Shooting Schedule/Script

Narrator: In this documentary we are going to take a special look and view at the very relevant and serious issue of Eating Disorders. Let’s take a look at peoples various opinions on the matter...


[Music slowly fades in]

[Close-up shot of each member of the public]

[Music fades out]

Actors :( each actor gives a brief description individually answering the questions)

[Statistics appear on screen in front of an establishing shot of all the people that were interviewed]


Narrator: a shocking 1.1 million people in the UK alone are affected by an eating disorder, also that females are 10 times more likely than males to be affected by an eating disorder and that only 25% of women are happy with their weight. Pressures from the media endorse this as 91% felt it was bad that the media always portray so-called perfect women.

Narrator: Before we take a closer look, at [states names of patients] we decided to go and ask the public a few questions about the subject and see if we can get a few different views

[LS of narrator walking into town]

[Tracking the Narrator]

Narrator: Can you spare a few minutes to participate in our documentary?

Person 1: ?

Questions that the narrator is going to ask the public:

1. Do you have much knowledge on the subject of eating disorders?

2. Do you know anyone that has been affect by an eating disorder?

3. Do you have a view on eating disorders?

4. What do you think is the meaning of an eating disorder is?

5. What comes to mind when someone mentions an eating-disorder?

6. What do you think are the causes of an eating disorder?


[MS of narrator]

Narrator: Sums up findings of the public interviews

Questions to ask the patients


1. What was your lowest point?

2. What made you admit to yourself that you had a problem?

3. How is your relationship with food now?

4. What was your lowest weight?

5. When did you really start recovering?

6. How did it start?

7. What helped you through it, why didn’t you just give up?

8. How long have you been diagnosed for?


[LS of the patients walking away together]