Transcript-Staying in Touch
Script
Alanah Duffy/ Anna Ferensowicz
Intro: Being away from home can be hard for students. For International students, it is especially difficult. But, as Anna Ferensowicz (Fer-en-so-vich) tells us, there’s a technological solution to their problem that is becoming increasingly popular. Runs:
Out Cue: For STU Journalism, I’m Anna Ferensowicz
| Visuals | Narration |
| Est. shot of Inda playing guitar (14 secs) | (Sound up. Inda playing guitar 8 secs)Khairunnisa Ayutami () is known to her friends as Inda. Inda came from the other side of the world: Jakarta, Indonesia to study… at St. Thomas University. |
| W/s Inda using Skype (12 secs) | (Sound up. Inda on Skype 3 secs)Inda uses Skype, the free online video phone service to talk to her mom and dad, who are in Indonesia at the moment. |
| Interview Clip ( 11 secs) | “Like if I go over the phone, they don’t know if I was crying or if I looked like a druggie. They wouldn’t know unless they see me face- to- face, like on Skype. |
| W/s University campus (10 secs) | This year STU is hosting over 88 students. 33 of these students told us that they use Skype regularly. |
| C/u of Makafui on Skype (8 secs) | Most of these students use Skype to stay In touch with their friends and family overseas. |
| W/s of Makafui walking into her room (7 secs) | Makafui Ahorney () is from Ghana, an African country 10 000 kilometers away. |
| Med. Shot of Makafui using Skype (10 secs) | A half hour phone call home would cost her 11 dollars. With Skype she can call every day, so her parents can see that their only daughter is safe and healthy. |
| Clip (8 secs) | “Because of they didn’t have a way of talking to me, they probably wouldn’t have let me go so far away.” |
| C/u of students in James Dunn Hall (6 secs) | International Student Advisor, Judy Coates was not available for comment. But a Calgary Journal article says that international students are more prone to dropping out then their Canadian Counterparts |
| Med. Shot of Inda on the guitar. (12 secs) | Being able to see their family through Skype helps make the loneliness easier for these two international students. For STU Journalism, I’m Anna Ferensowicz.(Sound up. Inda Playing guitar) |