First Draft of our script

Interview with James Cooper, we shall just hear his own voice answering the questions; however we will be prompting him with questions to guide him in the right direction. Interviewers are not in the documentary nor heard. We want him to be talking about a past experience when he has a car accident when he was younger. He’ll talk about his suffering and how it affected his life. He will be sitting in front of a black screen and filming his face closely.

- Within this interview clips will be shown from “safe drive stay alive” with sound bridges.

- Slow monotonous soundtrack to set the mood

Scene 1:

We interview Lucine Sandiford who gives us an insight into her recent experience of a car crash as she wrote off her car and injured herself and three other passengers in the car. She was left in a nervous state and wasn’t able to drive for a few months. The accident consisted of two cars, Lucine’s classic golf and a 4x4 mini, Lucine’s car spun around and ended up on the other side of the roundabout side to side with the mini. The CCTV watching over the roundabout called the police and ambulance straight away.

 - Slow monotonous soundtrack to set the mood.

- Cross cut to images of the damaged car.

Scene 2:

Facts and figures over a black screen moving in and out:

- Last year on Thames valley roads on average of 4 young people per week were killed or seriously injured.

- Around 1 in 4 deaths on the road is aged 17-24.

- This summer Thames Valley Police caught 69 drivers under the age of 25 for drink driving!

Scene 3:

We will email a policeman/community support officer who has close links with our school about interviewing him discussing young people and driving dangerously.

Question we will ask him:

- In you field of work are you wary of teenage drivers and the threat they bring to other road users?

- From your experience do you find that most accidents are caused by young drivers?

- Do you have any examples of accidents you have seen or dealt with?

- Have you ever had to speak to parents after their child has been in an accident?

- What message would you give to young drivers?

Hopefully we will be able to film him in the Police station which will make the scene feel very important.

Scene 4

Film the dual carriage way between Weybridge and Addlestone, we shall set the camera equipment on the side of the road and film as the cars drive by. We shall experiment with different camera angles and distances and see which gives the most effective sight of drivers today. We will also attempt to film from inside a moving car to extend our range of diversity between camera shots. We have chosen this location because we feel as though drivers exceed the speed limit of 50 and it is seen to be a dangerous road, in which someone was recently killed on.

Scene 5:

Film new drivers who have recently passed their test throwing their learner plates in the air, this will be a short clip inserted between an appropriate scene.

Scene 6