Running Order

Documentary: Get a Life

Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: 8:00pm - 9:00pm (Pre-Echoed)
Duration: 27 minutes (including 3 minute advert break)

A montage of different people answering the question What is your hobby? 10 secs
(Background music)

Opening titles (Background music continues) Boy bounces basketball into hoop (Match on 10 secs
Action), runs to camera, puts basketball into camera and written on it is Get A Life in
marker pen

Montage of people doing different hobbies (Background music; volume lowers as voice 20 secs
over starts introducing the documentary)

Interview with Councillor 10 secs

Interview Clip with Josh Gilchrist 20 secs

Interview Clip with John Finch 20 secs

Interview Clip with Black Sheep Wools 20 secs

Archive footage including old videos/pictures of individuals doing hobbies 20 secs

Interview with Josh Gilchrist 20 secs

Interview with John Finch 20 secs

Archive footage of viking battle re-enactments 10 secs

Interview with Isobel Williams about why she doesnt have a hobby 20 secs

Interview with Sarah Dunwood 20 secs

Interview with Joe Pimlott 20 secs

Interview with Black Sheep Wools about knitting 20 secs

More archive footage including old videos/pictures of individuals taking part in hobbies 10 secs

Interview with a physiotherapist about the benefits of hobbies to fitness and wellbeing 20 secs

360 arc shot of football pitch with narration explaining facts and statistics about hobbies 20 secs

5 MINUTES

Interview with Martin Hill 20 secs

Interview with Josh Gilchrist 20 secs

Archive Material of younger person doing hobby 10 secs

Interview with Isobel Williams 20 secs

Clip of Usain Bolt breaking 100m world record 10 secs

Montage editing of shots in a shopping centre 10 secs

Montage editing of interviews asking Why do you think people set goals in your hobbies? 20 secs

Interview with three people about how much their hobbies cost and what effect this has on 20 secs
doing the hobby.

Interview with Martin Hill 20 secs

Interviews with people that have already been interviewed with jump cuts about if they 30 secs
think their hobby is sociable or not

8 MINUTES

Archive material of Sophie blogging and other clips from Martin Hill and Josh Gilchrist 1 minute

Interview with Sophie 2 minutes

Interview with Emilio Jackson 1 minute

Hip shot from behind of someone bouncing a basketball, the focus is pulled out and the 5 secs
programme title is superimposed

ADVERT BREAK 3 minutes

Hip shot from behind of someone bouncing a basketball, the focus is pulled out and the 5 secs
programme title is superimposed

Slow tilt upwards, in mid-shot, of an old woman knitting. Voiceover explains that sport and 20 secs
fitness are not the only popular hobbies people have

Interview with professional runner about what drives him personally and other people to 20 secs
become competitive in their hobbies

Montage editing of skaters doing tricks at a skatepark 20 secs

Interview with skater about their hobby and why they enjoy taking part in it, why/how they 1 minute,
started and how long theyve taken part in it 30 secs

Montage of footage of people taking part in different hobbies, voiceover explains why there 30 secs
is such a multitude of different hobbies and why peoples interests vary so much

Slow zoom out from dartboard as voiceover explains how hobbies can have social benefits 10 secs

Interview with pub landlord about how hobbies such as darts/pool/snooker can be great for 2 minutes
socialisation

Interview with the same 3 people about what hobbies they consider as normal and unusual 2 minutes

Montage of shots of people taking part in hobbies that were said to be unusual with 20 secs
voiceover

Interview with sociologist about how hobbies can help improve peoples lifestyles, health 2 minutes
and socialisation
Interview with physiotherapist about health and fitness in hobbies 40 secs

Interview with three people about why they think hobbies are so important in todays 1 minute
society

Closing credits superimposed over unfocused shots of people taking part in hobbies 40 secs

TOTAL TIME 27 mins