This document provides a timeline and script for a documentary on the history and social impact of video games. The timeline outlines the progression of popular video games from the 1970s to present day, and includes archival footage and public interviews for each era. The script covers several topics including the portrayal of gender in different game genres, the representation of women in games over time, and features an experiment and interviews with experts on the social effects of gender representation. It aims to spark debate around whether representation of gender in video games has improved or worsened.

1. Draft 4 Timeline
and Script
Abigail Menzies
Jodie Foster-Pilia
Pamela Younes
Laura Cuk

2. Montage
Interesting
clip from
interview
Close up shots of people
on technology such as
phones
Pan showing
different video
games
Archival photo
of Willy
Higinbotham
Cut to clip of tennis
for two
Cut to brief timeline of
the history of video
games
• 5 sec archival
footage of each clip
with public
interviews that
relates to the game
being discussed
• Order of video
games:
Pong
Space Invaders
Pac-man
Super Mario bros
Mortal Combat
Sims
Angry Birds
Clip of someone
playing game on
bus
Cut to go animate
clip with
voiceover of
presenter
explaining how
video games have
progressed into
genres and the
effect the
constant use of
video games has
on players
Cut to clip of
psychologist expert
interview but muted so
the voiceover of the
presenter is heard
Voiceover of
presenter
introduces
‘flappy bird’
while there's a
clip of someone
playing flappy
bird
Cut to YouTube of
old man getting
angry from flappy
bird
Cut to
public
interviews
showing
what people
think of
flappy bird

3. Cut to someone
playing brain
training game while
voiceover explains
benefits of it
Cut to clip of someone using
wii fit with voiceover
explaining the benefits
Another
negative
physical effect
of video game
Voiceover of presenter
‘Are these effects
becoming a problem or
solution for players’?
Title of show

4. 1 min introduction
Presenter
introduces
gender in
video games
Action game title
screen (go anime
writing on board)
Own footage of
someone playing
action game (while
voiceover explains
the portrayal of
gender)
Archival footage of
an action game
(call of duty)
(whilst presenter
explains the
portrayal of
gender)
Adventure game
title screen (go
anime writing on
board
own footage of
adventure game(while
voiceover explains the
portrayal of gender)
Archival footage of an
adventure game
(while voiceover
explains the portrayal
of gender)
Role play title screen
(go anime writing on
board)
Own footage of someone
playing a role play
game(while voiceover
explains the portrayal of
gender)
Archival footage of a role-play
game (while voiceover explains
the portrayal of gender)
Public
interviews
Public
interviews
Public interviews
Purpose Title screen
(go anime)
Own footage of
someone playing the
Wii fit

5. 2 min development
Presenter
introduces
gender
representation
Cut to footage of
blurred lines music
video & explain how
gender representation
in shown by MES
Cut to footage of coke
advert and explain how
gender representation by
MES
Cut to footage of Shrek and
explain how gender is
represented by MES
Presenter introduces
debate regarding whether
or not gender
representation video
games has got better or
worse
Public interviews
about if the role of
gender in in video
games and how its
improved or got
worse
Cut to archival
footage and archival
footage of the game
last of us and
explain how gender
is portrayed (public
interviews)
Cut to archival footage
and archival footage of
the GTA and explain
how gender is
portrayed (show public
interviews')
Cut to archival
photo and footage
of tomb radar and
explain how gender
Is portrayed
Facebook
interviews
regarding the
representation
of women in
video games
Cut back to
presenter who
introduces expert
sociologist
interview
Cut back to interview
of sociologist
explaining the effects
of gender
representation in
video games
Cut back to
presenter who
introduces
experiment
Cut to Experiment, while
there is a voiceover
introducing the players,
and the question they will
be asked
Cut to each individual from
experiment answering the
question about gender
representation
Clip of
interviews
while voiceover
explains that
after the break
we will be
continuing with
interviews

6. Script

7. Script