Cal Sugden: A Football Journey
By
Sam Chubb
Keenen Smith
Salik Nawaz
1.
INT. ENDCLIFFE
PARK. DAY
CAL
is doing kick ups in the woods of Endcliffe Park.
“Mistakes…
are just the proof
that
you’re trying”.
LONG SHOT, HIGH ANGLE
DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES IN
CAL is leaning on a tree in the woods.
MEDIUM CLOSE UP
PANNING
“My name’s Cal Sugden
and I’m a high standard amateur footballer”.
ZOOM IN USING KEYFRAMES
2.
INT. CAL’S HOUSE. DAY
KNIFE SLASH SOUND EFFECT
CAL
is playing in one of his matches.
“I’ve
been playing
football
for 15-16 years”.
“I
play for the Caribbean FC First Team
in
the Saturday County Senior league”.
CAL’S
YouTube channel appears on screen.
“I
have a YouTube channel
with
my mates with over
11,000
subscribers”.
END OF FIGHT BELL RING SOUND EFFECT
SLOW MOTION SOIUND EFFECT
DRAMATIC MUSIC STOPS
3.
INT. CAL’S HOUSE. DAY
CAL
is looking straight down the camera.
“This
is my story”.
MEDIUM CLOSE UP
EYELINE MATCH
DRAMATIC MUSIC RETURNS AND INTENSIFIES
Montage
of CAL playing football.
TITLE SCREEN = CAL SUGDEN:
A FOOTBALL JOURNEY
TEXT GLITCH
MUSIC FADES OUT
4.
INT. WALKING TO CAL’S HOUSE (STREET). DAY.
CAMERAMAN
asks CAL a question.
CAMERAMAN
“How
did you get into
football”?
CAL
responds with.
CAL
“His
answer…”.
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
5.
INT. CAL’S HOUSE. DAY.
CAL
introduces us to the front of his house and says how long he’s lived there for.
“Introduces
us to his
house…”
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
6.
INT. CAL’S HOUSE .DAY.
CAL
takes us inside his house
CAL
“Takes
us to his room
with
all his football items”.
“Shows
us the achievements/trophies
he’s
most proud of”.
MEDIUM CLOSE UPS OF CAL’S COLLECTION
CAMERAMAN picks out a trophy.
“How
did you win this one”?
CAL
lets out a long breath as he tries to remember how he won it.
“How
he won and what he
did
to win the trophy…”
7.
INT. ENDCLIFFE PARK. DAY.
Clips
of CAL doing tricks and skills in slow motion.
HIGH ANGLE
LONG SHOTS
8.
INT. CAL’S HOUSE. DAY.
CAMERAMAN
“What
do your parents think
about
your football”.
CAL
Sits down on chair
“His
answer…”
MEDIUM CLOSE UP
(Cuts to parents talking
about Cal and his football)
CAL’S PARENT/CARERS
“Their
responses”.
MEDIUM CLOSE UP
9. INT. CAL’S HOUSE. DAY.
SHOTS
+ SKILLS – CAL TALKING ABOUT MOTIVATION
“His
talk…”
(Cuts to clip of Cal
falling)
CAMERA ON FLOOR AS CAL FALLS
THUD SOUND EFFECT AS HE HITS THE GROUND
“Cal
talking about
problems/injury
trouble
and
how it has affected
his
footballing career…”
(Cuts
between clips of Cal talking to the camera and clips of him playing football
but struggling…)
TALKING ENDS AND CUTS TO
CAL AND CAMERAMAN LEAVING HOUSE TO GO TO THE FOOTBALL PITCH WHERE CAL PRACTICED
ON WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.
10. EXT. CAL’S HOUSE
(OUTSIDE). DAY.
CAL
“We’re going to go up to the
pitches where I can first remember
playing football”.
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
“They
bring back a lot of memories
for me and remind me a lot
of my childhood.
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
11. INT. FOOTBALL PITCHES.
DAY.
CAL
“Wow..”
Deep sigh and smiles
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
CAMERA MOVES ROUND FROM BACK TO FRONT OF CAL
“It’s
kind of surreal coming
back
here and imagining
playing
when I was younger”.
CAL
12. INT. WALKING TO GOODWIN
SPORTS CENTRE. DAY.
“So
now we’re going to meet
some
of my mates for
a
session of football”.
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
“We
don’t normally do
drills
in our own sessions,
only
when we’re actually
at
proper football practice
would
we do drills and
set
pieces”.
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
“We film tend to do as
many
sessions of taking
shots
as we can for our
YouTube
channel, hence
the
tripod and the
camera”.
*(Laughs)*
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
CAMERAMAN
“Tell
us more about your
YouTube
channel”.
CAL
“Well
we’ve got a channel
called
Sheff Shooters
and
we have over
11,000
subscribers”.
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
We
upload montages of all
the
best shots and saves
from
our sessions”.
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
TRAILER OF BEST YOUTUBE
CHANNEL MOMENTS
MUSIC OVER THE BEST MOMENTS
CUTS
BACK TO WALKING ONTO THE FOOTBALL PITCH
13. INT. GOODWIN SPORTS
CENTRE. DAY.
CAL
“I
can see them..” (Laughs)
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
FRIENDS
WAVE IN THE DISTANCE
(CAL
AND CAMERAMAN APPROACH THE TEAM)
CAMERA ZOOMS INTO FRIENDS WAVING
FRIEND:
“Yes
Cal”.
(Handshake)
OTHER FRIENDS
(Handshakes)
CAMERAMAN (TO CAL’S FRIENDS)
“What
do you think of Cal
and
his football”?
CAL’S FRIENDS:
“Their
responses…”
REWIND TAPE SOUND EFFECT
(End
on funny response to
cut
to montage of shots
and
goals scored at the session).
SHOTS
AND GOALS SCORED AT THE SESSION
MUSIC OVER THE SHOTS AND GOALS
LEAVING THE FOOTBALL
SESSION
SAYS
GOODBYE TO FRIENDS
14. EXT. WALKING OUT FORM
GOODWIN SPORTS CENTRE. DAY.
CAMERAMAN
“What
are your plans for
the
future”?
CAL
“His
response…”.
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
Cameraman:
“If
you could give any
advice
to any young
footballers
watching this
documentary,
what would
you
give them”?
CAL
“His
response…”.
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT
15. INT. UNDERGROUND
TUNNEL, ARCHER ROAD. DAY.
SKILLS IN THE UNDERGROUND
TUNNEL
CAL
“Talking
about how to be
the
best footballer you can be…”
…but
as I said at the start,
mistakes
are just the proof
that
you’re trying”.
16. INT. CAL’S HOUSE. DAY.
(Cuts back to Cal talking
to camera to end the video).
MEDIUM CLOSE UP
