This documentary about musical instruments will air on Channel 4 on Thursday at 9pm for 27 minutes total. It will include interviews with musicians from different bands, a music teacher, an instrument historian, an orchestra conductor, an instrument repairer, and the leaders of a salvation army band and secondary school music program. It will also feature footage of musical performances and practices, as well as vox pops about instruments people wish they could play. The documentary aims to showcase different types of instruments and the people who play them through interviews and performances.

1. Running Order
Documentary: Instruments: Picking At The Strings
Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: Thursday 9pm
Duration 27 mins *Including advert break
Montage of extreme close ups of numerous different instruments: Hands
on keyboard, frets on guitar. Superimposed text appears for intro
10 seconds
Footage showing *Band 1 performing with mid long shots. Voice over
leading into first interview
15 seconds
Interviews with Beatrice Piano, *Band 1 35 seconds
Interview with Piano player, Sam; including footage of piano practice 30 seconds
Interview with Rachel Violin, *Band 1 30 seconds
Footage showing *Band 2 Practicing with mid long shots 10 seconds
Interview with drummer (Blu shift) *Band 2 including archive footage of
an older performance
30 seconds
Interview with Aaron Drums *Band 1 and voice over leading into next
interview
30 seconds
Interview with (Tim Grainger) Guitarist discussing playing and teaching
*Band 1 Showing video of performance over interview
30 seconds
Interview with guitar and bass players *Band 2 30 seconds
Voxpop with people on street asking about instruments they wish they
could play.
15 seconds
interview with professional music teacher- Laura Chong with
background Panning shot showing the range of different instruments
where the teacher is
35 seconds
Montage of photos of instrumentalists through history 30 seconds
Interview with Ukulele historian about how it first became an instrument
and the sudden rise in popularity
1 minute
Cutaway to a montage of images of Ukuleles over time with narration
explaining the progress over time
30 seconds
Interview with owner of an instrument museum 2 minute
Archive footage of orchestra in black and white 10 seconds
Archive footage of orchestra in modern day 10 seconds
Interview with orchestra conductor 2 minutes

2. Footage of the orchestra performing 30 seconds
Montage of extreme close ups of numerous different instruments: Hands
on keyboard, frets on guitar. Superimposed text appears for intro
10 seconds
ADVERT BREAK 3 minutes
Montage of extreme close ups of numerous different instruments: Hands
on keyboard, frets on guitar. Superimposed text appears for intro
10 seconds
Interview with Instrument repairer 1 minute 30
seconds
Cutaway to images of instruments they have fixed 30 seconds
Interview with Salvation Army band leader 1 min 30 sec
Footage of band performing for charity 30 secs
Footage of Sir Thomas Boteler playing in street 20 secs
Interview with Music teacher for Boteler secondary school 2 mins
Interview with head teacher for Boteler secondary school 2 mins
Cutaway to video of music classes 30 secs
Closing credits superimposed over montage of numerous people
playing a wide range of instruments
40 seconds
TOTAL TIME 27 minutes