This document contains a script for a television production titled "The Wells". It outlines 14 scenes depicting the story of a child who is kidnapped. The scenes show the child playing, being attacked by the kidnapper, and the aftermath on her family. Her parents argue and the father later receives a ransom note. The story culminates with the father confronting and unmasking the kidnapper. Music from Mumford and Sons plays throughout to set the tone. The script provides direction for shot types, camera angles, dialogue and actions to bring the narrative to life.

1. St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Unit G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media
Script
Name of Production:- ‘The Wells’
Group Members:
• Hannah Hughes – Director
• Asuka Young - Director
• Chris Jacobs - Producer
• Esme Quantrill - Producer
(Mum = Gloria, dad = Alex, girl = Holly)

2. Scene: Number 1
Character name: child (Holly)
Shot type/Camera Angle: MLS, angle: eye-level, static.
THEN: LS, angle: eye-level, tracking shot (after a cut).
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue:
*Non- Diegetic Music* - ring a ring o’ roses. OR can be
diegetic, by the child singing it?
Diegetic Sound: swing noise
Action: The child skipping forward with a cuddly toy
End
Scene: Number 2
Character name: child (Holly) & murderer
Shot type/Camera Angle: POV shot of the gun to the
child, close-up, pull focus, angle: eye-level.
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue:
*Non- Diegetic Music* - Mumford & Sons (Broken Crown): -
coming in after the ring’ o roses faded out.
Diegetic sound: Heavy Breathing of the murderer
Action:! Black clad man, hipshot of weapon POV. Focus
shift from weapon to girl. Female character powerless to
what the male character is doing to her.
End
Scene: Number 3
Character name: child (Holly) & Cuddly Toy

3. Shot type/Camera Angle: Close-up, static, angle: eye-line/
high angle.
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue:
Diegetic sound: a thump on the ground as the doll falls.
*Non-Diegetic Music:* - Mumford & Sons (Broken Crown)
Action: Girl drops toy to floor in slow motion, hits
ground with thud. This is what the girl reacts like by
dropping her toy its shows her being shocked, to see what
she’s seen
End
*CUT TO SCREEN WITH WORD ‘PRIDE’ –CU (a sound effect?) +
Mumford & sons soundtrack
Scene: Number 4
Character name: child (Holly) & murderer
Shot type/Camera Angle: High angle, Long Shot.
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue: *Non-
Diegetic Music:* -Mumford & sons (Broken Crown)
Action: : bad guy looking down at the woman he’s just
wounded, medium long shot to give perspective of what has
just happened
End
*CUT TO SCREEN WITH WORD ‘HATE’ –CU (a sound effect?) +
Mumford & sons soundtrack
Scene: Number 5
Character name: Mum (Gloria) & Dad (Alex)
Shot type/Camera Angle: In eye-level, a two in shot,
(hand held?)

4. Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue: *Non-
Diegetic Music:* -Mumford & sons (Broken Crown),
Gloria: “I don’t love you anymore!”
Action: Mum screaming at Dad,
Dad listening furiously. Eye level/ over two in shot to
express the tension and portrayal of emotions between the
two characters.
End
CUT TO SCREEN WITH WORD ‘LUST’ –CU (a sound effect?) +
Mumford & sons soundtrack
Scene: Number 6
Character name: Mum (Gloria)
Shot type/Camera Angle: OSS, Eye-level, Close-up to the
mirror’s reflection
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue: *Non-
Diegetic Music:* -Mumford & Sons (Broken Crown)
Action: Mum putting on red lipstick.
Focus on reflection of mum putting lipstick expresses
that she could be having an affair.
End
*CUT TO SCREEN WITH WORD ‘SLOTH’ –CU (a sound effect?) +
Mumford & sons soundtrack
Scene: Number 7
Character name: Dad (Alex)
Shot type/Camera Angle: Long shot, high angle, pan,
(slow zoom?)

5. Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue: *Non-
Diegetic Music:* -Mumford & sons (Broken Crown)
Action: Dad giving up and falling down to floor. Full
shot showing the reaction of the dad finding out his
daughters been kidnapped
End
*CUT TO SCREEN WITH WORD ‘GREED’ –CU (a sound effect?) +
Mumford & sons soundtrack
Scene: Number 8
Character name: Dad (Alex)
Shot type/Camera Angle: OSS, High angle, zoom in on
note.
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue: *Non-
Diegetic Music:* -Mumford & Sons (Broken Crown)
Action: Dad receives ransom note. Focusing on the dad
getting the ransom note with OSS shot of male character
End
*CUT TO SCREEN WITH WORD ‘GLUTTONY’ –CU (a sound effect?)
+ Mumford & sons soundtrack
Scene: Number 9
Character name: murderer
Shot type/Camera Angle: Birds eye / high angle
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue: *Non-
Diegetic Music:* -Mumford & sons (Broken Crown)

6. Action: bad guy scoops money into arms. Focus on the
money with an over the shoulder shot of the male
character still hidden by hood
End
*CUT TO SCREEN WITH WORD ‘ENVY’ –CU (a sound effect?) +
Mumford & sons soundtrack
Scene: Number 10
Character name: Dad (Alex)
Shot type/Camera Angle: ECU of eyes reflecting to the
mirror inside the car.
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue:*Non-
Diegetic Music:* -Mumford & sons (Broken Crown)
Action: dad watching his wife go to the bad guy because
she knows him. Focus on an eyeline match in the
reflection of the car mirror
End
Scene: Number 11
Character name: Mum (Gloria) & murderer
Shot type/Camera Angle: Establishing shot, low angle
(This is just a small cut)
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue: *Non-
Diegetic Music:* -Mumford & Sons (Broken Crown)
Action: Mum (Gloria) going into the murderer’s house (but
never see his face)to let the audience know what the dad
is looking at
End

7. Scene: Number 12
Character name: Dad (Alex) & Murderer
Shot type/Camera Angle: Medium shot, eye-level. After a
cut: close-up of dad’s reaction to the man without
hoodie.
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue:*Non-
Diegetic Music:* -Mumford & Sons (Broken Crown) AND/OR
*diegetic sound effects of two men interacting?
Action: Man grabbing another man. Dad getting bad guy.
Unmask bad guy. Focusing on the pull off the hood of
villain with over the shoulder shot exposing Dad’s
reaction
End
Scene: Number 13
Character name: Murderer
Shot type/Camera Angle: A long shot, panning from left
to right. Angle: eye-level – TO: medium shot from a low
angle.
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue:!
! Diegetic sound effect of the swing swinging, *Non-
Diegetic Music:* -Mumford & sons (Broken Crown)
Action: Swing and man walking away
Focus on the swing creepily slowly swinging with a medium
shot from a low angle
End
Scene: Number 14
Character name: Murderer

8. Shot type/Camera Angle: Medium long shot, panning from
left to right centering the murderer
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue: Diegetic
sound effect of the wind, *Non-diegetic soundtrack faded
away / ended*
Action: Man sitting on ‘The Wells’ street sign, the bad
guy disguising his image from public with hood using a
medium long shot.
End
*A voice over*: “The Wells - brand new soap coming soon Thursday
8:30, only on BBC Two” .

9. Scene: Number: (between other scenes)
Character name: Holly, Alex, Gloria, Murderer
Shot type/Camera Angle: High angle with Over the
shoulder shot, Medium Close-up.
Voiceover/Non-Diegetic Music/Diegetic Dialogue: *Non-
Diegetic Music:* -Mumford & Sons (Broken Crown)
Action: Shots of the girl being pushed by other
characters: Static, focusing on the hands that pushes.
End