Final Script

Final Script for 'Millenium Mum'

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Jordon and Sam on the Beach in the day, only Sam can be seen. She is throwing stones in the sea. Facts appear on screen as they are said.	V/O presenter- Teen pregnancy facts
Camera pans out and Jordon is revealed.	V/O presenter introduction- ‘This is Sam and Jordon. Sam had Jordon when she was 16 years old, making her another figure in the teen pregnancy statistics in the UK. In this  documentary we will explore the trials and tribulations of being a teen mum in the 21st century.’
Lorraine (Sam’s mum) at home making tea	‘I had noticed that Sam was acting oddly and agitated all night but I just put it down to her being a teenager and stress from gcses. Sam woke me that night sobbing at the end of my bed at quarter past midnight on my birthday. She told she was 6 months pregnant.
Archive footage of pregnant Sam	We stayed up all night as I held her as she sobbed. I told her that it was all going to ok in the end and that I still loved her.’ I was upset, because it immediately brought back memories as I was 19 when I fell pregnant with Sam but I was in a way relieved as in this day in age its differents and there was more options for her. I don’t think I worried as much as another mother as I knew that I knew I had been through this and brought my children up in a stable and loving enviroment.
Sequence of Sam and Leanne having a cup of tea, having a chat.	I was shocked more than anything else, as Sam was always the sensible one. I knew I was able to prepare her for this major change in her life and I wanted her to know that she would always have the support she would ever need and I would be there for her no matter what.
Archive footage of scans	The first thing that ran through my head was abortion, but realising that Sam was 6 months gone, this was not an option. Even if this was an abortion I don’t think Sam would have gone through with it. Adoption was never an option as I knew we could give the baby as good a life that anyone else could. We needed to go to the doctors straight away as she had had no checks or scans as she was too scared.
Back to interview with Lorraine in living room	Overall I believe that Sam made the right descion for her and I could not be more proud. She has never let the state keep her. She has never sat back and always worked for what she has got even though the situation she was in. I do think she was luck with the support she got from her family. I think she is a great mother and I could not fault her mother skill.
Sam and Leanne walking along the beach front, holding childs hands, swinging them through the air	V/O Presenter- ‘Sam and Leanne have been best friends for 18 years, Leanne went through the pregnancy with Sam, and knows all the hardship she has been through. Stronger than ever, Leanne tells us how having a best friend who was a teen mum affected her life.’
Interview with Leanne at kitchen table	Walking home from school one day, Sam was actually really coy all day not her usual bubbly self. I asked her if everything was ok and she broke down and told me. She was 6 weeks pregnant. I couldn’t believe that she was pregnant at such a young age, we were so close and I just remember us crying the whole way home trying to even think what to do. I known that she had been with her boyfriend for quite a while, but sam was always sensible, she was having sex but she knew from all our sex ed lessons not to mess around.  She was the sensible one of the two always focused on her exams, so this came as a complete shock.
Archive of photos of Sam and Leanne at school	At first I didn’t even know what to do, we were both still children at 16 years old. I was scared so I cant even imagine how she was feeling. We talked about all the options. My first thought was for her to have an abortion, she was 16 she couldn’t look after a child and give it the support it needed. But once we really talked I realized abortion wasn’t an option. Sam was going to keep the baby, She told me not to tell anyone as she was going to keep it secret for aslong as she could. I knew it was only a matter of time before she started showing.
Interview in kitchen with Sam	Immediately I became more protective and worried about her, I would stick up for her at any occasion. As the months went by I became more paranoid as I was sure someone was going to find out soon. Little things like PE lessons would make Sam worry as she didn’t know what would harm the baby or not. After Sam had the baby it was hard to spend as much time with her as I was so busy with college and my Saturday job, but I felt guilty if I didn’t see her once a week.
Back to Sam and Leanne on the beach	It made her pregnancy ten times harder than normal teen mums as she was hiding the pregnancy for such a long time. I saw Sam upset and scared so much, she was always worried what other people would think of her, It was a tough time for her.
Getting ready for school in the morning. Pick ups of school uniform, lunchboxes	V/O presenter- ‘Jordon and Sam went to the same secondry school, so a lot of the teachers that teach there now have not only taught Jordon but Sam aswell…’
	‘Although a lot of teachers washed their hands with Sam once they found out she was pregnant, but it was at this school she gained the education by sititing her GCSEs and continuing with her school career through the pregnancy.’
Interview with Sam Lots of emotional close ups On beach looking out to the sea.	Interview dialogue
Sam with her two children, Jordon and Ollie and her partner on the beach at night with sparklers	Ending line, ‘I wouldn’t regret a thing’