This is a group task for each selected project. All group members need to be involved in this process.

Shooting Script Guide: Your presentation should have described the story, it’s various elements and the resources needed to make it work. As the final research is carried out groups will need to add details by preparing a plan of how to get the images and sounds they need to tell their story. This is the shooting script. The shooting script will point to the need for particular resources (people, places, equipment)

The shooting script format is simple. The page is divided into 2 or 3 columns titled “picture” and “sound.” Notes on the “picture” side of the column should indicate whether the image in question is archive, original footage, an interview, etc. Further annotations will indicate how it will be shot, where it is to be found etc. The “sound” column will indicate the kinds of things the interviewee is expected to say, the ‘narration’ that will be needed, the audio and so on.

This readymade form may be useful shootingscript

Storyboard Guide: You will all be familiar with storyboards. Use any format you prefer to visualise the film. Template is here: and will be handed out in class.

Objective: You need to produce the first draft of a shooting script as outlined above before and during the workshop. The importance of the shooting script is not as a paper exercise but a systematic way of planning your production with clarity and ensuring that you have all the material you need to put your campaign production together. In terms of the final draft the client campaign group must also have input in your shooting script so you must consult them on your plans and show evidence of that.

Delivery: First Draft during Workshop Week 6 (14.00 Wednesday March 04)
Final Draft Workshop Week 7 (11.00am Wednesday March 11)