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PC MEL
DRAPER / CUTTING SCRIPT
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Programme
Title: Biog inserts
Contributor: PC Mel Draper
Rolls: 05 and 06
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PICTURE
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AUDIO
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Mel in vision.
Timecode: 06:01:40
Mel in locker room changing out of uniform into club gear.
Timecode: 06:02:20
BCU Mel doing up sparkly high-heeled sandals. |
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Mel Draper
('Mel') interview:
Timecode: 05:01.30
'Hiya. I'm Mel Draper. I'm 23. I'm a policewoman, believe it
or not. I'm still a probationer. I've got another 6 months to
go before I can do it all properly. I used to be a hairdresser.
My Dad was a policeman.'
Commentary:
'Blond. 5' 2". Ex-hairdresser. Probationer Mel Draper does not
fill the usual copper stereotypes.'
Mel interview:
Timecode: 05:03:13
'I feel like a kissogram. I keep expecting myself to strip.
In a locker room (laughs).'
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Timecode:
06:03:30
Night-time. Mel leaving the nick in club gear.
Walking alone through shopping precinct in club gear.
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Mel interview:
Timecode: 05:06:19
'They think it's hysterical. I think it's hysterical. They think
I'm mad. Sometimes I can't believe I'm doing it… Hairdressing's
great, but there's just so many perms you can do… This was like
- think of the maddest thing you could possibly do.'
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Timecode:
06:05:03
Wistful shots of Mel looking at TV screens in window of Radio
Rentals in precinct.
Mel in vision for second edit. |
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Commentary:
'But there's more to Mel's madness. Like many recruits, she
has been looking for direction in her life.'
Mel interview:
Timecode: 05:16:23
'It's the first time that I've felt worth something. The first
time I've felt I belonged somewhere… I'm part of something I
believe in. I don't know. I always sound really wanky when I
start talking about it… (sub) I think I need security. I crave
that and I think that I really need to fit in somewhere and
that's really important to me because I've never really felt
like I had a family at all.'
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Timecode: 06:10.10
Mel in throng outside club - looking for friends.
Timecode: 06:15:18
WS police officers on night shiftleaning on van, watching
clubbers queuing.
BCU 2 male officers
chatting.
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Commentary:
'But, as with many recruits, the transition from member of
the public to police officer can be unexpectedly difficult.'
Mel interview:
Timecode: 05:05:19
'You never feel like you're off duty. You always feel you're
police. And sometimes I feel I'm being a hypocrite. You know?
I've got double standards. I think you've got to find some
kind of balance with your social life. And I don't think I've
done that yet.'
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Timecode:
06:20:09
Mel filing into club with friends.
Mel in vision.
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Commentary:
'For club-loving Mel Draper the passage from hedonistic life-style
to professional responsibility remains, as yet, unresolved'.
Mel interview:
Timecode: 05:17:19
'I break the law all the time. I took, take, took, take drugs.
I like drugs. I don't like alcohol really. I mean alcohol and
E and speed - I see a lot of people pissed up and punching the
shit out of each other. I think E is a very lovely drug. It's
a passive drug and it's a wonderful experience.' |
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Timecode: 06:28:30
Mel dancing in club. Looks v. abandoned, happy etc.
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Commentary:
'But if some of her attitudes remain less than ideal, others
remain refreshingly idealistic.'
Mel interview:
Timecode: 05:23:16
'The more promoted you get the less you do. I don't think I
want to be a sergeant. I want to be outside…(sub) I'd be quite
happy staying on the beat forever. I don't want to be behind
a desk and giving out orders to people.'
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