[imc-auckland-video] Doco Structure proposal

[Chloe Heffernan (FOA POL)]

this is for a 45 minute cut weaving voting issue in and out of campaign
variety of experts can talk on each issue
use of vox pops to illustrate attitudes
Music and montage to break talking heads
Linked together with voice over.

Intro (0.00)

Voice over and graphics/stills describing worldwide problem of voter apathy.
US and UK examples - Blair and Bush. Basic NZ situation. Introduce 2004
local elections - Auckland.

Titles (03.00)
Music (upbeat) and montage with images of Auckland City - beautiful and not
so beautiful (traffic etc). Titles (indymedia/planet/Democracy Don't Know
Don't Care). Intercut in shots of campaigning hoardings etc and introduce
each candidate soundbite from each candidate - vox pops from apathetic
public - soundbites from candidates about their concern about apathy. Music
through out.

What is voter apathy? What causes it?  (06.00 mins)

Use main interview with Jack Vowles to talk about phenomenon in NZ.
Graphics.
Then use rapid fire cutting of 'experts' to give in quick succession all of
the possible reasons - give a sense of overload. Maybe use a graphic which
lists them all

Problem 1: getting people enrolled (09.00mins)

Helena Catt interview
Sue Neal interview
Stats about high numbers of Maori not on roll etc 

Problem 2: getting young people to vote (11.00)

Jack Vowles - generational problem

Shots of enrolling young kids

Vox pops apathetic young kids

Helena Catt - civics education

Problem 3: The electoral system (13.00)
Rod Donald/Jack Vowles
STV
Voice over: But at the end of the day - is it really that hard to get on the
roll? MMP has not delivered a much greater turn out. The information is all
out there. It's not that hard to vote if you want to.  Where there's a will
there's a way. But there just doesn't seem to be so much of a will. So there
must be some deeper reasons.

Montage sequence (15.00)
Vox pops - cynicism about politics from people
Bruce Hucker campaign launch/City Vision campaign launch/ putting up
hoardings/ Chris Fletcher media launch montage -little soundbites here and
there. Herald newspaper headlines - hubbard enters race - First poll- Hucker
pulls out.

Problem 4: The media (17.00)
Edwin de Ronde interview - media, Horse race frame.
cutaways of 2002 debate with Hoskings
Politicians talking about media.
NBR scandal
Cutaways of debates, Kim Hill Holmes debate (filmed from TV)

Problem 5: Depoliticisation of political parties (21.00)Vowles/Trotter -
lack of party activity

Problem 6: Professionalisation of politics/spin culture cause cynicism
(23.00)
Trotter
Edwin
Politicians - differnet views

Problem 7: Adversarial politics - petty insult politics cause cynicism
(25.00)
Banks - no insults - then cut together insults
Hubbard - talking about consensus style - big issue - STYLE in campaign

Montage 2 (27.00)
Mayoral Debates - GABA and Tamaki intercut with music and Herald article
headlines - Chris Fletcher in her car campaigning  - Banks non-attendance at
meetings - Banks saying he'll give greenpeace money - 2cnd poll results -
Music
Problem 8: Cyncism about Campaign funding (30.00)
Trotter - how important it is
Politicians talk about issue
Funding limits
Banks especially

Montage 3 (33.00)
Last council meeting.
Anthony voting
Herald headlines about turnout. 
Politicians predicitons about election result and turnout.
Music

Who won? (36.00)
Ballot boxes
Chris Fletcher's house announcement
Dirty campaign - Maori woman at Chris Fletcher's
Hubbard victory chains - jolly good fellow
John Banks press conference
Results website
Victory for the Left?
Turnout figures - higher in Auckland - lower in general - counting fiasco

Problem 9: Civic disengagement (39.00)
Vox pops from people who didn't vote
Headlines from paper about low turnout
Experts talking about this.
Chris Carter - govt response

Credits	(42.00)

Montage images of campaign again intercut with credits and good soundbites
from each candidate - Banks Eastern Motorway - Fletcher on her future -
Hubbard - sugar tanker banging into Harbour bridge as excuse for third
harbour crossing - Hubbard hedging - Banks - you haven't done your homework
- 	Music

Crew list

Thanks to:

Auckland City

Creative NZ Communities

Auckland Doco Collective in association with

Aotearoa Indymedia

Planet TV