Documentary Script for London Colours
TIMING NARRATION
London a multicultural city of ethnic
diversity.
In this Short documentary, we will be
exploring the variety of ethnicities that
make up the melting pot of one of Europes
largest cities.
Through the experiences of different
London citizens, we will be learning about
the characteristics of these ethnic groups
and how they express their cultural identity
through their daily lives.
In 2001, the percentage of white British
citizens was 58% has now dropped to 45%.
Here in the district of Wapping we met
Harry and spent the day with him.
Even though the White British make up less
than 50%, it is still the largest ethnic group
in the city.
VISUALS
Captions: Title of documentary:
'London Colours'
Cutaway: feet walking on busy street.
Vox- Pops: of people giving their
responses to the questions.
Graph: of London ethnic diversity
Population.
Archive footage: of different
Ethnicities in London over the last
couple of years.
AUDIO
Title/Theme Music: Soul Bossa Nova- (Quincy Jones)
(MisterAlcohol. Quincy Jones - SOUL BOSSA NOVA.
YouTube, YouTube, 8 Feb. 2010,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5ALPzS0QfQ. Accessed
08/11/2017)
Sound: We hear the responses from people
Music in the background of Archive footage and
White British description: Rule Britannia
Instrumental-(Dreadepic. Rule Britannia -
Instrumental. YouTube, YouTube, 23 Sept. 2012,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd8ihEQ3tVI. Accessed
08/11/2017)G
Location: Bermondsey and Wapping

Captions:
The White British
(Name)

Archive footage: of a modern White

British community in London.

(Tom Payne For The Daily Mail. The English

Village That's Not Very English at All! How
Residents in a Cotswolds Community Have
DNA from 18 Different Parts of the World
despite 95% Saying Their Heritage Is White
British. Daily Mail Online, Associated
Newspapers, 11 Aug. 2017,
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-
4779878/Residents-Cotswolds-village-DNA-
18-places.html. Accessed 15/11/17)

Scene 1: Morning routine

Scene 2: Getting Breakfast in the caf
Scene 3: Journey to footballing ground
Scene 4: Playing football
Scene 5: Watches EastEnders in the
evening with a cup of tea

Most Polish migrants arrived in the UK
after the 2004 enlargement of the
European Union. There are 984,000
Polish nationals living in Britain. Wiktor
comes from a Polish immigrant family
and we found out more about his cultural
background.
The Bangladeshi ethnic group first
emigrated to London in the 1970s due to
changes in Immigration laws in the UK.
Today they make up 2.3% of Londons
overall population. They are heavily
concentrated in eastern areas of London
such as the Tower Hamlets. We met with
Akilah to observe the culture of the
Bangladeshi community.
Jamaicans first arrived in the UK in the
Captions:
The Polish
Name: Wiktor
Location: Elephant, Polish shop
Scene 1: Getting ready in the morning
Scene 2: At School or work
Scene 3: What they do in their spare
time?
Scene 4: Preparing Food/ dinner
Scene 5: Consuming the media
Captions:
The Bangladesh
Music in the background of Bangladesh description
Name: Akilah
and archive footage: Jai Ho-(A.R. Rahman)
(karaokemp3. Jai Ho! Instrumental. YouTube,
Archive footage: of Bangladesh event,
YouTube, 29 Sept. 2009,
e.g. a Wedding.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJJ_7cMNF0Y. Accessed
Location: East London, Stratford
08/11/2017)
Scene 1: On the phone to a friend
Scene 2: Journey to Stratford/ Filming
her with her friends
Scene 3: Shopping with her friends
Scene 4: Buying food unconventional
to her ethnicity
Captions:
The Jamaican
Music in the background of Jamaican(Caribbean)
Name: Sharell
description and archive footage: Bam Bam Bam 3-
1970s. The Jamaican community
currently number 160 thousand
residents in the city of London. They are
concentrated in the common boroughs of
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. We
met Sharell, one of the residents of
Lambeth.
Turks first began to emigrate in large
numbers from the island of Cyprus for
the purpose of employment then again
when Turkish Cypriots were forced to
leave their homes during the Cyprus
conflict.
There are 200,000 people of Turkish or
Turkish Cypriot origin in London
Archive footage: of a Caribbean (Martin Landh) (The Epidemic Sound Player,
festival player.epidemicsound.com/?_ga=2.50551213.5655909
85.1510177469-
1164202062.1510177469&_gac=1.158317896.151017
8527.Cj0KCQiA84rQBRDCARIsAPO8RFzL0aF3Mhtp-
a52JLdfQhfSKbmwcG5QC0WmhJTwZEdqLdy8YrL03qIa
AqbwEALw_wcB#/. Accessed 08/11/17)
(BBCCaribbean.com | The Windrush
Generation. BBC News, BBC,
www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story
/2008/06/080620_windrush2.shtml.
Accessed 08/11/2017)
Location: Brixton
Scene 1: Buying Jamaican food
Scene 2: Salon
Scene 3: Meeting other Jamaicans
Captions:
Turkish
Name: Cameron
Location: Turkish kebab shop.
according to Home Office estimates. We
met a London resident (Cameron) and
we spent the day with him to find out
more about the Turkish community

Music in Background of Archive footage and Black

The Black African population in London has Captions: African description: Leg Over Instrumental-(Mr
almost doubled from 500 thousand to a African Eazi) (Mr Eazi - Leg Over ( Instrumental ). YouTube,
million between 2001 and 2011. People Name: John YouTube, 26 Aug. 2017,
who identify as Black African are now the Archive Footage: of African Event www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ElS1il3Uhg. Accessed
largest group in Britains black community 08/11/2017)
We met with John citizen living in London Cutaway: Peckham market
to observe the practices of his culture.
Location: Peckham

Scene 1: Typical normal morning

routine.
Scene 2: Gives us a brief overview of
his day.
Scene 3: Shows us his typical clothing.
Scene 4: In a library wearing glasses
reading a book on historical British
content.
 As you can see London is a very
ethnically diverse city.
London will continue to change for future
generations and will remain one of
multicultural cities in the world.
2LSDS
Closing theme Music: Spanish Flea- (Herb Alpert),
Gets Louder gradually. (Herb Alpert And The Tijuana
Brass Spanish Flea (HQ Audio). YouTube, YouTube, 5
Feb. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8vaA06qkz8.
Accessed 08/11/2017).