Script for sleep documentary

This contains some of the script i'll be using

It is said The average person will sleep for a third of their lives, equivalent to nine-thousand one hundred and twenty five days and  2 hundred and 29 thousand, 9 hundred and 61 hours in their entire lifetime, basing of an average of 8 hours of sleep per night,  but for some of us this only a distant dream and how much truth is really behind it?

First of, let's tackle the question of what really is the sleep?

Sleep is the mysterious shift in consciousness that our bodies require every day. It’s vital for our health and wellbeing, and not only do we function less well when we don’t get enough quality sleep, but it can lead to long-term health problems. That’s why we need to do all that we can to ensure that we enjoy quality sleep and deal with any sleep problems.

During this stage the body begins to repair itself, from repairing muscle fibres, tissue growth to restoring our energy for the day ahead. So does this mean if we jump right into bed all these things happen straight away, the answer is no.   

Stages of sleep:

As you know when we get into bed, there is a time where beforehand where we actually begin to fall asleep, it can be from 10 minutes to 30 minutes or even longer, this varies from person to person and is also known as sleep latency which i’ll be talking about later. But for now, once we fall asleep do we start dreaming straight away, not really. This is because there is a starting point from where we go through a continuous cycle that runs around and around throughout the night. This is also known as the stages of sleep.

People usually pass through 5 stages, starting of at stage 1 to REM Sleep.

During stage 1: Stage one is also known as light sleep, this is a stage between sleep and can be easily awakened.

Stage 2 is when eye movement stops and you become disengaged from your surroundings.

Stage 3 and 4: is also known as deep sleep, during stage 3 and 4 it becomes difficult for them to be awakened where there is no eye movement and muscle activity.

The last stage REM sleep: This is the stage where dreams mostly occur and when we wake up we can remember them. Breathing becomes more rapid and heart rate increases.

The optimum stages that are most beneficial for us is stage 3 and four that allows our bodies to fully recover on both psychological and physical measures.

With that being said doctors do not know the exact reason as to why we need sleep? But we do know the functions that sleep serve in order to maintain our health and wellbeings.

Now what about those who don’t and can't sleep?

– where the muscles and soft tissues in the throat relax and collapse sufficiently to cause a total blockage of the airway; it is called an apnoea when the airflow is blocked for 10 seconds or more

Lack of sleep: In the 21 century our busy lives are filled with ideals, jobs, deadlines, relationships taking up half or if not the whole of the day. What is worse is coming home to bed, and you can’t fall asleep. The reason being is that some of us are unaware that we unconsciously bring these along to bed with us, thoughts, feelings, day to day stress all in a time where can actually think about them therefore this replaces our actual time to relax and snooze off.

Even though some of us are consciously aware, we are unable to sleep, this is also known as Insomnia.

As many as 30 to 35 percent of adults complain of insomnia. It is more common in groups such as older adults, women, people under stress and people with mental health problems such as depression.

People who have insomnia tend to find it difficult to fall alseep, waking up several times per night, feeling irritated and difficulty concentrating during the day.

I conducted a interview with a couple people who had past experiences with insomnia

The results i got showed 90% of the people i interviewed showed showed a link between lack of sleep and productivity.

STudies show that lack of sleep decreases our productivity, it can effect our general mood, ability to learn and retain information and is also a safety concern as we are more likely to cause accidents.

Another study also shows that lack of sleep makes you more vulnerable to common colds.

Although lack of sleep is may seem different to insomnia but i believe it is not to far apart since both share some of the same symptoms, a person who lacks sleep may develop sleeping patterns that are irregular and this increases into another deadly cycle which develops into insomnia in time.

I’ve conducted an interview with a to further explain this hypothesis:

With this information this regards that those we do not sleep through free will may lead to circumstances similar to insomnia being unable to sleep.

Prevention:

So how do we prevent this from happening:

Treating sleep as something very important is the first step, sleep

I interviewed a fitness instructor to tell us about what how exercise affects the quality of sleep we get.

Expanding on his point a study by the national sleep foundation shows that people sleep significantly better and more alert during the day when the person spends at least 150 minutes of exercise week.

Self-help

Books

There are many ways to track sleep whether its for medical reasons or just to see your own sleep patterns, Some sleep clinics provides sleep labs where patients are to stay a night where doctors can view your brainwaves pinpointing problems and help you adjust to a better night sleep.

However there is a reliable way where anyone at home track your own sleeping patterns, devices such as Jawbones and fitbits allow a individual to track the amount exercise, calories and quality of sleep you get, turning you into a healthier individual.

Shooting script

I didn't require a shooting script since there wasn't any need for any locations to be filmed at aside from the interviews itself. The interview's are done according to the production schedule, and since i'm interviewing a staff member of an organisation i can just pop by any day this week in hopes they are available to film. The visual side of things are must covered with graphics, examples and a couple photos taken using a camera.

Production schedule

Nichols modes documentary

                 Documentary codes and conventions

Realism

Realism in documentaries is simply using real life footage, this could either be someone who is present during the event, or the filmmaker present during the event either way realism is filmed using an handheld camera which makes it 'realistic' differentiating from those that re-enact scenes/footages. Realism can be done through an interview for example someone who witnessed a shooting and talking about it on the scene, or a person filming the shooting which is actual footage. Realism instinctively assures the audience with the trustworthiness of the source, this can be due to the nature of which realism documentaries are used for.

Dramatisation

Dramatisation is the use of re-enactments alongside interviews. Events that has happened are redone to give the audience a general idea of the events that took place during that moment in time, usually dramatisation is presented with a person being interviewed talking about their story and scenes of the event but re-enacted. Music and sound effects are usually implemented with this to give the audience an feel for the event or to create an specific atmosphere. Dramatisation are common in programs such as watchdogs which with the audience an visual image of a scene that has happened, this is effective in ways of helping the audience understand the situation better.

Narrativisation 

Narrativisation is creating an story arc allows the story to run from point A to point B within narrative structure. This is usually based on facts and usually the most popular form of documentary.

Narrativisation is an effect way of addressing to the audience but it can be seen as a bit prolonged. An example of this text is The only way is Essex, an ideal scenario would be both group of boys and girls meet up in a party and along the way they start to get to know one another and party together and in the end one fancies the other etc. 

Exposotiory

Expository is an form of text that uses narration and is also known as 'The voice of God', an example text is National GEO which provides wildlife documentaries, the commentary is usually someone with an origin of a high authoritative voice which both engages and persuades the audience. A example person is David Attenborough, in his field of expertise a documentary would condemn to be more reliable and truth worthy if someone like him was to narrate over a topic like climate change. In the documentary i linked shows expository in action, the narrator speaks in a slow pace and only speaks when necessary to inform to the audience what is happening, mostly the narrative speaks in short sentences as seen in the first 5 minutes when the battle between the lions is taking place, this allows people of all ages to understand what is happening in contrast to the visual and after each sentence there is an urge to know what is going to happen next which makes the form of text very engaging.

Observational

An observational text conveys the idea of a fly on the wall and is objective in its judgement. This allows the audience to see each character in their natural states, the reality show Keeping up with the Kardashians is an example text, the cameraman usually using an handheld camera follows around each character during anytime of the day and does nothing more, during family arguments the cameraman simply is a spectator and holds no judgement, an observational form of documentary is usually to gain insight on a particular persons lifestyle/personality aside from the limelight/media.

Interactive

An interactive form of documentary usually falls under being reliable. The documentary interviews people on the scene and includes real time footages, an example text is Point and Shoot where we get a backstory of the person who is involved and we follow him on a journey where he completely changes into a different person. The provides the audience with an insight on a particular persons lifestyle or activity, this can be engaging in ways such as the serve brutality and truth of the documentary which is not scene in day to day life.

Reflective

A reflective form of documentary is usually the presenter in front of the camera dealing with real life issues, the presenter joining in or being at the scene. Usually reflective documentary follows a narrative arc and it follows the story of a particular person. An example text is Louis Theroux Crystal Meth, the presenter interviews the drug addicts and asks them what it is like to be under the influence of drugs and in the end of the documentary it usually shows us what happened to each character for example if he quit drugs or he is stilled addicted. 

Performance   

Presenter leads the story becomes the story. Example is the film catfish at first the guy is leading the story of meeting this girl online but after he gets kidnapped and it tells his story. Usually the first part is filmed usually handheld cameras following the character. Performance documentaries are usually very personal, the whole concept behind it is to try to put us in the shoes of the character, put us into a specific perspective or be there ourselves. The common genre revolves around things that are less likely spoke about in person and applying directing to certain groups such as ethnic minorities, the LGBT communities or people with extreme views.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Vice documentary analysis

Vice Documentary's

Confessions of a Bartender

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/video/confessions-of-a-bartender-001

In this video this man is represented as subjective however he believes that what he said is true and that he needs to shed a light upon the truth of the stereotypes regarding business in the alcohol industry. He is an anonymous speaker therefore assuming he has nothing to hide thus exposing the secrets and unafraid of how he presents his opinions show us a sense of accuracy towards this documentary. Throughout the documentary he gives a real life issues that happened at a bar such as a man punching him for trying to break up a fight and such which shows that the majority of the documentary is based on subjectivity. In terms of the posture and over formality of the interview, the interviewee was very straight forward in what he wanted to say, this could be due to the anonymity of the subject but this itself could serve as a distinction in which he is speaking the truth. The interview did not refrain from using vulgar language, this again shows that it is a genuine interview and the interviewee is speaking whats on his mind. In terms of of the content, it engages the audience through which they way he verbally describes out his experiences with the night life giving a visual scenario upon the matter.

On the Front Lines with International Volunteers Fighting ISIS in Syria

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/video/vice-intl-international-fighters-isis

In this documentary it is seen as balanced and impartial which is what it has to follow by because it is factual news of a sensitive topic. The interviewer travels to the actual location of where ISIS is which was freed 10 days ago and interviews people who were there at the scene shows accuracy. After visiting the location and gaining knowledge of what took place, e.g properganda of the punishments they would use against people who disobeyed, the interviewer visited the location of the base of international fighters who are fighting against ISIS and askes for their personal opinions on the topic and why they chose to risk their lives. The interviewer for multiple days lived with these soldiers which placed him with the same food and lifestyle they lived which allows the interviewer to understand what exactly was happening and understand if not slightly how the fighters were feeling, most of the fighters had family abroad son, daughters, mothers but interviewing them told us that they felt what they did is right which shows their own opinions, a particular soldier said they did not want to join the fight against ISIS but he had to.