Script for knife crime documentary

Scene No.	Voice Over	Visuals/B-Roll	Duration
1	Stephan Fry	Introducing audience to what the program is about etc (voice over) - images/short clips of things relating to the subject of knife crime. "is Britain's streets really as bad as what is portrayed in todays tabloid, are Britain's next generation just a bunch of hooligans and yobs?" "Tonight channel 4 is going to discover what state Britain is really in, where going to be meeting two teenagers both very different but live in the same tower block. In the area where knife crime is at its highest. we're going to see what its really like to 'live on the edge'.	1 min
Title sq	Title sq (theme tune/voice over)	Short clips – visual montage	35 seconds
2	Stephan Fry (voice over)	Introduced to the first of two teenagers which the programme is based around. S.F - "first we're going to meet Muhammad, a 16 year old with great prospects in life, he studies hard gets good reports from school and is a generally nice teenager who has high goals to achieve in life like going to university and becoming a doctor. He has also tragically been threatened with a knife numerous of times while going to and from school."	20 seconds
3	Muhammad	The audience are introduced to the first of two teenagers which the programme is based around. "I try my best at school, as I don't want me and my family to be living in this area for the rest of our lives. My mother is windowed with 5 children and she cannot take up a proper career or study for greater qualifications - so she works full time as a cleaner. My mother works very hard for her money and most days we get racist slander thrown at us as we walk to and from our house, sadly i can only go out to school as it’s not really safe to go outside"	40 seconds
4	Stephan Fry (voice over)	Stephan Fry introduces the audience to the second of teenagers which the programme is based around. "finally we meet 16 year old Mike - who is a school drop out who has not one GCSE to hold to his name, sleeps and eats all day and causes chaos and mayhem for his neighbours at night. He uses foul language, drinks underage, smokes illegal substances and carries a knife. He is just a stereotypical British teen from the eyes of the public."	20 seconds
5	Mike	The audience are introduced to the second of teenagers which the programme is based around. "I can't be like bothered with school and that, it’s not like I'm stupid or nothing I just can't be f***ed with gettin' up early I'm just not that type of geezer. I just like the simple life ya'know, like getting wasted with my mates and just hanging about having fun really. - Interviewer (unknown) "so what do you want out of life?" Mike - "good weed -laughs-" INT "why do you carry a knife?" Mike - "I don't know really, my mates carry one like for protection and that…I guess that’s why I carry one too init."	1min 5seconds
6	Stephan fry (voice over)	Stephan talks about the programme and what experiences the teenagers are going to go through - "In the next 30 minutes we're going to see the teenagers met each other, see disagreements, arguments, tantrums and learning more about society, each other and most importantly themselves."	20 seconds.
7	Muhammads mother - Synabi	Muhammad is such a bright and friendly young man. This society that he is surrounded by does not get him down or block his way of trying to accomplish great things. His father died when he was 11 and still he helps me look after his 2 younger brothers and younger sister and continues to do well at school. Iv always been so proud of him.	45 seconds
8	Stephan Fry (voice over)	A very different opinion on a son the same age as Muhammad and from the same neighbourhood	10 seconds
9	Mikes mother - Jackie	Mike is a bit of the jack the lad – I don’t like to tell him what do, I like to be more of a friend to him than a mother as I’m only 14 years older than him –laughs-. As long as he doesn’t wreck the house I’m fine with him. He’s a good lad, makes me tea and all that. Half the time I don’t see him as I do like my bingo with the girls –laughs- ya' know what I mean?. He cant find a job buts that’s not his fault, I guess. I think what may be the down side to mike is that he’s never known or met his father, as I couldn’t remember who it was –laughs-.	1 min 15 seconds.

self reflective review

Self reflective review

In my opinion I think I’m pretty confident when it comes to media studies from using the camera to writing evaluations about myself and my work.  

On the other hand, sometimes I feel a bit self conscience when it comes to explaining my opinions and ideas about certain pieces of work; for example when I have to give feedback on peers work, I feel like lecturers think I’m not as sharp as the other students because I keep quiet in class discussions – but in fact I like to keep my opinions to myself as I feel like a learn more when doing that and I don’t like people to gain from my ideas – that may make me sound a bit mental but its true.

I don’t feel like I have any threats…maybe myself because I have quite a stubborn personality and do not like to share my ideas with the class – only because I don’t want others to copy my ideas in their own work. This may portray me as a shy person but maybe I’ll just have to start sharing my ideas/opinions for a while, I don’t know?

I don’t really know what write for opportunities because I don’t know how to elaborate on the word. Am I meant to write about what opportunities I’m meant to make for myself from this course or is it the opportunities that follow from this course such as; career aspects and university placements?  So I’m going to expand on both theories.

1-      I’m going to learn a great deal about what I need to know about the industry I’m aiming to work in. which will help me in my career and life, also I’ll gain a variety of skills which will open more opportunities for me and all of the new qualifications I’ll gain will obviously make my CV look more appealing to employers.

2-      From the point of later education and careers wise – this course can help me with work experience which will help secure a job and get into the industry. I can gain ucafs points to get into university.

Either way I come across a great deal of opportunities from this course – its up to me if I take them or not!

So to some up my review, I think I’m fairly confident when it comes to this course and what iv completed so far and I’m only going to continue to gain more and more from it. So far I’m quite smug about myself and how I’m doing on the course (even though my first project didn’t live up to my expectations and has made me look like an underachiever). But I plan to dramatically contrast that in my next project.

By the way I wasn’t here when this task was set.

evaluation for childrens drama: 'Pirates lost in time'

Evaluation for Children’s Drama: - ‘pirates lost in time’

Units covered:                   UNIT 16 – film and video editing techniques

Introduction:                        I have completed my 5 minute Children’s drama video production (pirates lost in time), and undertaken sound and visual editing for Features for Broadcasting. I have gained an insight into editing techniques, and developed my own skills. Editing doesn’t happen by accident; each cut or transition follows decision making and evaluation.

Context:                                With reference to my completed productions, I will evaluate the editing process. 

Evaluations Report:            

The key decisions I made for shots/scenes that were included/discarded and why.

                                                At first we decided to base our drama around pirates and aliens – and relate to the target audience in a positive way of helping others. Then we finished filming our first draft of the film and decided to discard the idea of pirates and aliens. For instance we didn’t like how the title related to the drama (pirates vs. aliens) because the groups of characters were not ‘against’ each other which the title may suggest to the audience. Also we didn’t like the quality of our film as the locations affected the sound quality. Also we felt it didn’t express our ideas and creative flair for the drama. For this film I directed.

Our second idea consisted of time travelling pirates who stumble into the 21^st century. They help a young man who has fallen out with his friends and needs help to find his way home.

After filming we watched the footage and realised it lacked a variety of shots and angles. So once again we decided to shoot it again…finally we have a final outcome which is yet to be finished, yet again there is a problem as we have realised the director has not pressed the record button correctly. But we managed to avert this minor predicament and use slightly more dissatisfactory scenes which we had to do more in depth editing such as cropping and adjusting image quality.

The cuts, transitions and effects used and what effect we were aiming to create.

In our final cut of the film we decided to use quite simple cuts because there were not particularly dramatic events that are why there was no need for dramatic cuts and effects. Except for our title sequence which we used an image editor and special effect which created a lighting effect for the ‘time travel’ part – which establishes to the audience what the show consists off. We were trying to create a dramatic impact for the audience and grasp their attention. Transition wise again we used quite simple ones such as; fade out, swipe etc we used fade out as a time passing element.

The work process – how did we organise our clips to help us edit effectively.

We wrote what order our clips were in while filming so we knew what went where when we exported them onto the hardrive.  We also looked through all of our clips and decided what we wanted to use and discard we renamed the ones we wanted to keep before we transported them onto the editing software (premire pro).  We also kept referring back to the script just to double check it was in the order we intended. When we finished editing one part we always watched it back to make sure it was correct and flowed correctly with the other clips.

The success/unsuccessful final project – my opinion.

I found that if we filmed where we was first intended to film, everything would of gone swimmingly,  because of the first problem of the sound quality. If we never had the first problem the following problems would not of occurred.

I felt like our plot and story wasn’t very understandable to the unaware audience. We should of all gone through the script and story boards together and also ask peers outside of our group for their opinion before continuing with the idea..

What I thought did go well was the first draft of the film as the angels and shots where appropriate and affective.

Finally in my opinion I thought 90% of the film was a complete catastrophe, due the fact that we were unorganaised and took a rather laid back attitude towards to the project.

The skills I developed along the way.

I progressed with my editing skills and being more confident using the premeir pro software. I also  learnt to prepare myself and my group for what needs to be done and to be more organised.

my opinion on Justin Beiber

I don’t really have an opinion on Justin Bieber. To me he seems like he’s an object owned by the music industry and is an easy way to make a substantial amount of money – 1 minuet wonder!

I don’t think he’s particularly talented vocally but I think he’s not too bad when it comes to instrumental music, as he taught himself how to play the guitar and used to sing and play on the streets and upload his music onto youtube before he found fame – which is how he got discovered.

Thirdly, I think he was in the right place at the right time sort of thing and that’s how he’s made his fame. He has never had to work too hard for what he has accomplished in such a short amount of time. Which in the end with most celebrities doesn’t really do them a lot of good;  Lindsey Lohan for example.

I think Justin Bieber is a good role model for children and young people, but he seems a bit boring for a 17 year old, I think when he’s in twenties he’s going to be a drug addict or an alcoholic or in most cases both because the music industry hasn’t let him act his age – like what happened to Michael Jackson, he didn’t turn out to clever in his later years.

So in conclusion, I think Justin Bieber’s Music is of poor quality – but good for airheaded teenagers I guess. He’s seems like an okay guy but in the end he’s going to ruin his life!

Refrences

•http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

•en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Bieber

Our own opinions.

•We have negative thoughts towards Justin Beiber for multiple reasons, mainly because we don’t believe he is good at singing and don’t understand why he can be so popular. We also think he only appeals to people from 12- 15 years old. Who have no taste in music. We also believe that he is like an object and is owned by the music industry to make a substantial amount of money. We think he is not very talented vocally but talented with instruments as he taught himself to play them. In conclusion we think he will soon run out of appeal to teenagers and disappear from the music industry like many others have in the past

Interview with Justin Beiber

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SofwRcSVMI&feature=fvsr

Justin Bieber: 'credible evidence' pop star fathered older fan's child

A female called Mariah Yeater has claimed that Justin beiber has fathered a child with her, it has left millions of his female fans stunned. There is said to be ‘creditable evidence that Justin Beiber is in fact the father of the baby’ they followed up that Justin had not denied he had unprotected sex with her following the concert

About Justin Beiber?

•Justin was born 1st march 1994 in London, Ontario

•Justin beiber’s mum, gave birth to him when she was 18

•Justin signed a contract to usher in October 2008

why Justin Beiber?

We decided to review Justin Bieber because we have mixed opinions on him, And so does everyone else. We wanted to get both opinions on him but keep our personal negative comments towards him relevant. There are as much beiber lovers as there are haters and we wanted to understand why this is and what people love and hate about him.

script proposal

                             Accidentally

                                      Drama – Shannon Griffiths

Duration:

2 x 60 minuets

Format:

Mini drama series

Premise:

Wayne – a 17 year old from Camden – is a lead member of a gang until they turn on him and he accidentally kills one of his old gang members in a fight. He tries to run away and turn his life around before he gets caught.

Synopsis:

-       EPISODE 1- The first few scenes we get introduced to our main character (Wayne) we see he is from a ‘rough’ area and he may be bad due to the music he is listening to (non-diagetic sound) and he clothing (hoodie, trackies etc).

We see his gang are taking over his families flat and that he doesn’t care for anything, except his mother and himself.

He then gets into an argument with his gang and kicks them out – as they think his ego is getting out of control and he is taking everything too seriously.

The next scene we see Wayne going to the shop for his mother and they gang approach him and try to start a fight.

Wayne retaliates and pulls out a knife (but only to scare them) one of the gang members pulls out a gun and Wayne automatically stabs him without realising.

-       EPISODE 2 - Wayne repeatedly apologises and runs away.

He travels to Gosport in the south to live with his auntie who doesn’t have a clue what he is like or what he has done.

Meanwhile the police are looking for a murderer (Wayne) and the gang are questioning whether to turn him in or not.

Wayne tries to change by changing his clothes, hair etc but he breaks down and returns back to Camden – he talks to his mother about what he has done and she convinces him to hand himself in.

After seeing a different side of Wayne (crying etc) the audience can see that he is a different person to who we was first introduced too.

The last scene the audience see Wayne at the police station confessing to what he’s done.

Production Style:

Fast-paced editing.  Soundtrack comprised of garage, hip-hop and urban.

Cast people from a drama school in under privileged areas.

Filming in and around Tower Block areas

script proposal

               Live on the edge – documentary series following British teens.

                               Documentary – Shannon Griffiths

Duration:

1 x 30 minuets

Format:

Documentary series

Premise:

A documentary – following the lives of two different teenagers for a week, living different lives both from the same council estate tower block in Southampton.

Contents:

Fly-on-the-wall contents following the two teenagers through everyday life, one teenager a good student who studies hard and one a drug taking yob. We’ll be talking to their friends, family, neighbours and police. A variety of visual sequences – of fly-on-the-wall to interviews. The audience will see the two teenagers talk to previous offenders and successors.

Also with:

-       Reconstructions

-       Interviews with victims of knife crime

Structure:

-PART 1- The first few scenes will introduce the audience to the two teenagers and what there about and who they are.

After that the audience will see what the teenagers get up to in their everyday lives.

The teenagers will meet one another and attempt to interview one another so they can get a more in depth insight into one another’s life.

- PART 2- The teenagers will meet and talk to previous convicts, that have learnt to change their life of crime.

The audience will see reconstructions of knife related crime.

The teenagers will talk to victims of crime in their neighbourhood.

They will also be asked to talk to other people such as their family and friends to see what they think of their life in and around knife crime.

CONCLUSION – we interview the teenagers about what they have learnt and how it will impact on their lives.

Do and Donts in interviews

Do

• Speak clearly
• be interested in what interviewee is saying
• have good posture
• keep eye contact
• keep questions relevant
• background research
• be confident

Don'ts

• look at the camera
• be aggressive
• use bad language
• make assumptions
• judge people in a neggative way
• have hidden agendas

matt interviews clair

What Matt did wrong:

• Not good eye contact
• rude
• sarcastic
• not enthuiasic
• interupting
• irrelevant questions
• unorganised
• inpolite
• no introduction
• didnt prepare interviewee with question
• fidgetting
• microphone wasn't used properly
• tapping feet
• interuppted
• repeated questions
• lack of relevancy and interest
• cutting in nature - not pleasant
• no summary.

Interview techniques

How important is it to have a good interview technique - why?

its important to have an interview techniques because you need to get all the RELEVANT information from the interviewee. If you dont have a technique it makes the the interviewer and interviewee look bad and unprofessional.

Without any proper interview techniques its hard for the unterviewee to find the most suitable people for the correct college/uni place or job. Also a proper interview technique is being used it make everyone involved feel more relaxed and at ease which makes the experience more positive and will boast confidence for the next interview.

own (media related) review - FILM - kiddulthood

Kiddulthood, the supposedly fictional film based around modern London society and its youths.


The film is a typical portrait of what everyday life is like for most underprivileged children, teenagers and adults in and around modern day British society - especially in this case London. In my opinion Kiddulthood somewhat glamorizes the illegal acts in what the characters do in the film.
For instance gangs in the are portrayed as 'cool' and strong people which may influence people to do what they are doing - especially young audiences may see them as role models. Therefore, technically this film contributes to more crimes and is slowly destroying Britain and its culture...


On the other hand, each actor portrays there character profoundly well and it does show the consequences of the individual characters actions, so it may also relate to the audience in a positive way, for instance, if someone is thinking about committing a crime they may think about the film - relatable! 


In conclusion, I think the film itself and the plot is very well researched, directed and portrayed. The story is very relatable and enticing for a variety of audiences.  




star rating: ****

Reviews should and shouldn't

Should

- Have good and bad point and be unbiased 

- Make sure you keep on topic

- Describe in detail

- Express opinion 

- Think of the target audience

- Use appropriate language 

- Proof read your work

Shouldn't

- Insult or Judge people inappropriately

- Sensationalize 

- Go off subject

- Repeat yourself

- Make it personal unless appropriate 

- be too manipulative (hidden agenda) 

Eye witness report for car accident - for 'news report' (class work)

I was driving along the M5 happily listening to my Rod Stewart CD, when all of a sudden three cars infront of me to the left and right where swerving side to side eventually spinning out of control, 360 degrees again, again and again. then suddenly colliding with each other and coming to a halt. 


Meanwhile I sit there in shock and disbelief to what i'v just witnessed and my Rod Stewart playing at full blast, I see the cause of this chaos - smoke, fireworks and two young men running away like cowards on the edge of the road. I couldn't believe what my eyes, these so called people where running away and leaving people to die in agony and its all their fault. It feels me with rage to think that could of been me and they would of left me for dead!


While of this was rushing through my mind, I myself was rushing through the mountain of junk in my bag to find my mobile telephone device and call for help.


But I'm going to help the police in anyway I can to help catch these hooligans and make sure they do the time for their crime!

report/review notes

what is a report?
A textual work that relays certain information or recounting events in a presentable form - visual/aural. 


Can there be a report for anything?
yes, but depending on what it is you may have to present it in a certain form.


examples of reports:
-evaluation
-observation
-official document
-school report
-news report
-radio report
-incident
-music
-weather
-health and safety
-medical
-personal

Initial research - Fred Astair

-known for the 'magic of dance' and musicals

-he went into hollywood in the 1930s

-he was famous for being an incredible dancer and actor

-performed in follow the fleet (1936) broadway

-moved to new york to give his daughters talent changes

-he teamed up with ginger rodgers and made many musicals together and became a famous dance couple.

-she gave him a a big film break through.

-1917–1933: Stage career in Broadway and London

-1940–1947: Drifting to an early retirement

-In 1949 he was awarded a special academy award for his work in musicals

- 1948–1957: Productive years with MGM and second retirement

-1958–1981: Branching out into televised dance and straight acting

childrens drama pitch presentation

http://prezi.com/0b36m3f8ea9v/pitch/

knife crime research - biblography

SCOTLAND...Listen to John Muir, whose son Damian was stabbed to death in Greenock in 2007, speak about 'Knife Crime' and what it cost his family:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7605143.stm

OPINION POLE -http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_7818000/7818856.stm

JAILED FOR A KNIFE -http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_7819000/7819973.stm  

PANORAMA...JOINT ENTERPRISE -www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p31vd/Panaorama_Lethal_Enterprise/

BBC NEWS BLOG...MARK EASTON:

www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2010/01/conservative_estimates_on_viol.html  

www.crimestopper-uk.org

www.knifecrimes.org


www.direct.gov.uk/.

www.homeoffice.gov.uk

knife crime research - Tackling the problem - current initiatives

Current initiatives include:

Legislation - a government bill currently in the House of Lords features legislation to prohibit the sale of knives to anyone under the age of 18

Knife amnesty - these are designed to take knives off the street - although in reality, it is the law abiding citizens rather than the target groups which are more likely to surrender weapons.

Police Operations - such as operations Blunt and Shield involve the rapid and random deployment of metal detectors in public places such as stations, schools, etc. with strong police backup. The purpose being to identify and arrest anyone carrying illegal weapons. 

Many schools are already using or considering the use of metal detectors to detect pupils carrying knives to school, or to deter them from doing so.

Whilst the above activities are moves in the right direction, much more needs to be done;

- At present whilst the law  provides for the imprisonment for up to 2 years for anyone illegally carrying a knife (up to 4 years if it's considered an offensive weapon), yet the implementation of any prison sentence at all appears almost non existent.  

Many people support the action group run by the parents of Luke Walmsley (the schoolboy who was stabbed to death in 2003), in calling for a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years for carrying a knife. This would put it on a par with the penalty for carrying a gun, and could therefore be an effective deterrent. There are however there are obvious practical implications for the implementation of such measures, not least of which is that our prisons are already at bursting point, - with judges calling for fewer people to be imprisoned rather than more!

knife crime - public perception

Recent high profile media coverage of such events has certainly raised public consciousness regarding knife crime / culture in Britain. Whatever the published statistics show, most people now appear to feel (with some justification), that knife crime is rapidly getting out of control, and that urgent tough action is required to curb it before it gets totally out of hand.

Police initiatives such as "Operation Blunt" or "Operation Shield" seem to be genuinely welcomed by the public, whilst initiatives such as knife amnesty's are viewed with more than a little cynicism, and at best viewed as a means of publicising the dangers of knife carrying.

On the positive side, knife amnesty's have at least contributed to taking thousands of weapons out of circulation. It is however, obviously unrealistic to expect to withdraw all knives from circulation, especially when kitchen knives, gardening knives, etc, all feature in violent attacks, and those surrendering knives, are of course likely to be from the more law abiding element of the community.

knife crime research - statistics

Statistics - some specifics / the numbers (based on the latest annual statistics for crime in England & Wales)	back to top of page
note: where BCS & RCS figures vary we have tried to show comparison	source of information;

	Incidents of Violent Crime	2,715,000	British Crime Survey  (RCS figures 1,000,000+)
	- Violent Crime - involving use of weapons	almost 75%	Recorded Crime Statistics
	- Violent Crime - Wounding	38%	Recorded Crime Statistics    (BCS indicate 25%)
	- Violent Crime - Serious Wounding	2%	Recorded Crime Statistics    (BCS - no info)
	- Violent Crime - fatalities	0.1%	Recorded Crime Statistics    (BCS - no info)
	Homicides (incl. murder / manslaughter / infanticides)	1,045	Recorded Crime Statistics
	- Homicides with sharp implement	27%	Recorded Crime Statistics
	- Homicides with guns	8%	Recorded Crime Statistics
	- Homicides increase since 1965	more than tripled	Recorded Crime Statistics
	Incidents involving edged weapon attacks (London Only)	54,000+	British National Martial Arts Association
	Firearm incidents involving violence	7,133	Recorded Crime Statistics
	Statistics re. Youths Carrying Knives:- (note: the figures below do not necessarily reflect youths carrying knives every day)	.
	- 11-12 year olds carrying knives last year	10%	Youth at risk?
	- 15-17 year olds admitting to carrying knives for self defence	46%	Ian Johnston - Chief Constable British Transport Police
	- Pupils in London Schools carrying knives (in many surveys, around 30-35% of pupils admit to carrying a knife - but it should be stressed, that does not mean every day! However misguidedly, many pupils only carry a knife when they feel they may be particularly at risk)	29%	Youth Justice Board / Mori 2003
	- Excluded Pupils carrying knives	62%	Youth Justice Board / Mori 2003
	- 16 year old boys admitting attacking someone with a knife  - intent on causing serious injury	1 in 5	Youth Justice Board / Mori 2003
	-  teenage deaths from knife attack (2004)	more than 20	Be Safe Project   www.besafeproject.org.uk
	++++ Newsflash ++++ In London alone - over the May Bank Holiday weekend (27-29th May 06) - Police recorded over 50 knife attacks	more than 50 knife attacks in London during the weekend	BBC National News
	Many criminologists now believe that people carrying a knife is a bigger threat than people carrying guns - this is based on a 60% increase in recorded incidents of knife carrying during the 6 years between 1999 - 2004	60% increase in recorded knife carrying incidents in  just 6 years