LO1: Analysis Of Different Scripts (P1)

language and angle of the article:

The script for the new film Baby Driver is written in a peer to peer mode of address using colloquial abbreviations for words such as 'I'm Gonna Break , I'm Gonna Break!' and 'I'm Gonna Daaaancee' - this kind of restricted coding can be acknowledged and understood by many meaning it doesn't rely upon the audience being sufficiently educated in the genre. 

These restricted language choices allow those reading the script or watching the final film to understand and follow the narrative without being distracted by technical term etc , this follows convention for this genre of film. By using language that we use in society in our every day conversations, the audience will readily relate to the thoughts and feelings of that character as they feel an underlying informal bond. The mode of address suits the young 16-24 predominantly male target audience, in the C2DE social grading as this kind of slang language is generally used by this demographic of person. We often associate those who use colloquial language with those from a lower social economic group therefore it is fair to say that a film using similar language choices will relate to those with a lower spending power.

Likewise, the Radio script for The Things We Never Said by Ming Ho has a similar peer to peer mode of address as the main female narrator begins to tell the audience about herself. The appearance of this piece is chatty, 'I drive a car, A metallic red Hatch-back' as we get an introduction into the characters life. As mentioned before this mode of address allows the reader of the script or the listener of the final product, to relate to the person talking and begin to understand them on a personal level which is the intention of a drama - to immerse you in the storyline.

At the beginning of the script the soundscape includes the sound of a busy coffee shop, this creates a sense of warmth and welcome therefore once the narrator starts speaking, it will resonate with those possibly aged between 30 - 60 in the ABC1 social grading ( mainly female) who often socialise in this kind of environment with friends. The purpose of this script is to entertain the audience therefore using restricted coding widens the target audience and makes the narrative easier to understand and follow throughout.

In contrast to this, the script for the Tv show Casualty has a completely different mode of address. Due to the nature of the show, they use elaborate coding to truly depict the hospital environment -  'Stable now, but needs a PCI urgently' and the use of technical medical terms such as Femoral restrict the coding and in turn narrows the target audience to those who understand the language or who are old enough to infer it's meaning in context to what is happening on screen. The use of this script is to entertain hence the more elaborate coding in scenes which are of a dramatic nature, this is to ensure that the entertainment value of the show isn't lost and refined simply to those in the ABC1 social grading (affluent achievers) who have a medical career. The balance of both restricted and elaborate coding is a result of the ethos of the BBC, ensuring that all programmes are in someway to educate and entertain.

The gaming script differs from all the other scripts I have looked at as it focusses more on the actions and responses of the in game characters rather than their dialogue. The purpose of this type of script is to entertain a younger target audience aged between 13-24 who will be familiar with the restricted coding used within these types of games - this would likely be more popular with a male dominant target audience due to the combat style theme. phrases like 'Initialising game' are common within this genre of game to signify the loading of content and are frequently used in market leaders productions such as Activision's Call Of Duty. The flow chart shows the basic interactions between the characters and the movements they make, this follows conventions in terms of showing the players which directions they can run and how best to complete the objectives.



Format and layout


The format for a traditional script is in size 12 and courier font as to resemble the earliest way of documenting drama being on a typewriter. This is the most convenient way of presenting a script to those who use it as the format and layout is easily readable - should the scripts be handwritten there is a likelihood that someone may be unable to read and therefore misunderstand the context or scene. The film script for Baby Driver and Tv script for casualty follow this convention as the majority of personnel will have to follow this script including lighting, camera and props department therefore it is key that it can be understood by many.

In contrast to this both the radio and game scripts do not follow this aesthetic, using the courier font and size 12 however are still effective for their usage. The scripts used for radio from the BBC are not written in this traditional manner however can be excused on the premise that the production team and those who need to see this type of script (specifically radio) are more intimate. For example the voice actors, producers and Foley artists may be the only ones to see these scripts before the production takes place therefore using a different style/size font shouldn't cause too much complication. The gaming script doesn't follow the traditional layout (justified to the centre) of a script due to the nature of the content however due to the vast amount of personnel who work on gaming productions, it is likely that there would be many other scripts including narrative ones which follow a similar format to that of a Tv drama. 

The flowchart layout is the most effective way to present a gaming script as this can be then used by the technical team such as coders to understand the movements etc of the characters within the gameplay and how this corresponds to the objective/dialogue. 


The Baby Driver and Casualty scripts are examples of screenplays and show how the script will be used by a variety of personnel throughout the production process of the film/tv programme. The baby driver script in particular does this well, describing the scene and props such as 'an iPod classic', 'Cheap gas station shades' and 'Black business clothes'. This will have helped both with the financing of the film and then further along the production line - the gathering of props and even sourcing of actors and locations. The casualty script also does this describing the scene and the use of an 'Ambulance trolley' - this shows how the script writers envisage a scene whilst writing and how in turn this is then brought to life on screen.

Both the radio scripts from the BBC are not screenplays therefore do not need this type of in depth description as they do not need to supplement any onscreen action. That being said, the radio drama 'The things we never said' relies upon the description of the characters and items which they possess to set the scene therefore it isn't unusual for the voice actors to describe their 'red Hatch-Back' or 'small flat' as this creates a sense of intimacy and trust between the actors and listeners as you solely rely upon their description. At the beginning of the radio drama there is a brief description of a soundscape - 'Gulls, coffee shop (the clatter of crockery)this helps set the scene for the listener effectively without there being any supplementary visuals.

scripts are used my many different personnel on set to be able to effectively execute the ideas of the scriptwriter/production team. Scripts are traditionally written in the size 12 courier font in order for them to be read and understood by all (however most commonly because it resembles the earliest way of writing scripts),this is one of many examples of how scripts are written for the people they are intended for. Another example of this which can be seen on the baby driver and casualty scripts is location information justified to the left of the page - this helps both costume, set and location designers decide on where is best to film certain scenes, how these scenes should look and what special effects would be used to create an effective soundscape. When scripts have specific instructions which relate to the shooting of the film/programme or editing , it becomes a shooting script - this then becomes a point of reference for all the personnel on set and shows them how the producer and director intend the final product to look like.

The baby driver script in particular shows in depth character description of a 'young, baby faced , short cropped hair' male wearing 'mostly cheap gas station shades' - this would be used by both costume designers and casting crew to find a suitable match for the described male and then dress him accordingly to the character he is to play. In the same section of script, there is also a line about the location of the first scene describing a parking sign at the curb saying 'short stay , five mins only' - this could be then taken by the props team to organise a sign to be made, or even possibly the finding of a similar sign in a chosen location.

A gaming flow chart script somewhat differs from this as they simply have interactions with other characters and how the game should unfurl - this could be then interpreted by the coders and digital artists to then begin to design characters, voices and sets for the production in line with the pre production documents such as a brief or visualisation diagram. A flow chart is a basic way to show the interactions between the characters, the set and the game with its user.





Three act script

A three act script is made up of three parts , the beginning, middle and end which relates to a media theory suggested by Tzvan Todorov in 1977 which suggests that the majority of media products follow this carefully thought out plan made up of 5 steps. The first of these steps is an equilibrium , where everything appears to be ok in the fictional world, this is reflected in the baby driver script as at the beginning, everything is going well within the main characters world as he is able to pull off a drive by robbery without getting caught that being said the script for casualty as they begin in a frantic scenario within the hospital where somebody is seriously injured - some writers like to inverse this theory as it keeps viewers engaged as they are aware an equilibrium is coming . Scripts such as Casualty's which don't follow these rules are known as non-linear which is something Todorov suggested keeps the viewer engaged and is conducive to a more interesting narrative.

The second part of this rule is the disequilibrium , where something happens within the narrative which causes problems for one of the main characters which is where the script for Casualty starts due to it following a non linear pathway. This is typical of this type of production as the drama needs to happen as soon as the show has started to engage the viewer and connote what is going to happen further on in the show/film. Usually a disequilibrium would follow the starting point of equilibrium to follow a linear narrative - although not shown in the extract of script shown in the first part of LO1 , I am aware that the disequilibrium which follows the extract from the Baby Driver script is that the main character , baby has his relationship with a young waitress put in jeopardy by the demand of another criminal job.

The third part of this theory is the recognition of the disequilibrium which in most cases would follow the first two steps following a linear pattern , however in the Casualty example is the second piece of the narrative where the doctors and nurses begin to identify the problems with the patient. This again is present in a more liner format in the Baby Driver script , where baby realises that he is going to loose his love Debbie if he continues to be a part of these criminal activities. This is generally the part within the script where the characters begin to work on the disequilibrium to get back to a resolved state of equilibrium.

The fourth part in this process is the resolution which ultimately leads to the end of the narrative , the best example of this is within the game flow chart where the player is presented with the options which can eventually lead to the ending of the game this is shown in the flow chart option 'continue moving in the same direction until blocked' which prompts the player to either go back on their move or end the game which results in either winning (equilibrium ) or changing the way they play to result in the equilibrium. The final part of this is the finding of a new equilibrium where the main characters reach a state of happiness once more , this is present within the ending of the Baby Driver script where Baby gets the chance to drive off with the love of his life - however this is met then by another disequilibrium where Baby is caught by the police , proving once more this is a script which challenges Todorov's Theory.

The majority of media products follow this sequence whether that be in a linear or non linear sequence however some , like Baby Driver like to challenge this in order to make the film more engaging for the viewer. Radio scripts are the most likely to follow this theory in a linear way as they have a set list of codes and conventions which need to be adhered to where the listener must be aware of what is going on at all times - likewise this is similar for games as they have to be easy enough for the player to understand the narrative.

Style

The selection of scripts I have chosen here all follow different narrative structures whether that be linear such as the BBC radio script or non linear like the Baby Driver script which starts with the equilibrium and then ends in disequilibrium therefore challenging Todorov's theory. The baby driver script in particular is multi stranded as it shows the narrative from different points of view from the different characters such as Baby and Debbie.

A great example of a linear script would be the radio script given by the BBC as it follows a set code as for it to be easy for the listeners to understand - should the show be non linear it would be more likely to be a radio drama which has an intentional narrative to it which listeners are given enough scope to understand. The reason for this script being linear is likely due to the ethos of the BBC being to inform and educate as it needs to be straight forward. An example of a single stranded script would be the radio drama script as it simply follows the life of the main character which is named as 'woman'. A single stranded script is often seen as  easier to understand therefore more easily understood by the audience making it more popular. This is similar for the Casualty script as we are following the progression of the main casualty within the show and how they then find their equilibrium.

The script from BBC radio Sheffield which begins with an update on the local weather is known as a running order - this is the term used for the way the show should run in guidance with codes and conventions what with stories and features. This is often set out by the '5ws' (who,what,when,where,why)- this is reflected in the running of this radio show as the what is addressed straight away with the beast from the east segment and then the 'where' which is the local Sheffield area. Each presenter and interview is then introduced which is the 'who'.

Type

The script from baby driver does not follow a true story therefore is fictional although it does show some issues which a normal human from outside of the narrative world may encounter such as loss,love and hope. The script for BBC radio Sheffield is non fictional as it has real life events during the news features and is based on educating and informing the audience . Like the baby driver script , the casualty script and Gaming flowchart are fictional as they are not based on real events and follow a made up narrative.

LO1: Examples Of Different Scripts (P1)

FILM SCRIPT: BABY DRIVER

TV SCRIPT:

TV Show Episode Scripts  >  Planet Earth II (2016)  >  Season 1  >  Jungles
Planet Earth II (2016) s01e03 Episode Script

Jungles

Earth is the only planet we know of where life exists.
And, here, it does so in abundance.
The jungle is Eden.
It covers less than 6% of the Earth's surface but it's home to half of all the plants and animals on land.
Jungles have just the right amount of light, water and nutrients, and they have had every day for millennia.
Life here should be easy.
This is an indri.
It's a primate, like us.
And these forests in Madagascar are its home.
But to survive here it has to face one major challenge.
Paradise is crowded.
Life fills every niche.
And, at any one time, a staggering variety of species and countless individuals are striving for space and food.
Like every jungle animal, indri have to find their own way to survive in the most competitive place on Earth.
(INDRI WAILS) (INDRI WAILS) Jungles are complex places tangled three-dimensional worlds created by lush tropical vegetation.
90% of the animals here spend their whole lives up in the trees.
And each of them has to find its own way of getting around.
Hanging 100 feet above the ground, a spider monkey.
They travel in family groups and find everything they need in the top storey of the jungle.
Up here isn't a place for the faint-hearted.
With long limbs and a prehensile tail that can grip like a hand, they're built for climbing.
But imagine having to learn these skills as high up as this.
One third of spider monkeys never make it to adulthood.
This youngster is only a few months old.
Her future depends on her ability to climb.
Playing on a practice tree with her older brother and sister, she's already learning to use her tail as a safety line under her father's close watch.
(THEY CHATTER) She's keen to join in the game but she's the youngest and, as is the way of things, she's not always welcome.
(SHE GIBBERS) So she chooses her own place to play.
But not all trees are the same.
This one is for more advanced climbers.
Enthusiasm? Certainly! (SHE GIBBERS) Technique? (SHE CHATTERS) Room for improvement.
Meanwhile, some of her family have moved on to look for a new patch of fresh food.
The top of the canopy isn't for youngsters.
But Father's not looking and the temptation to join the others is irresistible.
She'll need to be careful.
A fall from here would mean certain death.
It's the first time she's been as high as this on her own.
As she climbs still higher, the branches get thinner and thinner.
(SHE SCREECHES) (SHE SCREECHES) Her tail has caught her but now she's stuck in mid-air, unable to reach any other branch.
(SHE SCREECHES) Father, however, was watching.
He's big and strong enough to form a bridge with his body so that she can climb to safety.
Lesson learned.
But it's not just monkeys that live here, up in the treetops.
And, if you are small, finding the right tree can mean a home for life.
He's a Draco lizard.
He's only the size of a pencil and he eats ants.
This one tree could provide him with all he will ever need a conveyor belt of food.
It's a perfect place to settle down.
Well, it would be but there's already someone here.
This larger male is the tree's owner.
And Dracos don't share.
The owner's flag is a warning.
Trespassers won't be tolerated.
The owner's not only intimidating he's prepared to battle.
A dead end.
Safety is a long way away.
Now he must choose.
Fight or flee? Only in the jungle do you find lizards that can soar like dragons.
He can travel over 100 feet in a single leap.
It's a very fast and efficient way to move through the jungle.
Maybe this new tree will have food and no resident owner.
Everything in the jungle has to compete for space.
Only 2% of the sun's rays reach the ground so even the plants must battle for the light they need if they're to grow.
300 years ago, this Hura tree began its race for light.
And every day since, it has absorbed the water and sunshine it needed to grow into a giant.
It has succeeded in doing what every tree must do to survive rise above the gloom of the jungle floor.
And, what is more, its success has given life to others.
Its branches now carry 1,000 other plants.
These particular ferns, figs and orchids live only on the branches of other trees.
1,000 plants growing on one single tree.
Throughout the forest, this story is repeated endless times.
As a consequence, jungles are home to more species of plants than anywhere else on Earth.
And they, in turn, support a wealth of animals.
In Ecuador, the competition is at its most intense.
Here, there are 100 species of hummingbirds alone all fighting for nectar.
Each flower only has a small amount at any one time, and so it's first come, first served.
One hummingbird has gone to great lengths to avoid conflict with other species.
Swordbills are the only bird with a beak longer than their body.
And some flowers are too elongated for the other 99 species of hummingbirds here to feed from them.
A swordbill's extraordinary beak, however, enables it to reach the places that others can't the top of this flower, where the sweet nectar is produced.
It has found a solution that means it doesn't have to join the fight.
And, as each long flower blooms, it gives the swordbill a fresh supply of food all to itself.
But having a beak longer than your body does have its drawbacks.
For a start, it's tricky to keep it clean.
Harder still, how do you preen your body feathers? Unlike the other hummers, swordbills can't reach their feathers with their beak.
The only option, a good old scratch.
It's a little unrefined but a small price to pay for an exclusive food supply especially when feeding times are only too frequently interrupted by storms.
(THUNDER RUMBLES) Jungles are the richest places on Earth because of one remarkable fact they make their own weather.
Every day, water rises from the surface of the leaves as vapour.
It's as if the trees breathe out clouds.
They gather over the forest until, finally they burst.
Rain is the lifeblood of every jungle.
And all have to do their best to endure the daily downpour.
In some jungles, like here in Brazil, it rains so much that, for part of the year, the trees are almost totally submerged.
The forest floor is 30 feet below the water's surface.
This is a mysterious world, a place few people have ever explored.
We have much to discover about the animals for which this is home including some you might never expect to find amongst trees.
Here, 1,000 miles from the sea, are dolphins.
A newly identified species of river dolphin found nowhere else on Earth.
(DOLPHIN WHISTLES) In these black, tangled waters, they have become almost totally blind, so they move slowly, carefully using their sonar to scan the forest floor for fish.
If this forest can hide a new species of dolphin what else might there be here, awaiting discovery? At the shallow margins of the flooded jungle, rivers flow through lush vegetation.
Here, food is so abundant, it supports giants.
Capybara, the biggest rodents in the world (GRUNTING) giant otters the size of a man (THEY SQUEAK) and the rulers of these rivers (SPLASH) caiman.
They grow to ten feet long and kill anything they get between their jaws.
But there are more artful hunters drawn here from the surrounding forest.
A jaguar, the supreme jungle predator.
The river marks the edge of his territory but here he has competition.
(THEY GROWL) (THEY ROAR) (THEY GROWL) He's now in the territory of a female.
She has ruled this stretch of river for five years.
This is her place to hunt.
Capybara are strong and wary.
The key is stealth.
She needs to get within three feet if she's to pounce.
Not this time.
She's not the only female here.
Each part of this jungle's edge is ruled by a different queen.
Few places on Earth have enough food to support so many big cats.
(LOW GROWL) The male hunts in a different way.
Weighing almost 300 lbs, it's hard to be stealthy and with so many other jaguars around, he doesn't bother with wary capybara.
He seeks a different prey.
He's become a killer of killers.
Jaguars have the most powerful bite of any cat.
And he knows the caiman's most vulnerable point the back of its skull.
(CRUNCHING) Hunters living in the dense understorey of the jungle come in all shapes and sizes.
But they share a problem.
How to tell what is a plant, and what is prey.
This is a game of hide and seek that can be won or lost in the blink of an eye.
The long contest between predator and prey has produced mimicry of astounding accuracy.
A leaf-tailed gecko masquerading as lichen.
Some animals take camouflage a stage further still and these streams in Costa Rica are home to one of the most remarkable.
A glass frog.
A male, and tiny, no bigger than your fingernail and almost entirely transparent as he needs to be.
Almost everything that walks past here could eat him, even a cricket.
His best chance is to stay absolutely still and trust that the cricket looks right through him.
Danger passed, and that's just as well, because he is a father and he's guarding some very precious eggs.
For the last few weeks, females, one after the other, have visited him and entrusted him with their offspring.
Some are now almost ready to hatch.
There are several clutches on the leaf, and those at the top, the most recently laid, are barely a day old.
But in the jungle, there's always someone out to get you.
This wasp is a specialist hunter of frogs' eggs.
It's noticed the wriggling tadpoles at the bottom of the leaf.
He mustn't move.
The youngest eggs are the most vulnerable, and he can't guard them all.
But these tadpoles are not as helpless as they might appear.
Incredibly, the unhatched tadpoles can sense danger, and the oldest and strongest wriggle free and drop into the stream below.
The eggs at the top of the leaf, however, are still too young to hatch, and now the wasps know they're there.
But the male's back looks very like the youngest cluster of eggs and that seems to confuse the wasps.
Using his own body as a decoy is a huge risk.
The wasp stings could kill him.
He's managed to save most of his young.
He'll have to remain on guard for another two weeks, but in the jungle, just surviving the day can count as a success.
With the coming of the night, a new cast of jungle characters takes to the stage.
Flying insects begin to glow as they search for mates.
Fungi, unlike plants, thrive in the darkness of the forest floor.
They're hidden until they begin to develop the incredible structures with which they reproduce.
Each releases millions of microscopic spores that drift invisibly away.
Many have fruiting bodies that reach upwards to catch any feeble current there might be in the clammy air.
But this one, as it grows, becomes luminous.
Why fungi light up has remained a mystery until now.
Scientists studying the brightest fungi in the world think they may have an answer.
Like a beacon, the light attracts insects.
From far and wide.
To this click beetle, a bright light means only one thing a female click beetle, so he flashes in reply.
But he doesn't get the reception he was expecting.
Confused, he starts searching for a female, and that helps the fungus.
By the time he gives up, he's covered in the fungus's spores.
And, as he continues his quest for a female, he carries these spores to other parts of the forest.
And there are even stranger things glowing in the jungle night.
These are the multicoloured lights of a railroad worm.
It's not really a worm, but a poisonous, caterpillar-like beetle.
The yellow lights warn other creatures to keep out of its way.
It's hunting for millipedes.
When it finds the trail of one, it switches off its yellow lights.
Now it only has a red light on its head.
Millipedes can't see red light.
So, to them, the railroad worm in stealth mode is virtually invisible.
And that is the end of the millipede.
Competition in the jungles forces animals to specialise in every aspect of their life, including courtship.
This has produced some of the most beautiful and elaborate displays on the planet.
- (BIRD SQUAWKS) - A male red bird-of-paradise, competing to attract a female by dancing.
One has come to survey what's on offer.
She is an independent lady, and she will select whichever male takes her fancy.
(BIRDS SQUAWKING) She makes her choice.
But now she doesn't seem quite so sure.
No? Perhaps he's just a little too keen.
Maybe he'll have better luck tomorrow.
Red birds-of-paradise display in the treetops.
Other members of the family dance in the gloom of the forest floor.
This is a Wilson's bird-of-paradise.
He's brightly coloured, but about the size of a sparrow.
He's lived most of his life alone, but now he's an adult, and he too needs to attract a mate.
This little patch of light might help him do so.
First, he tidies things up.
Showing off in this jumble of leaves wouldn't be easy, and his beauty will stand out better against a plain background.
He doesn't want bright leaves to divert a visitor's attention.
They all need to go.
Even the green ones.
Especially the green ones.
His stage is set.
A central pole, and a little patch of light.
It's perfect.
And now, he must hope a female hears his call.
(HIGH-PITCHED SQUAWKING) He can wait here for weeks on end.
At last, a female.
Time to take up position.
She will judge him by the brightness of his feathers.
But for the female to see him at his best, he needs her to perch directly above his stage, under the light.
This might be his only chance to shine.
Now, when she's looking directly down on him, he reveals a display for her eyes only.
In the gloom of the forest floor, he is a dazzling blaze of iridescent green.
The brightest leaf in the forest.
And that does the trick.
Each animal must find its own way of surviving the competition of the jungle.
This crowded world is so full of invention that almost all kinds of animals on land can trace their origins back here including us.
These forests in Madagascar are home to one of our distant cousins.
This female indri has fought to keep this particular patch of forest safe for herself and her family.
(HIGH-PITCHED SHRIEKS) Every morning, the family come together to sing, their way of reminding others that this is their home.
Indri are so closely adapted to living here that now they can live nowhere else.
For them and the billions of animals with whom they share their home, the jungle is a sanctuary.
But this is changing.
Even in the ten years since the head of this family was born, one million hectares of the rainforest have been destroyed in Madagascar alone, and, with it, half the indri families that once lived there.
The local people say the indris are our brothers and their song is a call to remind us that we, too, once depended on the jungle.
This Eden is still a place of wonder and magic.
Something, surely, worth protecting.
Jungles are still some of the least explored places on Earth, and with good reason.
They are testing places to work.
Here in the flooded forests of Brazil, the team are on the trail of a newly discovered species of river dolphin.
So little is known about it that just finding it will be a challenge.
Their base for five weeks is a hut on the only bit of dry land around, but it's already occupied.
It appears someone's been making a nest.
A resident rat.
- Hello, little rat.
- And on the food cupboard Hello.
Are you a bit shy? If the housemates are hostile, the hitchhikers are even worse.
A large spider.
Oh, my God.
And a colony of aggressive red ants looking for a ride.
Shall we knock into them? They'll board the boat like a bunch of pirates, and they'll gnaw our faces off.
That might not be quite true, but intimidating animals are the least of their problems.
The flooded forest is not only vast, it's impenetrable, and this new species of dolphin could be anywhere in 150,000 square miles of tangled treetops.
But the crew have a plan.
Dolphins use sound to find their way through the flooded forest by making clicks.
Sonar.
Waterproof microphones allow the crew to eavesdrop on the dolphins, and so follow them.
But that's easier said than done.
So, this is the clear path.
Can you see it? There.
It takes them a week to get their first glimpse of this new species, and even then, it lasts less than a second.
There appears to be only one dolphin.
And, frustratingly, it can pop up anywhere without warning.
Been looking through the water and seeing bodies kind of appear out of the murk, and then disappear again.
Eventually, the dolphin leads the crew to an open gap in the forest.
We made it! Yay! Here, at last, there may be a chance of getting something in the can.
Their first shot, but again, a single breath, and then it's gone.
- Hello, you.
- With the dolphin as close as this, the crew can try a different technique towing an underwater camera behind the boat.
Dolphin literally just came up parallel to it.
The problem is that the water is so murky, that the dolphin is almost invisible, even when right next to the camera.
However, now the dolphin is in this channel, the crew can try a different tack.
Michael Sanderson is a drone operator.
As long as the dolphin's in open water, it might be possible to follow it from the air.
We've worked out the dolphins seem to be here, and we can do the drone work, so this is our kind of best bet.
Leaving Michael and his drone on the sand spit, the crew head back to open water.
But this is called the flooded forest for a reason.
The rain here can be torrential, and although storms normally pass quickly, this one is clearly not a normal storm.
Is it not working? The motor has broken, and with the boat flooding, the crew must head for the bank.
It looked like the rainstorm was going to pass, and it hasn't passed at all.
It's very, very heavy, and I'm soaked through to the skin.
They're stranded, the kit is getting drenched, trees are falling, and Michael is trapped somewhere down-river.
This is the hardest rain I've ever seen in my life.
- It's incredible.
- I'm hoping Michael's all right.
And there's been tree fall all up around behind us.
Michael's down there on a tiny little sand spit, with the other boat, with his opticopter out.
Kind of scary.
After two hours, a break in the storm gives Michael a chance to rejoin the team.
Just got caught in one of the heaviest storms I've ever seen.
Got up to this much water on the tarp, and the other one, so I don't know if this is going to live any more, because that was on the floor.
It looks like it's game over for the drone.
Yeah, it was pretty scary, wasn't it? Over the next 12 hours, the storm returns again and again.
If this bad weather continues, the crew may not be able to get back out to the dolphin.
The next morning, clear skies, and the drone might be fixable.
But the longer it takes, the more chance that the dolphin will have returned to the flooded forest, and then it'll be back to square one.
But finally, their luck is in.
The dolphin is still there.
For the first time, they have a chance to film from the water and the air, and finally discover what this elusive animal is really doing.
They were in the boat and they were looking around and going, "Yeah, there are some bubbles.
" We were flying with the drone and we could see dolphins, and while they thought they could only see one dolphin, we saw five.
And they had no idea.
The crew are surprised to find these dolphins aren't solitary, but come together to hunt as a team.
You're starting to see stuff with the drone that you suddenly go, "I thought there was one dolphin there," and then you count that there are five and then you're looking in one place and they're all behind you, laughing at you.
This new perspective has given the crew a first glimpse into a mysterious jungle animal in one of the least-known corners of the Earth.
Next time a land of extremes that pushes life to the limit.
Animals have extraordinary ways of dealing with the hostile conditions.
Creating the most epic survival stories on Earth.
These are deserts.


Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=planet-earth-ii-2016&episode=s01e03

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Planet Earth II (2016) s01e03 Episode Script

Jungles

Earth is the only planet we know of where life exists.
And, here, it does so in abundance.
The jungle is Eden.
It covers less than 6% of the Earth's surface but it's home to half of all the plants and animals on land.
Jungles have just the right amount of light, water and nutrients, and they have had every day for millennia.
Life here should be easy.
This is an indri.
It's a primate, like us.
And these forests in Madagascar are its home.
But to survive here it has to face one major challenge.
Paradise is crowded.
Life fills every niche.
And, at any one time, a staggering variety of species and countless individuals are striving for space and food.
Like every jungle animal, indri have to find their own way to survive in the most competitive place on Earth.
(INDRI WAILS) (INDRI WAILS) Jungles are complex places tangled three-dimensional worlds created by lush tropical vegetation.
90% of the animals here spend their whole lives up in the trees.
And each of them has to find its own way of getting around.
Hanging 100 feet above the ground, a spider monkey.
They travel in family groups and find everything they need in the top storey of the jungle.
Up here isn't a place for the faint-hearted.
With long limbs and a prehensile tail that can grip like a hand, they're built for climbing.
But imagine having to learn these skills as high up as this.
One third of spider monkeys never make it to adulthood.
This youngster is only a few months old.
Her future depends on her ability to climb.
Playing on a practice tree with her older brother and sister, she's already learning to use her tail as a safety line under her father's close watch.
(THEY CHATTER) She's keen to join in the game but she's the youngest and, as is the way of things, she's not always welcome.
(SHE GIBBERS) So she chooses her own place to play.
But not all trees are the same.
This one is for more advanced climbers.
Enthusiasm? Certainly! (SHE GIBBERS) Technique? (SHE CHATTERS) Room for improvement.
Meanwhile, some of her family have moved on to look for a new patch of fresh food.
The top of the canopy isn't for youngsters.
But Father's not looking and the temptation to join the others is irresistible.
She'll need to be careful.
A fall from here would mean certain death.
It's the first time she's been as high as this on her own.
As she climbs still higher, the branches get thinner and thinner.
(SHE SCREECHES) (SHE SCREECHES) Her tail has caught her but now she's stuck in mid-air, unable to reach any other branch.
(SHE SCREECHES) Father, however, was watching.
He's big and strong enough to form a bridge with his body so that she can climb to safety.
Lesson learned.
But it's not just monkeys that live here, up in the treetops.
And, if you are small, finding the right tree can mean a home for life.
He's a Draco lizard.
He's only the size of a pencil and he eats ants.
This one tree could provide him with all he will ever need a conveyor belt of food.
It's a perfect place to settle down.
Well, it would be but there's already someone here.
This larger male is the tree's owner.
And Dracos don't share.
The owner's flag is a warning.
Trespassers won't be tolerated.
The owner's not only intimidating he's prepared to battle.
A dead end.
Safety is a long way away.
Now he must choose.
Fight or flee? Only in the jungle do you find lizards that can soar like dragons.
He can travel over 100 feet in a single leap.
It's a very fast and efficient way to move through the jungle.
Maybe this new tree will have food and no resident owner.
Everything in the jungle has to compete for space.
Only 2% of the sun's rays reach the ground so even the plants must battle for the light they need if they're to grow.
300 years ago, this Hura tree began its race for light.
And every day since, it has absorbed the water and sunshine it needed to grow into a giant.
It has succeeded in doing what every tree must do to survive rise above the gloom of the jungle floor.
And, what is more, its success has given life to others.
Its branches now carry 1,000 other plants.
These particular ferns, figs and orchids live only on the branches of other trees.
1,000 plants growing on one single tree.
Throughout the forest, this story is repeated endless times.
As a consequence, jungles are home to more species of plants than anywhere else on Earth.
And they, in turn, support a wealth of animals.
In Ecuador, the competition is at its most intense.
Here, there are 100 species of hummingbirds alone all fighting for nectar.
Each flower only has a small amount at any one time, and so it's first come, first served.
One hummingbird has gone to great lengths to avoid conflict with other species.
Swordbills are the only bird with a beak longer than their body.
And some flowers are too elongated for the other 99 species of hummingbirds here to feed from them.
A swordbill's extraordinary beak, however, enables it to reach the places that others can't the top of this flower, where the sweet nectar is produced.
It has found a solution that means it doesn't have to join the fight.
And, as each long flower blooms, it gives the swordbill a fresh supply of food all to itself.
But having a beak longer than your body does have its drawbacks.
For a start, it's tricky to keep it clean.
Harder still, how do you preen your body feathers? Unlike the other hummers, swordbills can't reach their feathers with their beak.
The only option, a good old scratch.
It's a little unrefined but a small price to pay for an exclusive food supply especially when feeding times are only too frequently interrupted by storms.
(THUNDER RUMBLES) Jungles are the richest places on Earth because of one remarkable fact they make their own weather.
Every day, water rises from the surface of the leaves as vapour.
It's as if the trees breathe out clouds.
They gather over the forest until, finally they burst.
Rain is the lifeblood of every jungle.
And all have to do their best to endure the daily downpour.
In some jungles, like here in Brazil, it rains so much that, for part of the year, the trees are almost totally submerged.
The forest floor is 30 feet below the water's surface.
This is a mysterious world, a place few people have ever explored.
We have much to discover about the animals for which this is home including some you might never expect to find amongst trees.
Here, 1,000 miles from the sea, are dolphins.
A newly identified species of river dolphin found nowhere else on Earth.
(DOLPHIN WHISTLES) In these black, tangled waters, they have become almost totally blind, so they move slowly, carefully using their sonar to scan the forest floor for fish.
If this forest can hide a new species of dolphin what else might there be here, awaiting discovery? At the shallow margins of the flooded jungle, rivers flow through lush vegetation.
Here, food is so abundant, it supports giants.
Capybara, the biggest rodents in the world (GRUNTING) giant otters the size of a man (THEY SQUEAK) and the rulers of these rivers (SPLASH) caiman.
They grow to ten feet long and kill anything they get between their jaws.
But there are more artful hunters drawn here from the surrounding forest.
A jaguar, the supreme jungle predator.
The river marks the edge of his territory but here he has competition.
(THEY GROWL) (THEY ROAR) (THEY GROWL) He's now in the territory of a female.
She has ruled this stretch of river for five years.
This is her place to hunt.
Capybara are strong and wary.
The key is stealth.
She needs to get within three feet if she's to pounce.
Not this time.
She's not the only female here.
Each part of this jungle's edge is ruled by a different queen.
Few places on Earth have enough food to support so many big cats.
(LOW GROWL) The male hunts in a different way.
Weighing almost 300 lbs, it's hard to be stealthy and with so many other jaguars around, he doesn't bother with wary capybara.
He seeks a different prey.
He's become a killer of killers.
Jaguars have the most powerful bite of any cat.
And he knows the caiman's most vulnerable point the back of its skull.
(CRUNCHING) Hunters living in the dense understorey of the jungle come in all shapes and sizes.
But they share a problem.
How to tell what is a plant, and what is prey.
This is a game of hide and seek that can be won or lost in the blink of an eye.
The long contest between predator and prey has produced mimicry of astounding accuracy.
A leaf-tailed gecko masquerading as lichen.
Some animals take camouflage a stage further still and these streams in Costa Rica are home to one of the most remarkable.
A glass frog.
A male, and tiny, no bigger than your fingernail and almost entirely transparent as he needs to be.
Almost everything that walks past here could eat him, even a cricket.
His best chance is to stay absolutely still and trust that the cricket looks right through him.
Danger passed, and that's just as well, because he is a father and he's guarding some very precious eggs.
For the last few weeks, females, one after the other, have visited him and entrusted him with their offspring.
Some are now almost ready to hatch.
There are several clutches on the leaf, and those at the top, the most recently laid, are barely a day old.
But in the jungle, there's always someone out to get you.
This wasp is a specialist hunter of frogs' eggs.
It's noticed the wriggling tadpoles at the bottom of the leaf.
He mustn't move.
The youngest eggs are the most vulnerable, and he can't guard them all.
But these tadpoles are not as helpless as they might appear.
Incredibly, the unhatched tadpoles can sense danger, and the oldest and strongest wriggle free and drop into the stream below.
The eggs at the top of the leaf, however, are still too young to hatch, and now the wasps know they're there.
But the male's back looks very like the youngest cluster of eggs and that seems to confuse the wasps.
Using his own body as a decoy is a huge risk.
The wasp stings could kill him.
He's managed to save most of his young.
He'll have to remain on guard for another two weeks, but in the jungle, just surviving the day can count as a success.
With the coming of the night, a new cast of jungle characters takes to the stage.
Flying insects begin to glow as they search for mates.
Fungi, unlike plants, thrive in the darkness of the forest floor.
They're hidden until they begin to develop the incredible structures with which they reproduce.
Each releases millions of microscopic spores that drift invisibly away.
Many have fruiting bodies that reach upwards to catch any feeble current there might be in the clammy air.
But this one, as it grows, becomes luminous.
Why fungi light up has remained a mystery until now.
Scientists studying the brightest fungi in the world think they may have an answer.
Like a beacon, the light attracts insects.
From far and wide.
To this click beetle, a bright light means only one thing a female click beetle, so he flashes in reply.
But he doesn't get the reception he was expecting.
Confused, he starts searching for a female, and that helps the fungus.
By the time he gives up, he's covered in the fungus's spores.
And, as he continues his quest for a female, he carries these spores to other parts of the forest.
And there are even stranger things glowing in the jungle night.
These are the multicoloured lights of a railroad worm.
It's not really a worm, but a poisonous, caterpillar-like beetle.
The yellow lights warn other creatures to keep out of its way.
It's hunting for millipedes.
When it finds the trail of one, it switches off its yellow lights.
Now it only has a red light on its head.
Millipedes can't see red light.
So, to them, the railroad worm in stealth mode is virtually invisible.
And that is the end of the millipede.
Competition in the jungles forces animals to specialise in every aspect of their life, including courtship.
This has produced some of the most beautiful and elaborate displays on the planet.
- (BIRD SQUAWKS) - A male red bird-of-paradise, competing to attract a female by dancing.
One has come to survey what's on offer.
She is an independent lady, and she will select whichever male takes her fancy.
(BIRDS SQUAWKING) She makes her choice.
But now she doesn't seem quite so sure.
No? Perhaps he's just a little too keen.
Maybe he'll have better luck tomorrow.
Red birds-of-paradise display in the treetops.
Other members of the family dance in the gloom of the forest floor.
This is a Wilson's bird-of-paradise.
He's brightly coloured, but about the size of a sparrow.
He's lived most of his life alone, but now he's an adult, and he too needs to attract a mate.
This little patch of light might help him do so.
First, he tidies things up.
Showing off in this jumble of leaves wouldn't be easy, and his beauty will stand out better against a plain background.
He doesn't want bright leaves to divert a visitor's attention.
They all need to go.
Even the green ones.
Especially the green ones.
His stage is set.
A central pole, and a little patch of light.
It's perfect.
And now, he must hope a female hears his call.
(HIGH-PITCHED SQUAWKING) He can wait here for weeks on end.
At last, a female.
Time to take up position.
She will judge him by the brightness of his feathers.
But for the female to see him at his best, he needs her to perch directly above his stage, under the light.
This might be his only chance to shine.
Now, when she's looking directly down on him, he reveals a display for her eyes only.
In the gloom of the forest floor, he is a dazzling blaze of iridescent green.
The brightest leaf in the forest.
And that does the trick.
Each animal must find its own way of surviving the competition of the jungle.
This crowded world is so full of invention that almost all kinds of animals on land can trace their origins back here including us.
These forests in Madagascar are home to one of our distant cousins.
This female indri has fought to keep this particular patch of forest safe for herself and her family.
(HIGH-PITCHED SHRIEKS) Every morning, the family come together to sing, their way of reminding others that this is their home.
Indri are so closely adapted to living here that now they can live nowhere else.
For them and the billions of animals with whom they share their home, the jungle is a sanctuary.
But this is changing.
Even in the ten years since the head of this family was born, one million hectares of the rainforest have been destroyed in Madagascar alone, and, with it, half the indri families that once lived there.
The local people say the indris are our brothers and their song is a call to remind us that we, too, once depended on the jungle.
This Eden is still a place of wonder and magic.
Something, surely, worth protecting.
Jungles are still some of the least explored places on Earth, and with good reason.
They are testing places to work.
Here in the flooded forests of Brazil, the team are on the trail of a newly discovered species of river dolphin.
So little is known about it that just finding it will be a challenge.
Their base for five weeks is a hut on the only bit of dry land around, but it's already occupied.
It appears someone's been making a nest.
A resident rat.
- Hello, little rat.
- And on the food cupboard Hello.
Are you a bit shy? If the housemates are hostile, the hitchhikers are even worse.
A large spider.
Oh, my God.
And a colony of aggressive red ants looking for a ride.
Shall we knock into them? They'll board the boat like a bunch of pirates, and they'll gnaw our faces off.
That might not be quite true, but intimidating animals are the least of their problems.
The flooded forest is not only vast, it's impenetrable, and this new species of dolphin could be anywhere in 150,000 square miles of tangled treetops.
But the crew have a plan.
Dolphins use sound to find their way through the flooded forest by making clicks.
Sonar.
Waterproof microphones allow the crew to eavesdrop on the dolphins, and so follow them.
But that's easier said than done.
So, this is the clear path.
Can you see it? There.
It takes them a week to get their first glimpse of this new species, and even then, it lasts less than a second.
There appears to be only one dolphin.
And, frustratingly, it can pop up anywhere without warning.
Been looking through the water and seeing bodies kind of appear out of the murk, and then disappear again.
Eventually, the dolphin leads the crew to an open gap in the forest.
We made it! Yay! Here, at last, there may be a chance of getting something in the can.
Their first shot, but again, a single breath, and then it's gone.
- Hello, you.
- With the dolphin as close as this, the crew can try a different technique towing an underwater camera behind the boat.
Dolphin literally just came up parallel to it.
The problem is that the water is so murky, that the dolphin is almost invisible, even when right next to the camera.
However, now the dolphin is in this channel, the crew can try a different tack.
Michael Sanderson is a drone operator.
As long as the dolphin's in open water, it might be possible to follow it from the air.
We've worked out the dolphins seem to be here, and we can do the drone work, so this is our kind of best bet.
Leaving Michael and his drone on the sand spit, the crew head back to open water.
But this is called the flooded forest for a reason.
The rain here can be torrential, and although storms normally pass quickly, this one is clearly not a normal storm.
Is it not working? The motor has broken, and with the boat flooding, the crew must head for the bank.
It looked like the rainstorm was going to pass, and it hasn't passed at all.
It's very, very heavy, and I'm soaked through to the skin.
They're stranded, the kit is getting drenched, trees are falling, and Michael is trapped somewhere down-river.
This is the hardest rain I've ever seen in my life.
- It's incredible.
- I'm hoping Michael's all right.
And there's been tree fall all up around behind us.
Michael's down there on a tiny little sand spit, with the other boat, with his opticopter out.
Kind of scary.
After two hours, a break in the storm gives Michael a chance to rejoin the team.
Just got caught in one of the heaviest storms I've ever seen.
Got up to this much water on the tarp, and the other one, so I don't know if this is going to live any more, because that was on the floor.
It looks like it's game over for the drone.
Yeah, it was pretty scary, wasn't it? Over the next 12 hours, the storm returns again and again.
If this bad weather continues, the crew may not be able to get back out to the dolphin.
The next morning, clear skies, and the drone might be fixable.
But the longer it takes, the more chance that the dolphin will have returned to the flooded forest, and then it'll be back to square one.
But finally, their luck is in.
The dolphin is still there.
For the first time, they have a chance to film from the water and the air, and finally discover what this elusive animal is really doing.
They were in the boat and they were looking around and going, "Yeah, there are some bubbles.
" We were flying with the drone and we could see dolphins, and while they thought they could only see one dolphin, we saw five.
And they had no idea.
The crew are surprised to find these dolphins aren't solitary, but come together to hunt as a team.
You're starting to see stuff with the drone that you suddenly go, "I thought there was one dolphin there," and then you count that there are five and then you're looking in one place and they're all behind you, laughing at you.
This new perspective has given the crew a first glimpse into a mysterious jungle animal in one of the least-known corners of the Earth.
Next time a land of extremes that pushes life to the limit.
Animals have extraordinary ways of dealing with the hostile conditions.
Creating the most epic survival stories on Earth.
These are deserts.


Read more: https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=planet-earth-ii-2016&episode=s01e03

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