Social

Action
Production
booklet
Contents
Task 1: Proposal
Task 2: Pre-production material
Task 3: Filming
Task 4: Editing

Social Action Production Proposal

Name of production:
Powerful Talking

Reason for following this issue:

I chose to follow this issue because I feel strongly that the government is not
spending sufficient money on assisting people with mental health issues.

Length of production:
My social action documentary will be around 10-15 minutes.

Interviewees in production:
Julie M
Gina E
General public

Production angle, how and why:

My social action documentary will be both informative and emotional. It will be
emotional for some viewers because I will be filming people talk about their own
stories and struggles coping with mental health and the scary aspect of it that people
seem not to focus on.
It will also be informative because I will include facts and statistics throughout mainly
showing how many people committed suicide and how many people struggle with
mental health throughout the years and how it has gotten worse.

A production layout (beginning, middle and end)

Opening:
Addressing the issue by opening with archive footage of Nick Clegg, Liberal
Democrats leader from 2007-2015, featuring his speech about the Liberal Democrats
revolutionizing mental health care with 3.5 billions pounds spend.
Footage of Kate Middleton and Prince William talking about how important mental
health is.
Archive footage

Middle:
My interviews with therapist Julie and Gina who has suffered with severe depression
and is maintaining ongoing therapies for this. Public Interviews.

End:
Conclusion on subject and how you can help.
Target Audience and why
My target audience is towards everyone, because any person no matter
what age they are have encountered the social issue of mental health
whether it be themselves or someone they know.

Where your video will be uploaded / shown

I will be showing my documentary video on my own YouTube channel and on my
weebly page.
The organization that I will be interviewing for my documentary will not be using my
video for their own website however; they have allowed me to show it on my own
channel.

List of questions you wish to ask / have answered in your production

(questions I need to know)

1. One in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem in any given
year.
2. Mental health problems are one of the main causes of the burden of disease
worldwide. In the UK, they are responsible for the largest burden of disease 28% of
the total burden, compared to 16% each for cancer and heart disease.
3. Mental health services in the UK are overstretched, have long waiting times and
in some regions lack specialist services. Despite this, public spending is focused
almost entirely on coping with crisis, with only an insignificant investment in
prevention. Mental health research receives only 5.5% (115 million) of total UK
health research spending.
4. Around 50% of women with perinatal mental health problems are not identified or
treated. The costs to the UK economy for untreated perinatal mental health problems
is estimated to be around 8.1 billion for each one-year cohort of births; this is the
equivalent to around 10,000 per year for every single birth in the UK. These costs
are generally the result of not identifying mothers mental health needs or treating
them effectively. However, when mothers are referred, there are known treatments
that work well for most cases.
5. Paternal mental health is also of crucial importance. Postnatal depression in
fathers has been associated with emotional and behavioral problems in their child.

Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used
 Type of room/area:
Patient-counselling
room

Location Address:
St Marks Hospital, 122
St Marks Road,
Maidenhead, SL66DU

Sat Nav details

(Postcode): SL66DU

Nearest Train
Station: Furze Platt
Train Station

Nearest Bus stop:

Furze Platt St Marks

Lighting Information: Solutions:

Indoor lighting.
Sound Information:
I will be in a quiet room but there
could be general background noise.
If lighting isnt up to filming
standard I could hire some lights
that will be able to light up the
filming area.
Solutions:
Kindly ask the people near by the
quite down a bit while I record.

Power Information: Solutions:

The battery could run out of power Find the nearest plug socket and
on the camera, preventing me from plug in the cameras for 5-10
recording any more footage. minutes before continuing to film.

Hazards: Solutions:
There may be dangerous objects Carefully dispose of those
lying around on the floor that could hazardous objects before
injure you proceeding to record your footage.

Type of room/area:
House, Living room

Location Address: 27,

Stoney Ware SL79BR

Location Recce Sat Nav details

(Postcode): SL79BR
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used
Nearest Train
Station: Marlow Train
Station

Nearest Bus stop:

West Street Bus Stop
Lighting Information:
Indoor lighting.
Sound Information:
I will be in a quiet room but there
could be general background noise.
Solutions:
If lighting isnt up to filming
standard, I could hire some lights
that will be able to light up the
filming area.
Solutions:
Road noises or airplanes. Wait then
carry on filming.

Power Information: Solutions:

The battery could run out of power Find the nearest plug socket and
on the camera, preventing me from plug in the cameras for 5-10
recording any more footage. minutes before continuing to film.

Hazards: Solutions:
There may be dangerous objects Carefully dispose of those
lying around on the floor that could hazardous objects before
injure you proceeding to record your footage.

Type of room/area:
Location Recce Town Centre/Shopping
centre
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used
Location Address:
The Nicholsons
Shopping Centre
Maidenhead, Berkshire,
SL61LB

Sat Nav details

(Postcode): SL61LB

Nearest Train
Station: Maidenhead
Train Station

Nearest Bus stop:

Lighting Information:
Outdoor natural lighting.
Sound Information:
I will be in a very noisy shopping
Centre.
Solutions:
If lighting isnt up to filming
standard, I could hire some lights
that will be able to light up the
filming area.
Solutions:
Kindly ask the people near by the
quite down a bit while I record.

Power Information: Solutions:

The battery could run out of power Find the nearest plug socket and
on the camera, preventing me from plug in the cameras for 5-10
recording any more footage. minutes before continuing to film.

Hazards: Solutions:
There may be dangerous objects Carefully dispose of those
lying around on the floor that could hazardous objects before
injure you proceeding to record your footage.

PROPS LIST
Production Name:
Producer: Tara Pringle-Stacey

Item Script Description Actor/location Notes

page
posters Hospital posters on St. Marks
walls in background Julie Murrel Hospital
interview
 Family photographs Gina Elworthy
Family surrounding/backgroun
Her home
photograph d
s

Found Footage

Footage Reference Used

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Nick Clegg Artic
on mental Nick Clegg: Liberal Democrats will
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revolutionise mental health care
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funding
Web
site YouTube
title:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
URL:
v=yk9hsPZDpFo
Artic Kate Middleton and Prince William openin
Kate le announce campaign to tackle g
Middleton & title: mental health problems in the UK
Prince Web
William site YouTube
title:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
URL:
v=NRFid9skHbY
Artic openin
Stephen Fry - Discussing Mental
Stephen Fry le g
Health
title:
Web
site YouTube
title:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
URL:
v=7TopruGzX4U
Professor Green Suicide And Me Mental Health
Article title:
Professor Documentary 2015
Green- Website
YouTube
Suicide & title:
Me URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E1saYc09Q0
Documenta
ry

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Equipment Hire sheet

Item From Return

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Tripod x2 Henley college 28th Feb 2nd March

Copyright issues / legal ethical issues you may face

Legal ethical issues- Make sure all the facts that I get from the internet are correct.
Copyright- make sure every video I use from the internet I referenced.
List of Questions you wish to ask and order of questions (Make sure they link
and follow on from each other. The wording of your questions will be graded)
JULIE (Therapist)

Question 1: What made you want to become a councilor?

Question 2: What type of counselling do you offer?
Question 3: What methods do you use to help you understand if you patient is in

danger of harming him/herself?

Question 4: How do you see budget cuts affecting local mental health charities

in your area?
Question 5: My research shows that the government have budgeted billions for

mental health, so can you explain why there are so many cuts?
Question 6: What do you think local social action groups could do to bring about

a positive change in metal health?

List of Questions you wish to ask and order of questions (Make sure they link
and follow on from each other. The wording of your questions will be graded)
GINA E
Question 1: Thank you for agreeing to talk to me Gina, I understand that you

find formal questioning stressful so why dont you tell me in your own words

about your personal experiences regarding your mental health issues.

List of Questions you wish to ask and order of questions (Make sure they link
and follow on from each other. The wording of your questions will be graded)
GENERAL PUBLIC (Questions for each individual)
Question 1: Do you think that there is a stigma around the term mental health?
Question 2: What could local action groups do to change this?

Production
Before you go off and film please be aware of the following.

PRODUCTION TIPS:

Interview in relevant locations

Make sure there is no background noise when filming - ask to turn off all machines or film
in a quiet location and if outside try and use a wind cover and microphone.

Use TWO cameras when filming - One following the interviewer and one following you as
you had with your multi camera unit

Get MORE footage than you need - you can always cut items out but you can't add once
you have filmed

Think about how you want the final product to look before you start filming

Add archive footage (clips, newspaper clippings, footage from news stories etc...) but
ALWAYS reference them on screen and make sure you have permission to use them

Once filming is finished, make sure the following is complete BEFORE you start
to edit your production

Shot list and running order of final production (including found and archive
footage)

Sequenc Description
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Shot

Voice over script

Shot Script
Checklist for production items

In production

Interviews Y

Voiceovers Y

Facts about issue (either spoken or put on screen) Y

Cut away footage Y

Archive footage Y

End credits with 'thank you to' section Y

Music Y

Roles and responsibilities

 Name Role Responsibilities
Tara Producer Make sure the camera is

running smoothly and

does not run out of

battery.

Editing final video

Responsible for whole

project