Documentary Version two

Script Version two

This script was made bye zak

PIX	SYNC/COMM	Time
Opening shots of education - EG: Students in classrooms, hands raising, sex ed classes	Comm: Sex Education. Two words sure to inspire nervous whispers and awkward giggles in classrooms all across Britain. However, if you’re one of many young, bisexual students then this class may only be giving you half of what you need.
Zak walks onto screen Mix with actuality	Sync: I’m Zak Wilkins, a genderfluid, pansexual filmmaker. I came out as bisexual when I was 14 and then bouncing between identities for six years after as I struggled to find a label I felt appropriately described me.
Zak sat on bench	Sync: I’d been aware I wasn’t straight for years and hoped sex ed might help clear up some of my confusion. Instead, I was taught about heterosexual sex, heterosexual relationships and heterosexual health risks. With no mention of sexuality or gender identity I used the internet to educate myself - leading to years of self loathing and confusion.
	Sync: It wasn’t until I was 20 that I truly felt comfortable with and confident in my identity but I’d always hoped that my school could have given me the information I needed to make this realisation sooner.
Actuality - Full Family Molly Debbie and Darrell	Comm:  I wanted to see if sex education had gotten any better in the 8 years since I struggled through it so went to meet Molly, a thirteen year old student who’s just had her sex ed classes and her parents, Debbie and Darrell to get their opinions on what their daughter should be taught.	2 mins
Interview in vision - Presenter Molly	Sync Zak - So you recently had sex ed, what sort of topics did you cover?
	Sync Molly - We were taught about straight relationships, pregnancy and stis. We didn’t talk about lgbt people at all.
	Sync Zak - Do you think you should be taught about lgbt relationships?
	Sync Molly - I think learning about lgbt relationships would be useful because then lgbt people in the class wouldn’t feel so isolated.
Actuality - Debbie & Darrell	Sync Zak - How do you feel about your kids being taught about lgbt issues?
Interview in vision - Debbie & Darrell	Sync Debbie - I don’t see why not. When I was younger we knew nothing about gay people. I didn’t know anybody that was gay until a family member came out. Maybe not when they’re young but as they get older it’s an issue they should become aware of. Sync Darrell - I don’t think it should be taught until then in years 10 or 11, when it’s relevant to learn about sexuality. If we teach secondary school kids. I definitely don’t think primary school kids should be learning about sexuality. At primary school, all they should need to know is about puberty.
	Sync Zak - Would you feel confident answering questions about sexuality if your children came to you instead then? Sync Debbie - I’m more than happy to talk about sexuality with our kids. Sync Darrell - We’ve always taught our kids to be honest. Sync Debbie - Like when Tommy came out ...
Actuality of Tommy	Sync Tommy - Introduces self
Interview in vision - Tommy	Sync Tommy - I came out to my friends at school first. My parents came after that ...
	Sync Tommy - My sex ed had some coverage of lgbt relationships but it was very basic. I had a close friend come out and after that a lot of us started thinking about sexuality and realising we might not be straight. A lot of my information about straight	5 mins
Screen grab from national curriculum page	Comm: The current sex education curriculum states “It doesn’t promote … any particular sexual orientation.”
Zak	Sync: Although schools are supposed not to promote any specific sexuality, a large majority of schools still appear to be teaching with a heteronormative bias.
CU	Sync: For young people questioning their own sexuality, this erasure can only serve to maximise their confusion.	5mins 30
On screen text reads: "It's basically as if trans people don't exist within the concept of sex, nor LGBT people at all.	Comm: "It's basically as if trans people don't exist within the concept of sex, nor LGBT people at all.
The only couples that we talk about are cis straight ones. (Cisgender = Somebody that identifies with the gender they were assigned at birth)	Comm:The only couples that we talk about are cis straight ones.
Sitting there as kid who's questioning and being shown "this is what's normal" is crushing because it feels like there's no space for you in the world.	Comm:Sitting there as kid who's questioning and being shown "this is what's normal" is crushing because it feels like there's no space for you in the world.	6 mins
Sequence: Zak meeting with Hilary Cooke.	Zak Comm:I went to meet with Hilary Cooke from MGSDC, the Medway Gender and Sexual Diversity Centre.
Sequence: Interview set-up, Zak and Hilary talking.	Zak Comm: MGSDC go into schools delivering LGBTQ+ edcuation sessions. I wanted to find out the importance of their work.
INTERVIEW WITH HILARY COOKE	INTERVIEW WITH HILARY COOKE
INTERCUT WITH ACTUALITY OF THEM TEACHING IN SCHOOLS
INTERVIEWS WITH STUDENTS	INTERVIEWS WITH STUDENTS	9 mins
Zak sat on bench	Ultimately, the careless teaching of sex-ed is having a serious impact on not only LGBTQ+ people but heterosexual and cisgender people, being taught narrow heteronormative viewpoints.
Zak stands, walking towards the camera	However, the government has recently pushed forward the agreement to update the current British sex-ed curriculum.
Screen grab from new curriculum plans	However, it still lacks a clear approach to queer issues and could just as easily repeat it’s precessor’s mistakes. With hopes, it is a sign of good things to come for LGBTQ+ students and boring sex ed classes everywhere.
CREDITS		10 mins

Documentary Commision Lecture

Documentary Commission

TODAY’S SESSION •  INTRODUCTION TO FACTUAL PROGRAMMING AND THE DOCUMENTARY GENRE •  Ideas and Angles •  Research •  Pitching docs •  Ideas Lab & discussion •  Screening –  Dreams of a Life

WHAT IS FACTUAL PROGRAMMING? •  Factual is the over-arching term for non-fiction programming and filmmaking •  There are many varied genres, devices and formats within factual filmmaking •  Each have their own conventions (habits/cliches in style/format/ delivery/content/edit...) •  Fictional and factual programmes borrow from each other’s style and treatment


CONT… •  ALL films – fictional and factual - are CONSTRUCTED to some degree.  i.e. whether it is in the pre, production of post production stages – human intervention is unavoidable •  So how do these interventions affect the treatment of ‘REALITY’ and ‘TRUTH’? (Representation) •  Different genres of factual programmes, in particular documentary films,  involve different degrees of intervention

TRUTH AND CONTROVERSY •  In 2007 the BBC’s reputation was seriously damaged by revelations of ‘fakery’ •  Competition winners in particular had been ‘faked’ (e.g. Blue Peter and Radio 1) •  The BBC were eventually fined £400,000 by Ofcom •  This led to more revelations and a complete review of the BBC’s handling of competitions and factual programme making •  The spectre of fakery has reared its ugly head again in 2016 with the BBC’s natural history unit accused of faking parts of it’s Human Planet series, in breach of it’s own Editorial Guidelines :  •  http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/19/bbc-to-make-fakeryprevention-training-mandatory



FACTUAL GENRES •  Factual programmes can be divided into a number of genres: •  CURRENT AFFAIRS •  NEWS •  DOCUMENTARIES •  REALITY TV •  FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT (aka ‘Fact Ent’) •  THE LINES ARE BLURRY!

 CURRENT AFFAIRS •  Current affairs programmes take an in depth look at  the current issues of the time. •  There are many types of current affairs programmes covering most topics covered in news: •  Investigative •  Consumer •  Political •  Health •  Social affairs •  Crime •  Business and Finance

FACTUAL FORMATS •  There are many formats available for factual programming.  These include: •  Multi camera observational e.g. Big Brother/One Born Every Minute •  Presenter/reporter led e.g. Panorama •  Magazine – e.g The One Show •  Authored – e.g. Michael Palin films/ITV authored travelogues e.g. Joanna Lumley •  Discussion/debate – either in a studio or on location.  Live, as live or recorded.

CONVENTIONS ž Style – shooting and editing – different factual genres utilise different conventions in terms of style  ž Structure - varied according to style and content ž Format – varied factual formats e.g. Studio discussion panel show a la Question Time. ž Shots – e.g. hand held ‘wobbly cam’ shots accepted norm adding to ‘realism’  ž Commentary – in late 1960’s comm-free or minimal comm in vogue – allow viewers to impose own views on material shown


CONT… ž Narrator/Presenter/Reporter e.g. Dignified male ‘voice of authority’.  In vision/out of vision ‘voice of god’. ž Music e.g. Classical music – “serious” film ž Experts – used to add ‘intellectual weight’ and authority to a film and its arguments ž Conventions are often subject of satire – exposing the established methods by which stories are told but possibly also limited.

Documentary Script

Script

script original made bye Zak

Script edit

Pix	Sync/Comm	Time
Montage of children in sex-ed class On screen text - ‘Current British sex-education claims “it involves teaching children about … sexuality. It doesn’t promote … any particular sexual orientation.” Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sex-and-relationship-education’	Music
On screen text - ‘Yet over half of secondary school children have not discussed LGBT+ relationships in the classroom. Source: Stonewall Chief Exec Ruth Hunt.’
TITLE: ‘The Birds, The Bees and The Rainbows.’
Lead up to int w/ Skye
Interview in vision	SYNC - Introduces self. (Name, sexuality, gender, pronouns.)
	SYNC - Recounts poor LGBT+ representation from secondary education. Discusses bullying and whether better sex ed could minimise it.
	SYNC -  How poor representation affected realizing and accepting identity. Where they found the information.
On-screen text: It's basically as if trans people don't exist within the concept of sex, nor LGBT people at all. The only couples that we talk about are cis straight ones. [It’s] crushing because it feels like there's no space for you in the world.  - Libby (14, Non-Binary)
Sequence to introduce Molly and parents, Debbie and Darrell - Molly doing homework, Debbie and Darrell prepping dinner etc
	SYNC - Molly - Introduces self. (Name, sexuality, gender, pronouns.)
	SYNC - Explains recently had sex-ed and topics covered. Explains LGBTQ+ rep is poor.
Actuality of Darrell fixing Debbie’s hair And interview in motion	SYNC - Darrell and Debbie - Do they think it’s appropriate for children to be learning about LGBTQ+ issues. Would they feel able to answer questions from Molly?
On-Screen text: With schools unable to answer questions and parents sometimes unwilling, some people turn to the media and internet sources for information.
	SYNC - Chloe -  Introduces self. (Name, sexuality, gender, pronouns.)
	SYNC - Felt sex-ed was pointless and turned to tv/internet for information. Struggled with identity because of poor ed, similar to parents and friends.
On-screen text: Images from the media are often heteronormative and rely on stereotypes to quickly tell audiences about a character. TV footage of stereotypical homosexual characters, powerful men and sexualised women.
Actuality - Teachers teaching a class of secondary school teachers.	SYNC - Teacher - Introduces self. (Name, sexuality, gender, job role.)
	SYNC - It’s a struggle to keep immature students interested, staff aren’t always appropriately qualified.
Actuality - Students discussing work in group.	SYNC - Students - Explaining their understanding of gender and sexual diversity and where this information came from.
	SYNC - Students discussing how comfortable they’d feel asking about LGBTQ+ issues and whether they’d fear judgement from classmates.
Actuality - MGSDC Rep speaking to a group of students	SYNC - Sex Educator - Introduces self. (Name, sexuality, gender, job role.)
	SYNC - Explains work the organisation does. Discusses the need for sex educators and why school sex ed is failing students.
On-screen text: In countries such as X, policies are Y and statistics are Z
	SYNC - Introduction of self, country educated in and experience with sex-ed and it’s discussion of LGBT people.
	TALK TO GREEN REP ABOUT HOW NEW LAWS REPEAT OLD MISTAKES AND WHAT THEIR PARTY WANTS TO DO.

Contextual Documentary

Steve James

Quote

(On Harlan County USA) There've been many documentaries over the years that have powerfully impacted me. I think this one came along at the time when I was more interested in being a feature filmmaker than a documentary filmmaker. So it came along at the beginning of a process of moving from an interest in feature film to documentaries, and that's where my career has taken me. It came along at the right time for me. It helped me see, "Ah, this is more what I want to do." There's something very alive about this film. What it's about and the degree to which the filmmaker courageously put herself into a situation that she was not from. You don't have to have known her history to know that she was an outsider. She had the courage to go into a situation, spend the time there, and really try to understand it. You feel that all through the movie. In many respects, she became a template for the kind of filmmaker I want to be.

Storyline

He began a film, a search, to discover not only what had happened to Stevie over the past ten years but to understand the forces that had shaped his entire life. Part way through the filming, Stevie is arrested and charged with a serious crime that tears his family apart. What was to be a modest profile turns into a intimate four and half year chronicle of Stevie, his broken family, the criminal justice system and the filmmaker himself, as they all struggle with what Stevie has done and who he has become.

        

       

Link to site of info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0334416/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_9