SnapChat Story Script First Draft
Visuals
OPENING SEQ; C/U; Camera filming phone
of selfie
SEQ;STILL; Images of Barack Obama &
David Cameron, Oscar Awards selfie etc.
into students selfies
SEQ;M/S; Reporter walking
FX; Image of Robert Cornelius first ever
selfie
FX; Oxford Dictionary definition of Selfie
graphic.
SEQ; M/S; Reporter walking; GRAPHIC
MATCH; Video of Chainsmokers - #Selfie
match with soundtrack.
FX; Distort end of chorus, change
to black and white
SEQ; OOV; GRAPHICS FX of statistics;
50% of male students and 77% of female
students take selfies daily.
88% take a selfie weekly adding up to an
hour every month.
SEQ; M/S; Reporter standing. END SEQ.
Sound
COMM; SOT Reporter; Selfie apocalypse is slowly but surely taking
over our generation, with celebrities and even politicians getting in
on the act.
COMM; SOT Reporter; Theyve gotten so big everyone uses it. Old,
young, and even animals. However, it has been proven that 77% of
uni students are using snapchat daily.
COMM; SOT Reporter; Its recently even made it into the Oxford
Dictionary, defined as a photograph that one has taken of
oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam
and shared via social media.
Duration
00:00 00:005
COMM; SOT Reporter; And seeing that were talking about selfies,
you cant forget the dedicated #Selfie song.
00:19 00:23
COMM; SOT Reporter; With over 330 million snapchats taken
everyday, 55% of people spend 15 minutes taking and editing the
selfie to perfection no wonder students are always running late!
00:24 00:30
COMM; SOT Reporter; So, one of the questions now is are there
people out there who are addicted to this growing app? Back to the
studio.
00:31 00:34
00:06 00:10
00:11 00:18
LIVE SEQ; L/S; Studio with Dave at student
desk
SEQ; LIVE OB; M/S; Natasha & Charlotte
outside LOCATION TBC
Extra camera for multi-shots
SEQ; LIVE OB; M/L/S; Both Natasha &
Charlotte
COMM; SOT Presenter; So now we are joined with someone who,
how to put it, is a frequent user of SnapChat. Natasha is currently
joined by Charlotte in Maidstone, a self proclaimed snapchat
perfectionist. Over to you Natasha.
COMM; OB Reporter; Im here with Charlotte Rogers who is going
to give us a selfie 101 masterclass. So how can you perfect a selfie?
COMM; OB Interviewee; ... Charlotte proceeds to list 5 ways to take
the perfect selfie including; perfect lighting, applying a filter, Picking
the perfect angle, Only use front camera and watch out for potential
photobombers!
COMM; OB Reporter; |... there you go! Thats how you take a
perfect selfie...
00:35 00:40
00:41 01:20
01:21 01:30
So Charlotte, how often would you say you take a selfie?
O/S (of reporter); Charlottes response
SEQ; LIVE OB; M/S; Both Natasha &
Charlotte
COMM; OB Interviewee; CHARLOTTES ANSWER
COMM; OB Reporter; Have you got an embarrassing Snapchat
Selfie story?
01:31 01:36
01:37 01:41
O/S (of reporter); Charlottes response
M/C/U; Natasha asking Charlotte question
COMM; OB- Interviewee; CHARLOTTES RESPONSE
COMM; OB Reporter; Would you say that taking selfies has
boosted your self confidence?
COMM; OB Interviewee; CHARLOTTES RESPONSE
COMM; OB Reporter; Do you think Snapchat Selfies will last or will
something new come along and replace it?
COMM; OB Interviewee; CHARLOTTES ANSWER
COMM; OB Reporter; Well thank you so much for joining me today
Charlotte and I think its only right that we end with a Selfie! Back to
01:42 01:52
01:53 01:57
C/U; Charlottes Response
M/S; Natasha & Charlotte
M/S; Charlottes Response
M/C/U; Natasha Reporting
01:58 02:08
02:09 02:14
02:15 02:23
02:24 02:30
you Dave!
END OF STORY.
