Adriana Virgilio

Assignment 6
Script Exercise #6-The 10-minute documentary Script Project
Documentary on Coffee
1

CU opening shot
of girl ordering
coffee at her
local Starbucks
in Lawrenceville,
NJ.

:20

Stacy: Hi can I
have a tall caramel
toasted almond ice
coffee with light
cream and 2
sugars? With a
pump of hazelnut
please.

WSofStarbucks
baristapreparing
hercoffeeorder.

:15

VO: Coffee is
among the most
consumed and
controversial
beverages in the
world! When you
think of coffee you
just think about all
your sweeteners
creams and flavors
but how about
where coffee first
came from and
why it is so
addicting for us.

WS of Stacy
drinking her
coffee, on a filed
in the Arabian
Peninsula where
coffee cultivation
and trade first
began.

:20

WS of coffee
:25
shops back in the
day.

VO: Coffee began

in the Arabian
Peninsula, and by
the 15th century
coffee spread to
Egypt, Syria, and
Turkey.

Thomas Jefferson
stated Coffee- the
favorite drink of
the civilized
world. He was
right. Coffee was
not only enjoyed in
homes, but also in
many public coffee
houses called
Qahveh Khaneh.

CU of Coffee
bean expert
Francis Banker
5

:40

Francis Banker,
coffee bean expert
explains what
exactly coffee is:
Everyone
recognizes a
roasted coffee
bean, but you
might not
recognize an actual
coffee plant.
Coffee trees are
pruned short to
conserve their
energy and aid in
harvesting, they
can grow over 30
feet high. While
coffee plants can
live up to 100
years, they are
generally the most
productive between
the ages of 7 and
20.

MS of Francis
:25
Baker standing in
field of coffee
plants with
workers around
him.

CUofFrancis
Bankerinsit
downinterview.

1:25

VO: What exactly

impacts the quality
and flavor of
coffee? Everything
from variety of the
plant, chemistry of
the soil, the
weather, and the
amount of rainfall
and sunshine, and
even the altitude of
where its being
grown does.
Francis talks about
different places
coffee is grown
and what impacts
quality/flavor of
coffee: The
combination of
factors is so
complex, that even
from a single
plantation one
finds variation in
quality and taste.
Coffee is grown in
more than 50
countries around
the world
including: North
America and the
Caribbean, Central
America, South
America, East
Africa, West
Africa, and Asia.

B-Roll of coffee
pictures in
different
countries around
the world.

CU of Barista at
Starbucks in
Lawrenceville,
NJ being
interviewed.

:20

:15

VO: The key

variables combined
with the way the
cherries are
processed after
being picked
contribute to the
distinctions
between coffees
from countries,
growing regions
and plantations
worldwide.

Barista: We get
the same customers
all the time,
everyone is craving
to fulfill their
caffeine buzz these
days. And Honestly
being surrounded
by it so much
makes me crave it
as well.

10

B-Roll of Barista
and customer
again at
Starbucks.

:25

VO: Many of these

potential benefits
are associated with
caffeine, a
naturally occurring
stimulant found in
the coffee beans.
The amount of
caffeine in a cup of
coffee can vary,
depending on
factors ranging
from the type of
bean and how that
bean is brewed.

11

MCU clip of
baristas at
Starbucks

:10

This caffeinated
coffee affects these
indivuals
differently. Well
see people come in
all the time getting
more coffee more
than 1 time a day.

12

Video of how
coffee affects
your brain.

3:50

Animated video
shows how coffee
gets sent to your
brain and creates a
high.

13

14

B-Roll of Francis :10

in field making
coffee.

CU clip of video
of steps off
coffee.

:50

VO: The coffee

you enjoy each day
has taken a long
journey to arrive in
your cup. Theyre
planted, picked and
purchased; coffee
beans go through a
typical series of
steps to bring out
their best.
VO: These 10 steps
are how the seed
gets to the cup.
Step 1 is planting,
Step 2 is harvesting
the cherries, Step 3
is Processing the
cherries, Step 4 is
drying the beans,
Step 5 is milling
the beans, Step 6
exporting the
beans, Step 7
tasting the coffee,
step 8 roasting the
coffee, step 9
grinding coffee,
and finally step 10
you brew the
coffee.

15

WS of customers
at Starbucks
consuming
coffee.

16

WS of Hospital
and nutritionist
speaking about
coffee benefits.

17

CS of Nutrionist
walking through
the hospital
hallway.

:30

2:00

:20

VO: You might be

thinking, what are
coffees benefits?
Well lets be
honest- that first
morning coffee can
transform anyone
to be a superhero
with unstoppable
power. It gives you
energy to die for.
Nutritionist
speaking about
potential benefits
of coffee.

VO: Antioxidants
in coffee make up
as much as 50-70%
of the total
antioxidant intake
of an average
American. Coffee
consumption is
associated with an
overall decreased
risk of Alztimers
and Cancer.

18

CU shot of
Nutritionist in a
sit down
interview at
hospital.

:05

Nutrionist: As
long as your
drinking coffee
regularly, and not
aggressively, you
can enjoy it every
single day. I
definitely
recommend it for
many reasons.
Long live coffeethey say!