Planning

For my project I am going to produce a documentry in which will last five minutes.
I have choosen to base my documentry on an area in which I know a lot about and this area is surfing.
In order to make my documentry more specific to the subject (due to the fact that surfing is a broad topic) I will then make the subject releavmt to where I live so the project will openly be based in the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
From carrying out research and looking at examples, notibly the best documentries tell a story and deliver solid facts and information to the viewer. Taking this into consideration, my documentry will feature a story. This story will tell a tale of hope, fear and an undying need to achieve discovery and reach the ultimate goal.
In doing this, I will then need to develop a the story further so as to grip the viewers and create footage in which will remain with them.
Thinking about this, I feel as though a good idea, or scenario to even just base a story around would be a search for a mysterious bay perhaps. The story would then depict a tale of how a person or group of people get on when trying to track down swell in the search for an unknown bay. As the story unfolds, there will be a growing sensation of a cover up on this island and it wil become more blatante that some local/semi-professional surfers do indeed know more concerning the whereabouts of the bay, but are reluctant to share one of the 'islands biggests secrets.' As the film progresses, the story needs to be carried out in a way the allows the viewers to become aware of the growing anxiety amongst the local to maintain thier most valued and precious secret, of a hidden and secluded bay in which hold some of biggest and most consistent swell in the island.
I plan to record a narrative over the project once it is shot, pieced together and edited. In order to carry out a smooth and flowing voice over, I feel as though it would be a wise decision to prepare a scrypt. The scrypt will include both fictional and non-fictional information information regarding and effecting the surf and swell in the island of Jersey.
The outcome of the story is not definite, but I feel that in order to add a purpouse to the documentry, the outcome should be that the bay is discovered, despite the warnings and distain given out from locals and then the bay and it's features are exposed.
In the way of setting and where most of my filming will take place, it is fitting to shoot most of the documentry on the west side of the island where there are numerous surf spots and a small, relatively unknown spot named 'Stinky Bay' or 'Stinkies' for short. The reason as to why this bay is called stinkies is because of it's vast amounts of rotten seaweed in which surrounds the environment, however, the project and voice over, if i decide to use this bay I will depict the reason for the name as a way of warding of un-wanted surfers.