The documentary will open with a title and a few credits - 'A creamwork Pictures Production' along with various actors' names etc. with the sound of the sea and waves quietly playing in the background. The background shot whilst these credits are appearing will be a panning shot which will capture almost the whole of the five mile road and St.Ouens bay in order to give the audeince an idea of the location and setting of the film whilst depicting the naturistic side of the documentary also.
Here enters the voice-over, giving a brief history on surf in Jersey and what the viewers can expect from the piece. Whilst this is occuring, there will be finely edited clips of people surfing in Jersey. These clips will be finely pieced together.
Next up, the voice-over will provide an introduction to the story, for example, 'My journey began with...', which will lead to the first opening clip.The opening clip will show the narrator of the voice-over and the leader of the documentary atthe seaside giving details on his objective... a quest to find Stinky Bay.
The next shot will be of fast, close-up clips all with the same questions and answers really -
'Can you tell me about Stinky Bay', or questions similar to this will all be replied to with the same shifty answers for the 'public' - 'er no' etc.
Next there will be a still long-shot which I will capture from on top of the bunker at Big Verns (surf spot). This shot will simply capture the tranquility of the sea and the Jersey surf lifestyle. Whilst this shot is rolling, the voice-over will enter and the narrator will inform the audience that due to lack of response, there will be some set-up interviews with three local pro's.
The next part of the project will entail a shot of the narrator and documentary leader, turning up in his car, getting out, stating that he is 'anxious' for the interviews and walking up to the door of the interviewee's house. following on from this short, the narrator and documentary leader will be filmed greeting and shaking hands with the interviewee before finally entering the house.
The next shot will be based upon a still camera positon and will be the interview - (interview number1).
Questions (see 'Interview Script' post) will be reeled off with the interview building up to the ultimate question: 'Can you tell us anything about Stinky Bay?'
The first interviewee will provide no information or evidence for the existance of Stinky Bay.
The second interviewee will let slip that 'the best surf is in the far west side of the island'.
The third interviewee will accidently say that it is 'down a hidden, paved, slipway.'
All three interviews will last approximately 45 seconds each and will include subtle questions/references to Stinky Bay which will then be deflected by the interviewees who will grow seemingly uncomfortable with any queries on the secretive bay.
Between each interview there will be short clips of the narrator giving his opinions and showing his growing frustrations with the lack of evidence pointing towards the existance of the mysterious bay, even though the narrator is positive it exists.
After each interview, there will also be cmara shots of the narrator leaving the first house and then driving and entering the second and so on.
Finally, in the third interview, the interviewee/actor will let slip the rough whereabout of the location - 'Down a hidden, paved, slipway'. After this statement the actor will recoil in horror, making it obvious that he has just given away some valuable information.
The narrator will thank the interviewee for his time before the next shot.
The next shot will be of scenery, whilst the voice-over speaks of how it is a case of driving and spotting the location.
The next shot will be on the actual drive to the location of Stinky Bay and will film the driver/narrator talking whilst driving. The clip will stop and then the next shot will capture the narrator getting out of the car and running towards the direction in which he thinks Stinky Bay lies.
The climax of the documentary will be when the narrator become hopeful and excited that he has finally solved the mystery of the existance of Stinky Bay, only to be crushed when he walks down the slipway to find a group of local surfers, including the interviewees, laughing at the practical joek they have pulled.
The next shot will be of the narrator and the leader of the documentary storming off and putting his hand over the camera, saying 'Turn it off, just turn it off.'
The end clips will be either still or pan shots in which capture the enivonment and provide an opportunity for the conclusive voice-over, stating that an urban myth, as far as it could be told, was an urban ledged - nothign more, and that a hopeful search and turned into a playful hoax. The narrator wil state that the irony of this is that in his attempt to also capture the playful Jersey surf lifestyle, he had fallen and been absorbed into one big practical hoax in the process after being so focused on a silly myth.
The final clip will fade-out.
Any gaps in the project will be filled with edited clips of under-water shots or people paddling/surfing so as to make the documentary more vivid, imaginative and interesting.
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