The Fall of Print Based Media as the Power of the Internet Rises; Documentary Script

Below is the first five minutes of as documentary I wrote about a year and a half ago about the fall of print based media as accessibility and usage of the internet increases.

AUDIO 0.0     – 0.20 MAN Facebook WOMAN Twitter MAN YouTube        WOMAN Google WOMAN Hotmail MAN MySpace GIRL Yahoo BOY Wikipedia GIRL Instagram WOMAN BlogSpot WOMAN Tumblr MAN Amazon MAN eBay WOMAN Internet Movie Database MAN ITV Player WOMAN 4OD MAN BBC iPlayer MAN AOL WOMAN Vimeo MAN Facebook GIRL Twitter WOMAN YouTube WOMAN Google MAN Hotmail WOMAN MySpace WOMAN Yahoo GIRL Wikipedia MAN Amazon WOMAN BlogSpot MAN eBay MAN Instagram WOMAN Tumblr MAN Internet Movie Database WOMAN BBC iPlayer MAN ITV Player WOMAN 4OD MAN VIMEO WOMAN AOL WOMAN Facebook MAN Twitter WOMAN YouTube MAN Google WOMAN Hotmail MAN Sky Sports Online BRONTE What about print based media? 0.20 – 0.30       THEME TUNE Alex Clare - Too Close (Instrumental) 0.30 – 1.15 BRONTE       Hello, my name is Bronte Dawson and throughout      this documentary I am going to reveal to you the truth that is right beneath every one of our noses... but no one is realising.       The internet is an incredible source, you can get anything you want from it; shopping, socialising, research, information, music… but is it getting to powerful? And are we forgetting some of the world’s most reliable resources – in print based media? Each of us will have our different opinions when it comes to the Internet and print-based media such as newspapers and magazines. This documentary will explore different views and hypotheses and maybe, just maybe, together we can see the truth, the reality.     It’s internet vs. print based media. Who will win the final battle?       To start it all off, I have taken to the streets to see what the public think. Here is what they said. 1.15 – 1.17 BACKGROUND NOISE OF BUSY CROWD 1.17 – 2.17 DEBBIE HARRIS       To be quite honest, you can’t really believe anything you read in the newspapers these days. No wonder print based media is going bust, what do you expect with such a bad reputation?     I guess it’s wrong to stereotype all printed publications by the few tacky and badly written ones, but the quality is really gone for most. Most newspapers just contain gossip, scandal and lies. I don’t understand why people would buy it – just the same as most magazines. Hardly any of its true and even the very little that is true is exaggerated.       Local newspapers don’t contain as much nonsense but they don’t contain any real news anymore, they don’t reach the real needs of the audience. People like me wouldn’t go out of our way to read about the local fate at the church or want to pay £3.50 to vote for a local girl in a scam of a modeling competition. Local newspapers used to bring the community together but don’t even get paid attention anymore and it’s not surprising.       As for the internet, I’m not naïve enough to believe everything I read but it’s so much easier to search for something I am actually interested in and find a decent source straight away – it’s cheaper, more reliable and easier to access. 2.17 – 2.19 BACKGROUND NOISE OF CARS AND PEOPLE 2.19 – 3.19 MARTIN HEALY      Who cares about printed publications these days? Like really, what is the point? I don’t understand why anyone would want to go out there way to go to a shop or a newsagent to get a magazine or a newspaper when it is so easy to get it online. I mean I could pull out my phone right now and find what’s going on right now on Twitter or even Facebook; I could watch videos about it on YouTube. I’m pretty sure there is an app for iPhones and iPads that lets you read the news easily, without having to pay much or go out your way to get it.      The same goes for magazines, pretty much all decent magazines have a website which is free or an app which costs much less than having to go out and buy it every week, or fortnight, or month, or whatever. It’s just so much easier to get exactly what you want.      The only reason I could justify someone going to the shop to get printed publications is if they don’t have a smartphone, laptop, PC, computer, iPad, tablet or a Mac. And really, how many people don’t have at least one of them? 3.19 – 3.21 BACKGROUND NOISE OF AN ECHOED PIANO AND CHOIR SINGING INSIDE BUILDING 3.21 – 4.21 PATRICIA BOURNE      I don’t see what the big deal is about the internet. Instead of going out and having a coffee with a friend and being socialable, people are spending all day on their computers and phones and the rest of this technology.      It’s not bringing the community together like it is meant to, it is tearing it apart. People don’t have time to take part in local plays like they used to, the numbers here have dropped from around 100 attendants to about 27. People don’t seem to have any need to come together and entertain eachother when they can find it all online.      As for local newspapers, they have gone from the most important news source to the least. I used to go out my way to get a local newspaper and I really appreciated it, and now people get them dropped through their front door and don’t bother to pick it up.    It is a real shame that today’s society has let this technology rule our lives, but that is just the power of the internet. 4.21 -  4.46 BRONTE There is quite clearly very mixed opinions amongst the public, all of which seemed inconclusive, so I decided to take my search for the truth a bit further and decided to talk to the people involved. Journalists.      I got in touch with one blogger, one local journalist and one national journalist to see what they thought about the matter. Here is what they had to say.

VISUAL INT: WORK OFFICE MS of 30 year old man wearing a suit, centre screen. EXT: OUTSIDE TOPSHOP MS of 23 year old woman wearing casual clothes, centre screen. EXT: OUTSIDE A COLLEGE MS of 19 year old man wearing casual clothes, centre screen. INT: IN LIVING ROOM MS of 42 year old woman in relaxing clothes, centre screen. EXT: IN PARK MS of 32 year old woman in winter clothes, centre screen. EXT: OUTSIDE MUSIC VENUE MS of 27 year old man in punk clothes, centre screen. INT: BEDROOM COVERED IN BOYBAND POSTERS MS of 15 year old girl in school uniform, centre screen. EXT: ON SWING MS of 16 year old boy casual clothes, centre screen. EXT: IN PLAYGROUND MS of 14 year old girl in posh school uniform, centre screen. INT: IN CAFE MS of 27 year old woman in casual clothes, centre screen. EXT: ON HIGH STREET MS of 18 year old woman in fashionable clothes, centre screen. INT: IN CAR MS of 35 year old man in work clothes, centre screen. INT: SAT BY COMPUTER MS of 21 year old man in geeky clothes, centre screen. EXT: OUTSIDE LESUIRE CENTRE MS of 28 year old woman in gym clothes, centre screen. EXT: ON TOP OF RAMP AT SKATEPARK MS of 18 year old man in skater clothing, centre screen. INT: IN QUEUE AT CINEMA MS of 24 year old woman in evening clothing, centre screen. EXT: OUTSIDE NEWSPAPER OFFICES MS of 37 year old man in suit, centre screen. INT: IN NEWSAGENTS BEHIND COUNTER MS of 52 year old man in casual work clothes, centre screen. EXT: OUTSIDE CLUB MS of 21 year old woman in clubbing clothes, centre screen. INT: IN PUB MS of 45 year old man in typical pub clothes, centre screen. EXT: ON BENCH IN TOWN MS of 17 year old girl in casual clothes, centre screen. INT: ON TRAIN MS of 30 year old woman in summer clothes, centre screen. INT: AT DINNER TABLE MS of 38 year old woman in casual clothes, centre screen. INT: IN LIBRARY MS of 24 year old man in casual clothes, centre screen. INT: IN SWIMMING POOL MS of 25 year old woman in swimming costume, centre screen. EXT: OUTSIDE BULL RING BY BULL MS of 21 year old woman in warm clothing, centre screen. EXT: STANDING BY SCHOOL GATE MS of 14 year old girl in school uniform, centre screen. INT: IN COLLEGE REFECTORY MS of 18 year old man in casual clothing, centre screen. EXT: ON HORSE IN RIDING SCHOOL MS of 32 year old woman in smart riding clothes, centre screen. EXT: STANDING BY TREE MS of 45 year old man in warm clothing, centre screen. INT: IN RECORDING STUDIO MS of 25 year old man in rock star clothing, centre screen. INT: IN GYM ON ROWING MACHINE MS of 18 year old woman in gym clothing, centre screen. EXT: OUTSIDE TOWN HALL MS of 55 year old man in a smart suit, centre screen. INT: IN HAIRDRESSERS CHAIR GETTING HAIR DONE MS of 34 year old woman in casual clothing, centre screen. EXT: ON BENCH OUTSIDE PUB MS of 29 year old man in casual smart clothing, centre screen. INT: DOING MAKE-UP IN HOUSE IN MIRROR MS of 22 year old woman in lounge clothing, centre screen. EXT: OUTSIDE JACK WILLS MS of 19 year old man in Jack Wills clothing, centre screen. EXT: SITTING OUTSIDE STARBUCKS MS of 19 year old woman in summer clothing, centre screen. INT: IN NAIL SALON MS of 36 year old woman in glamorous clothing, centre screen. EXT: AT TENNIS COURTS MS of 30 year old man in tennis clothing, centre screen. INT: SAT ON SOFA IN HOUSE WATCHING TELEVISION MS of 25 year old woman in pajamas, centre screen. INT: IN UNIVERSITY LECTURERS OFFICE MS of 42 year old man in a suit, centre screen. INT: AT STUDENT UNION MS of 20 year old woman in casual clothing, centre screen. EXT: IN FOOTBALL FIELD MS of 22 year old man in a football kit, centre screen. EXT: TOWN HIGH STREET MS of Bronte, centre screen. INT: NEWSPAPER PRINTING ROOM WS of printing process.  A Dawson Productions Documentary enters from the bottom left hand side of the screen. INT/EXT: CENTRAL HIGH STREET IN CITY Camera work by Dean Smith enters from top left hand side of the screen. Edited by Julie Andrews enters from mid-left hand side of the screen. Produced by Thomas Scott enters from bottom left hand side of the screen. BACKGROUND: LOGOS AND TITLES OF DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS Title of the documentary appears in centre screen. EXT: BUSY TOWN HIGH STREET LS of Bronte walking down the middle of a busy high street. Other people in the shot are sped up and blurred out, Bronte to be centre screen and the public to be on either side. EXT: OUTSIDE LARGE DEBENHAMS IN TOWN HIGH STREET MS of Debbie Harris, centre screen. Name Debbie Harris appears in writing on the bottom left hand side of the screen. INT: INSIDE DEBENHAMS CAFÉ ON SOFA MS of Debbie Harris, right hand side of screen looking central towards the camera. EXT: OUTSIDE LARGE CINEMA MS of Martin Healy, centre screen. Name Martin Healy appears in writing on the bottom right hand side of the screen. INT: INSIDE CINEMA, WITH BACKGROUND OF QUEUE WITH MAINLY YOUNG PEOPLE IN IT ON MOBILE PHONES MS of Martin Healy, left hand side of screen looking centre at camera. EXT: OUTSIDE SMALL TOWN HALL WITH SIGNS ADVERTSING LOCAL PANTOMIME Name Patricia Bourne appears in writing on the bottom centre of the screen. INT: SAT AT ENTERANCE OF TOWN HALL ON CHAIR TURNED AROUND FROM AUDIENCE CHAIRS WITH BACKGROUND OF CHOIR AND PIANO MS of Patricia Bourne on right hand side of screen looking central.