Package Script

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Insert: Audio montage – Braveheart (27s under audio)

Presenter: Over the last 25 years Scotland has produced memorable films that will live with people for generations, including Braveheart, Sunshine on Leith, Trainspotting and it’s sequel which premiered in Edinburgh this January, other films like Word War Z, The Dark Knight Rises and Prometheus have also been filmed in Scotland. Earlier this year Marvel’s upcoming blockbuster Avengers Infinity War took over the center of Edinburgh to film for over six weeks, productions took place on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, and in sections of Waverly Train Station. Marvel also had to rent a large warehouse on Edinburgh’s waterfront, this was due to Scotland’s lack of studio spaces. Over the last few years, there have been discussion and plans for the building of various major film studios in Scotland. We spoke to Philip John who is a director that has worked all over the UK including working on Downton Abbey and multi-million dollar series Outlander, he shared his thoughts on the lack of major studio spaces in Scotland and how this has led to Scotland losing out on major productions. (55s)

Insert: Philip John (13s)

“It’s inconceivable to me….

                                                                           ….so they went to Northern Ireland”

Presenter: With Scotland having a history of losing productions to other countries due to the facilities available, I asked Philip how he thought Scotland compares to other places that he had worked in, such as Wales. (9s)

Insert: Philip John (37s)

“I don’t think it’s as advance…

                                                                           …any other major film studio”

Presenter: At the beginning of last month, Scottish Ministers overturned a recommendation from a government reporter to decline a proposed film studio on the outskirts of Edinburgh, this proposed £250 million pound studio is planned to have six sound stages along with two Hollywood-style backlots. I spoke to Green Party MSP Andy Wightman about his party’s thoughts on this proposed film studio. (21s)

Insert: Andy Wightman (30s)

“Yeah, we believe…

                                                                           … is one with Scottish ministers”

Presenter: The project has been hugely controversial and has resulted in a large amount of protest from the local community. Mr. Wightman also expressed his concerns about the proposed location. (9s)

Insert: Andy Wightman (35s)

“Well, one of the issues…

                                                                           …we think this is the wrong site”

Presenter: With the community split on the development of this studio, I asked both Mr Wightman and Philip John how they think this studio would impact the Scottish Film Industry. (8s)

Insert: Andy Wightman (17s)

“A film studio rather than the…

                                                                           …positive impact on the Scottish Economy”

Insert: Philip John (22s)

“A film studio outside of…

                                                                           … should’ve been put there 10 years ago”

Presenter: With the general consensus that Scotland will benefit from a major film studio, but potentially not in this location, I spoke to the president of Guardhouse studios, Surya Iacono, who is currently working on gaining planning permission to build a major film studio at Heriot-Watt University, I asked her why she believes Scotland is a good location for her planned film studio. (18s)

Insert: Surya Iacono (73s)

“So Scotland is an interesting story…

                                                                           …it was an easy sell”

Presenter: Surya went on to talk about studio spaces around the world and why she believes Scotland needs a major studio (5s)

Insert: Surya Iacono (50s)

“Toronto has a 4-year wait list…

                                                                           …to do all the post production”

Presenter: I asked Surya about her thoughts on the other studio project that has been giving approval by the Scottish Ministers and if Scotland would benefit from both studios being built. (7s)

Insert: Surya Iacono (25s)

“I personally think Scotland would benefit…

                                                                           …looking at something no one else has done here”

Presenter: With film industry craving more major studios spaces and the proposed developments looking like they are closer and closer to taking place, film studios may very well be popping up all over the country in the close future, this makes the future look bright for the Scottish Film Industry. (13s)

Package Length: 7min 52s

Group Meeting #1 21/02/17

On the 21st of February we  were placed into our groups, my group consists of, Jordan Banks, Megan Lloyd, Stevie Shillinglaw and myself. On this day we also had our first group meeting in which we decided various things about the 1 hour show at the end of the project, and gave our ideas into our own Packages. Above is our notes that we produced during our first meeting.

We decided as a group that we would like to make a speech based magazine program so we decided that our radio station style would be BBC Radio Scotland as it would best fit our plan for an speech based program. We decided that the angle for our one hour magazine show would be “What does the future hold of Scotland?” and this will also be what each individual package will have to fall into. During this meeting we also got some basic ideas into what topics each person in our group would like to focus on, we broke our initial ideas into nine different areas that we could individually pick and finalize our ideas for each package that would go into the magazine program, these nine topics were: Politics, Sport, Traditions, Technology, Society, Economy, Film + Media, Culture, and the Fringe. As a group we decided which areas we would like to look into, and these were:

• Myself – Film/Technology/Sport
• Stevie – Politics/Society
• Jordan – Culture/Traditions
• Megan – Society

We also got a rough idea into a live guest that we would like, and decided that an influential Scottish personality would be the best for our Radio Station and angle, we decided that an MSP would probably be the best idea for a guest, but we also noted that an actor or cultural figures would also be a good idea for a live guest. Stevie gave us the idea that MSP Ross Greer might be a good idea for someone to bring in as he is the youngest ever MSP, and would give an interesting insight into the future of Scotland.

As the meeting went on and we all thought about our ideas and topics we’d like to cover myself and Stevie came to quick conclusions about what our topics would be, after my initial ideas I decided that one of my first ideas about The Future of the Scottish Film Industry would be a great fit for our radio station style and our angle. Stevie decided to focus on a package about Child Migrants who settled within Scotland and now it has impacted their lives. Megan and Jordan were undecided on what they’re final ideas were but both had good ideas on which topics they would like to focus upon, Megan was very much set on doing an documentary on Society/culture of Scotland, and Jordan was still unsure, we decided to give ourselves a week to decide and confirm what our individual documentaries are going to be.

This concluded our first meeting, which I felt went very well and was very productive. I believe our chosen station and angle are a perfect match, and that mine and Stevie’s packages already fit perfect into the idea. Jordan and Megan didn’t have as solid ideas about what packages they would like to produce but are in a good place to go away and research the topics they liked the ideas of. We will have another meeting in a few weeks and get confirmation on Megan and Jordan’s packages.