1. The documentary explores bullying in schools through interviews with a student who was bullied, a teacher, and the safeguarding officer at a London high school. 2. It depicts scenes of students being bullied through reenactments to illustrate the experiences of the interview subjects. The student interviews describe how bullying made them feel and its effects on their lives. 3. School officials discuss the prevalence of bullying, its typical forms, and the need for students to be able to trust adults for help. They also provide perspectives on preventing bullying and improving school safety.

1. DATE: DECEMBER 2017
Say Something
Created and Directed by Talia Vachman, Filipa Sonia Soares
Eusebio, Suela Elezi, Laura Hodgson
Written by Talia Vachman
1.
EXT. High School
Kids coming into school, walking in corridors, talking with
friends outside and goofing around.
Presenter:
(voiceover)
[images of consequences and of ks]
There are 26 (?) High Schools in
the Borough of Redbridge alone.
Eating disorders like Anorexia,
Anxiety, Self harm, depression
and in some cases, suicide.
These are all potential
consequences of bullying.
We are here at King Solomon High
to explore the issues these kids
face regarding bullying and see
why it is such an issue in
schools today.
Introduction to Interviewee
(Interviewer and the teacher
being interviewed are sitting
opposite each other,
in teacher’s office)
(Interviewer is offscreen asking
questions off camera)
[In room of victim]
Interviewer:
Asks each question when
interviewee finishes
reply for each question
individually.
When were you bullied and
how long for?

2. DATE: DECEMBER 2017
What did they do?
How did it make you feel?
Did it affect you in other
aspects of life?
How did you deal with it?
How would you advise
those who are experiencing
bullying now?
[As interviewee speaks,camera
changes from interviewee's face
and switches in time to the music
to scenes where the bullying scene
is re-enacted, shown through grainy
found footage style. The bullies
face and taunt the camera.
The sound is heard in the
background along with the quiet
sound of a slow heartbeat.]
[Camera switches between the two]
Interviewer:
You’ve worked in this
school for a while now.
How often do you have to
deal with cases of bullying?
Interviewer:
Are they usually older or
younger, boys girls, in groups or
not?
Interviewer:
And that kind of backgrounds
do these kids come from?
(both the bullies and the victims)
Interviewer:
Over 67% of students believe that schools respond poorly to
bullying, with a high percentage of students believing that
adult help is infrequent and ineffective. What do you think
needs to be done so that students can put their trust in
their elders?

3. DATE: DECEMBER 2017
Interviewer:
[shown on screen with kids/ park?
In background]
Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each
year.
Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because
of bullying.
By age 14 less than 30% of boys and 40% of girls will talk
to their peers about bullying.
It’s up to us to make this right. Say something and make
the difference. All it takes is for one person to do the
right thing and [bunch of kids in union say together facing
the camera] take a stand, and lend a hand.
[Flashes of images of celebrities who have experienced
bullying are shown on the screen while the voiceover is
being heard]
Re-enactment scene:
Boy enter school and walks through corridor. Kids in
corridor go quiet as they watch him, some push him around
and call out names.
Scene where the boy is shown pushed against a locker before
falling to the ground.
Scene where boy is on the phone. He is heard talking about
trying harder and not meaning to fail again.
Boy washes hand at bathroom sink. Scene cuts to boys filing
in one by one into the bathroom. Boys gang up on boy and
promptly begin beating him up, crowding around him.
Cut to Boy shown looking in the mirror. Scene when he is
bullied in bathroom and corridor replays in slow motion and
he swallows pills. Cuts to his arm falling on the ground,
pills spilling out of his hand.
Victim of bullying is interviewed (Aman). The screen
changes from interviewee to boys taunting the screen (from
camera’s point of view, as though audience is the victim)
Nandini talks about her being bullied. As she speaks, it
fades into a reenactment scene where she is shown being a
victim of two girls who are bullying her.

4. DATE: DECEMBER 2017
Interviewing the Active Head, Mrs Reece
[Sitting down at a table, opposite each other]
Interviewer: Thank you for meeting with us. Can you please
tell us a bit about what your role as a safeguarding
officer involves?
Mrs Reece: blah blah blahhhhh
Interviewer: what are some examples of safeguarding?
Interviewer: What are the circumstances in which bullying
can arise in?
Interviewer: What solutions do you suggest to help solve
this issue?