My Script...

Today I finally finished my script, which I submitted via Turnitin. My script is below.

INCREASED DANGER FOR YOUNGSTERS AS FACEBOOK ALLOWS THEM TO SHARE THEIR POSTS PUBLICALLY WITH STRANGERS.

                         WRITTEN BY

  

                 

       BEATRICE FATUSIN

SCENE 1

INT, IN A NEWSROOM, DAY

The first scene is held in a news room type setting, a table and chair are featured. The news anchor is reporting the headlines for today. An MS is used.

NEWS ANCHOR [JESSICA SILVERTON]:

“This is Youth News; I’m Jessica Silverton, this evening’s headlines.”

“Facebook changes privacy restrictions for teenagers, allowing them to share their information with anyone on the site.”

“Two teenagers have died after being hit by a car in Hampshire.”

“Could tuition fees still increase? It’s revealed that some universities are preparing to increase their fees next year.”

[MUSIC PLAYS AND NEWS THEME IS SHOWN ON SCREEN, CUT TO NEWSANCHOR, A WS IS USED].

NEWSANCHOR [JESSICA SILVERTON]:

“Good Evening and welcome to the Youth News at 6!”

“Facebook has now altered teenagers’ privacy restrictions, meaning that all Facebook users could gain access to their profiles. Our correspondent team panel reports.”

SCENE 2:

[CORRESPONDENT SPEAKS; WHILST THEY SPEAK SCREEN WILL SHOW AN INDIVIDUAL SURFING ON FACEBOOK].

“Facebook, founded in February 2004, has a staggering 1.1 billion active users. According to a recent survey 94% of teenagers have a Facebook profile. With the recent policy changes allowing adolescents as young as 13 to make their profiles public, it is feared that they will be more at risk. Clare Davies, Youth News.”

SCENE 3:

[SAME SETTING AS THE FIRST SCENE]

NEWS ANCHOR [JESSICA SILVERTON]:

“We had our reporter, Hannah Odonkor to see what the public’s responses were on this policy change.”

SCENE 4:

EXT, PUBLIC PLACE, IN BARNES, DAY

[CUTS TO REPORTER WITH AN INDIVIDUAL GIVING THEIR OWN POINT OF VIEW ON THE ISSUES, THEN CUTS TO REPORTER WITH SECOND INDIVIDUAL GIVING THEIR OWN POINT OF VIEW, CUTS TO REPORTER WITH THIRD INDIVIDUAL GIVING THEIR OWN POINT OF VIEW]

SCENE 5:

EXT, QUIET STREET, IN BARNES, DAY

[CUTS TO REPORTER ON HER OWN, WALKING ALONG STREET WHILST REPORTING]

REPORTER [HANNAH ODONKOR]:

“The Facebook company have kept their stance that they consider the safety of teens to be significant to them despite altering this policy. However, could this put a number of teenagers at risk of cyber bullying?”

“Hannah Odonkor, Youth News, Barnes.”

END OF NEWS STORY