Example of a Documentary Script

I decided to include an example of a documentary script that was composed as a previous idea last year when filming a documentary of a similar theme. It highlights the severity of underage and teenage drinking whilst also highlighting the effect it has on crime rates. I used this as a basis to compose my final idea for my documentary.

Music: Dizzie Rascal – Sirens (runs throughout pic sequence for intro)

Crimes committed by youngsters today are not unheard of; in fact many as young as 11 committed up to 8% of youth related crime in 2008. Here we are in 2009 and yet figures of youth crime are on the increase.
There are many reasons for this increase in crime, however in this documentary we will be focusing on crime from a different angle in relation to alcohol with alcohol being the main reason. Drinking can cause numerous health problems such as: liver disease, throat cancer and mental health problems. It can also lead to a young person becoming more violent, aggressive, less inhibited and no longer in control… these are just a few mild examples of how alcohol can alter your body. So if it can do this (show pic of a damaged liver) than surely it can make you commit crimes too.

Title: “Made of the HARD Stuff”
In today’s society fewer and fewer young people nowadays wait until they’re 18 to drink.
So by the time the average teenager has reached 15, more than eight out of 10 have already tried alcohol. Here are a few more statistics to put things into perspective.

Music: The Streets – Blinded by the lights. (Runs through stats, ,writing appears over use footage of people in Sutton)

o 16 – 25 year olds are six times more likely to commit an offence and become victims of one more than any other age group.

o Official figures show that there has been a 37 per cent increase in the number of children being admitted to hospital because of alcohol since 2001.

o Pinnacle age for men committing the most crimes over the course of their lives = 18 Also the pinnacle age for the most intake of alcohol.

o Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking; this includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes.