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PC NATALIE
METCALF / CUTTING SCRIPT
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Programme
Title: Biog inserts
Contributor: PC Natalie Metcalf
Rolls: 03 and 04
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PICTURE
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AUDIO
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Timecode:
04:01:28
Wide shot Nat pouring over books in refs room.
Timecode: 04:02 ishCU Nat's notes - she's annotating lecture
notes
(Sergeant's course).
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Commentary:
'PC Natalie Metcalf - known as Nat to her colleagues - is a
graduate copper.'
Natalie Metcalf ('Nat') interview:
Timecode: 03:03:11
'Initially I went to Leeds University and studied sociology…
(sub) I think when I left I thought I could change the world.
You know, go out there amongst the scrotes. Dust them down and
show them how to live proper lives. It didn't work out quite
that way.' |
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Timecode: 02:20:30
Big WS GV Stanton - Skeetsmoor Estate.
Timecode: 02:21:19
Medium shots run down homes on the estate - graffiti etc.
Nat in vision.
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Commentary:
'On graduating, Nat didn't immediately join the force, initially
following in the footsteps of her liberal, social worker parents
by taking a job in the Stanton Housing department.'
Nat interview:
Timecode: 03: 06:29
'Yes, Natalie understood. Natalie felt sorry for them. Natalie
thought these people's lives could be enhanced, changed, developed,
but not quite.'
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Timecode:
02:23:24
Shots of women and children outside launderette and boarded
up stores, Skeetsmoor.
Timecode: 02:23:10
CU boarded up windows.
Timecode: 02:25:08
CU woman smoking outside front door same house. Cuffs kid.
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Commentary:
'Her experiences there soon lead to disillusionment and a career
change.'
Nat interview:
Timecode: 03:07:20
'We spent thirty three million pounds renovating the Skeetsmoor
Estate…(sub) And in two years the place was trashed. So what
does that show you?….(Sub) Unfortunately it's a small few out
there that makes life hell for the rest of us. And those people
need policing. They haven't got the intelligence to develop
their lives. To work even.'
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Timecode:
04:14:20
WS Nat (with Mike Thompson) approaching gang of kids on playing
field.
Start with Nat in vis. Then cut away back to her at playing
field.
Timecode: 04:15:50
CUs surly looking red-headed kid's face.
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Commentary:
'Today, this young, educated officer shows little sign of her
earlier liberal tendencies.'
Nat interview:
Timecode: 03:15:11
'I think you put the uniform on. You go out in the vans. You
pick 'em up, you hurl 'em in, you bring 'em back. If you had
asked me six years ago it would have been a very different answer.
But unfortunately experiences teaches you.' |
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Timecode:
04:01:40
Nat studying again.
Nat in vis.
Timecode: 04:04:47
Then cutaway to her knocking on CI Newland's door and entering.
Door shuts.
CU Newland's name on door panel.
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Commentary:
'But she is ambitious for herself, and is studying for her sergeants'
exams. She has forceful views about the future.'
Nat interview:
Timecode: 03:26:14
'I see myself as material for promotion. However I do think
the force has to change to accommodate the changing society
that we live in…. We need more power. Power's not the word.
You'll misread that. We need it to work more for the police
because at the moment I think it's gone over more for the public.'
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Timecode:
04:17:10
Nat and Mike Thompson seen questioning red-headed boy. Search
boy.
Timecode: 04:20:39
Nat and Mike Thompson bring same boy into custody room. Doing
paperwork in custody.
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Commentary:
'And when the police lack the power she'd like them to have,
Nat's attitude can be flexible.'
Nat interview:
Timecode: 03:10:10
'Of course there are people that do err and sometimes try to
speed up the system. I don't say they're being corrupt. I just
mean they can anticipate the truth. And so what they do is they
adjust situations.' |
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Timecode:
04:22:15
Nat takes hand-cuffs off boy in custody cell.
Timecode: 04:24:38
BCU Nat clipping her handcuffs back onto her belt. |
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Commentary:
'Nat sees being young, bright and female as no bar to a high-ranking
future as a 'firm but fair' cop. But what of her private life?'
Nat interview:
Timecode: 03:30:24
'People are threatened by you being an officer. It's almost
as if you're an informer. You're on the other side.. (sub)..I
don't think of marriage and babies. I don't see how that could
fit in.'
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