the content of the product correct
The
language used in the script is informal language as I wanted to make this feature
as Josh not another person who has a disability I wanted to make this genuine
so to create this I got Josh to talk as he normally would. The house style of
the script is formatted in a courier font and size 12 and this is a
professional script format used by those in the industry. This script with all
the improvements from The Writers Group
now looks like a shooting script. This is because the overall structure of the script
has camera directions including camera angles, movements and shot types so the
camera operator and director knows what shot for what scene. The time of the
day has been used in the script the specific location has been used in the
script as this has used not only the location of the area but the street name
as well. All of these I have included making this a shooting script.
The
modes of address that I have tried to include in this peer to peer because we
get Josh talking to us about his disability. But I also see this as teacher to pupil as we gain a lot of information
about Josh. One of the questions that
was used in the documentary script was “Josh what do you like to do in your
spare time some of your hobbies and interest”Josh answered “Some
of things I like to do are going to watch the football Sheffield Wednesday are
the team of my choice had a season ticket for as long as I can remember.
Does it meet legal/ ethical requirements?
I
would say that this is sensitive for
some children under the age of 18 but over the age of 12 because this can be a
touchy subject for some and also people under the age of 12 may not
understand the whole cerebral palsy situation. This is why from the list below
form the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) website this guides what a
12 should include but my production does not have any discriminatory language used to offend anybody there is no use of drugs no swaring throughout the script no nudity or sex involved no threats or violoence. You may see some of the in other documentaries but because of the subject
matter I believe that this would be appropriate for 12 and over because some people may find this upsetting.
I would say that this would be appropriate for pre-watershed times as this does not show discrimination of cerebral palsy or against anyone who has a disability and also this has no inappropriate language used in the documentary. All the language used in this is clean.
Because
I am going to use music in my documentary. The
song that I would choose to use in this documentary would be Everglow by
Coldplay the instrumental music as this is a very uplifting song and there is a
light at the end of the tunnel for Josh. The record label I would make contact
with is “Paraphone” to
see if their is any negotiations needed to clear any wrong doings with
copyright. This is important because if you used music without
permission this could get me in legal trouble because the company not by me
owns the song. Also if I am making money off of this I could go to court However
to be more realistic with the budget I have I would find a song in the Creative Commons by using soundcloud and look for music that would seem appropriate.
What
I have had to do is prevent any slander in my documentary script about
disability by going through the script with josh and asking him all of the
questions and this was to see if any of them were offensive towards Josh and
his disability but also disability in general. I did just want to be carful
about discrimination and how this would affect him personally
