Scripting

I began by writing up a draft of the script after the group had decided on a structure for Jimmy Jammies. I then sent the draft to the Lucy and Jasmin who made a few changed that we all agreed on.

This is the final edit of the program.

Children’s TV script
Opening theme tune and titles

INT: Studio (Green screen)

Presenter (Danny) is standing outside the colourful little house greeting the viewers before he enters.

DANNY
Oh, hello everyone. I’m Danny, welcome to my home! (Shot of Danny rotating towards the path/entry of the house)

Presenter (Danny) is inside the studio/house, standing behind the yellow counter. He looks up and talks to the camera.

DANNY
This is JimmyJammies! How are you today?

Pause for children to respond

DANNY
That’s good! I’m very well too thank you. Did you have a nice day?

Pause for children to respond

DANNY
That’s good. What did you get up too?

DANNY
Did you go to the park?
Cut away image of Mia waving in the park

DANNY
Or did you go to the shops with mummy?
Cut away image of Mia shopping with mum

DANNY
Or did you stay at home and play with your toys?
Cut away shot of Mia playing with her toys

Pause for children’s reactions

DANNY
It seems like you’ve had a fun day!

Danny looks at the camera quizzically

DANNY
What’s that? What did I do today? Well, I went to the barbers to get my hair cut.
Cut away image of man at barbers shop.

DANNY
Do you like it?
Pause for children’s response as Danny moves his head in a comical way to show his ‘haircut’.

DANNY
Well thank you very much! Did you have something nice for tea this evening?

DANNY
Did you have yummy fish fingers and chips?

Cut away image of fish fingers and chips

DANNY
Or did you have a tasty pizza?

Cut away image of pizza

DANNY
Or did you eat a scrumptious plate of bangers and mash?

Cut away image of sausages and mash

Pause for children’s response

DANNY
Mmmm that sounds delicious! Well I went out for tea with my mum, we had pie and mash; it was all so very yummy. (Danny rubs his tummy in a satisfied manner)

Cut away image of pie and mash

DANNY
Ohh after all this talk about food I think we have some time for a magic trick or two! Do you want to see (e.g.) something disappear? (Reaction from the audience)

Danny performs a few magic tricks, which he will decide which are appropriate for an audience aged 3-5 years old.

DANNY
Wow! This has been a fun day. I think it’s about time to see if you’re ready for bed.

DANNY
Have you brushed your teeth?

Cut away image of Mia brushing her teeth
DANNY
Have you put your jammies on?

Cut away image of Mia putting pajamas on

DANNY
And have you got your cuddly toy all ready to snuggle in bed?

Cut away image of Mia picking up her cuddly toy and hugging it

Pause for children’s response

DANNY
Great! Now it is time for a lovely bedtime story don’t you think? Are you sitting comfortably?

Pause for children’s response

DANNY
Good. Then I’ll begin.

(Danny reads story to children with cut away images of the elephant and the monkey while the story is being told)

DANNY
What a lovely story with a cuddly elephant and monkey
YAWNS
YAWN. That’s made me even sleepier now; I think it’s time for bed. Shall we say goodnight?

Cut away shot of Mia in bed waving goodnight to the camera

DANNY
Goodnight, see you tomorrow for some more fun with Jimmyjamies.

Closing titles and theme tune (relaxing theme tune to help get the children in ‘sleep’ mode.)

Searching for backgrounds

We have been searching the internet for some time now, and have had a little trouble looking for backgrounds. We have seen many backgrounds that would be very good to use in Jimmy Jams, however they all either have watermarks on or are not very good quality.

Eventually we stumbled across these two backgrounds. The exterior background we plan on using in the first scene, where Danny will introduce the show. The interior one will be perfect for when our presenter is presenting inside and doing magic tricks, and the moon background will be perfect for when he is telling the bed time story. We will edit him on to be sitting on the moon.

A little help from Michael McIntyre

During our research for the project, we came across this clip of Michael McIntyre. He talks about his time presenting the CBeebies bed time program, and how difficult it is getting children to bed. He talks about, when presenting to children, he has to pause after asking a question in order for the children to reply to the television. This has helped me, as it is not something i would have thought of, and now when it comes to scripting the program, i will deffinately put it into practice.
We can also see this put into practice when Michael is actually presenting a bed time story. The story he reads is also very useful, and one that we are possibly thinking of using as our bedtime story in the program.

Forming groups

After pitching and listening to the classes pitches, i decided to work with a classmate (Lucy) on her idea for a children's television programme. Another classmate (Jasmin) is also in the group. We have decided that:

• We will be making an 8-10 minute programme, with a presenter talking to the children helping them get ready for bed.
• The presenter will read the children a bed time story, and we will use either drawings or stop motion in order to bring the story to life.
• As i know someone who is a magician and also wants to become a children's television presenter, i have contacted him and he said he is happy to be our presenter. I also have a goddaughter and after talking to her mother, we have decided that she will be in some parts of the programme too.
• Because our presenter is a magician, we will add some magic into the show, making it interactive for children when watching.