Scripting (28/11/2013)

Sadly our guest from Remode was sick this week as well as the lecturer's emergency guest. Thus the rest of the session was spent thinking about our ideas and working out how to present our presentations to the best possible industry standard, ready for the 12th of December when our lecturer also leaves us.

We also decided to go away and come back next week with what we decided to focus on. For example...

• Myself and Amanda: Will design a rough version of the opening cut scene with me focusing on the script.
• Ed and Chris: Will design the objects and enemy types.
• Ryan and Jim: Will go away and research how professional presentations are presented ready to practice in front of the rest of us.  

I then spent the rest of the session coming up with a rough script for the opening cut scene that would include the following real questions.  

• What emergency service do you require?
• What is the number you are dialing from?
• Please stay on the line as we connect you to your nearest fire and rescue service.
• What is on fire?
• What is the address?
• What is the nearest main road?
• What town are you in?
• Don't put the telephone down until we have taken all the details!

With the above in mind I then started to put together a script that can be seen below.
It follows a child seeing a fire in a distance, dialing 999 in the next scene, an operator asking what emergency service they require, the child then responds and is then asked what number they are dialing from. Finally the operator will ask them to stay on the line and that is the end of our example cut scene, though the actually thing will be longer. 

Panel 1:
Child: "Huh? What's that in the distance? ... Oh no! A fire! I better call the fire brigade quick!"

Panel 2:
(Finger can be seen pressing 9, the words 'Press', 'Press', 'Press' appearing in the air to show the audience visually that they are pressing that number).  

Panel 3:
Operator: "Thank you for calling emergency services. Which one do you require today?" 

Panel 4:
Child: "I really need the fire department. A block of flats is on fire! 

Panel 5:
Operator: "Ok, may I ask what number you are dialing from?"

Panel 6:
Child: "Err... ok. I'm calling from my mobile. My number is 0759 0993 9660759 0993 966"

Panel 7:
Operator: "Thank you, you are doing very well. Please stay on the line as we connect you to your nearest fire and rescue service".

* Amanda also emailed us a bunch of notes on Moodle that I will need to look at and then email her back with the script I have so far. Thus we can add it to the cut scene example.

Harvard Referencing:

• Fire Service (Unknown) Dialling 999 or 112 [Online Image]. Available at: http://www.fireservice.co.uk/safety/dialling999 (Accessed: 28/11/2013).

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