Shots

Very loose skeleton script

One of the teenagers

XXX returns home after 9 months behind bars
returning to his family
home immediately
following his release
from a young
offenders institute.
Shots would capture
the emotion and ideally
there would be nice
actuality too
Newspaper archive/
He was one of four local teenagers convicted of a
television news archive violent hate crime against a Jewish man in
Gateshead in July last year. They denied the
attack at first, but a text sent by Balawal Sultan
announced...
GFX

...that he was going Jew bashing

Reconstruction of the
attack

The attackers pounced on xxx, chased him down

the street and pelted wood at him before
surrounding him and threatening to kick him. In
the nick of time a friend saw what was happening
and saved him. The boys ran off

Mug shots

But they were caught, eventually pleaded guilty

and were sentenced to between four and twelve
monthsat young offenders institutes

Interviews with the

teenagers either at the
family home or on the
streets of the West
End

Clip - reflective sound-bite about committing the

crime/time behind bars

Shots of an Islamic
Diversity group event
(they do many events
ranging from litter
picks to food handouts for the homeless
etc)

The charity the Islamic Diversity Centre in

Newcastle had worked with two of the boys
before the attack. After hearing what happened,
its leader Abu Tayeb wanted to take action.
(Script might have to refer to the event going on)

Abu Tayeb interview

Clip on what the IDC is, when theyd worked with

the boys before and why they decided to step in

Shots of Abu Tayeb

meeting the teenagers
and talking to them

Actuality conversation between Abu Tayeb and

the teenagers discussing what their mentoring
will involve, and the boys saying theyre on board

Shots of one of the

teenagers with a
laptop, googling his
name and seeing the
articles about the
attack appearing

A clip from one of the teenagers saying that he

wants to put things right

Shots of one of the

teenagers at home
with his family

Now xx is back home, his mother/father is

determined to get him back on the right path

Interview with a family

member

Clip about how they felt when they realised their

son was involved. Theyll mention the Palestinian
conflict at some point to lead on to the next
section

Archive of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict

In court it was revealed that all four boys had

been heavily influenced by footage of the Israeli
Palestinian conflict

Interview with one of

the teenagers

Clip about how what he was seeing was making

him feel at the time

Abu Tayeb interview

Clip about how extremist views can arise as a

result of seeing conflicts like the Palestinian one
and why he felt the need to take action. Hell
mention increasing numbers of anti-Semitic and
Islamophobic attacks

GFX

Local and national statistics about anti-Semitic

and Islamophobic attacks

Shots of an IDC event

at St James Park with
key speakers
discussing antiSemitism and
Islamophobia

In order to try and stop similar attacks happening,

the IDC hold their own awareness event.
(Followed by actuality from some of the
speakers)

Interviews with the

speakers

Clips about the event, how to tackle the problem

etc

Abu Tayeb interview

Clip about the event and how to get the message

across

Shots of the teenagers

Abu Tayeb wants the boys to meet their victim so

they can understand just how damaging their
actions were

Set-up shots of
Khadija

Before that though, Abu Tayeb thinks they should

hear from Muslims whove suffered similar
attacks, like Khadija

Khadija interview

She explains how a man tried to pull her

headscarf off as she walked to the bus stop after
she finished a nursing shift at the Freeman
Hospital

Shots of the teenagers

and Khadija

Some actuality of the conversation, Khadija

explaining how being attacked for her religion
made her feel

Interview with the

teenagers afterwards

Clip about how the meeting with Khadija went

and how they are feeling about meeting their
victim

Shots of the teenagers

travelling to a
Synagogue, shots of
them meeting a Rabbi
or other Jewish
worshippers

Abu Tayebs taking the teenagers to a synagogue

to show them that Judaism has more in common
with Islam than they think

Shots of them in the

synagogue

Actuality of the discussion about what Islam and

Judaism have in common as well as some of the
differences. Actuality about the effect the attack
had on the local Jewish community

Shots of the teenagers

leaving and interviews
in the car as they
travel home (use go
pro in car)

Clip discussing how the visit went, what they got

out of it and if its changed their opinions

Shots of the teenagers

getting ready, Abu
Tayeb coming to pick
them up

Today marks the culmination of the mentoring

programme. Theyre going to meet their victim

Shots of the teenagers

and Abu Tayeb as they
travel

Actuality - Abu Tayeb and the teenagers discuss

how they feel ahead of the meeting

Shots as the car pulls

up. The boys get out,
they walk to the
meeting point
Shots of the teenagers
meeting their victim

Ends on a handshake,
teenagers and victim
part

Actuality - the apologies, the victim explains how

he felt at the time, how does the victim feel about
their mentoring programme, does he accept their
apology?

Victim interview

Clip about how he feels after the meeting

Abu Tayeb interview

Clip about how he feels after the meeting

Teenagers interview

Clip about how they feel after the meeting

Please note that this is a very rough structure to show how some ideas might come
together. A proper structure table would be more detailed and include more sequences. I
would also consider teasing ahead to the meeting between the perpetrators and their
victim to build up some suspense at the beginning of the piece. I might also include a clip
and sequence from the police in the film. Im aware that some of these elements may not
come off, for example, capturing one of the boys release from the young offenders
institute, but I just wanted to show how some of my ideas might work.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.