0:00:58 > 0:01:01My name is Polly Smith.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04This is my first day at De La Salle Academy.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08This is a glimpse into the life of a new girl.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10And this is me.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Yep, my uniform looks as thrown together as Dad's car,
0:01:13 > 0:01:17but it's the best we could manage.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19OK, deep breath.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Here we go. Walking into my brand new life.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Welcome to the first assembly of the new term.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36MICROPHONE FEEDBACK
0:01:36 > 0:01:39I'd like to remind our older pupils
0:01:39 > 0:01:43that our new arrivals, our acorns,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45might be a bit shy at first
0:01:45 > 0:01:48but it's our duty to look after them.
0:01:48 > 0:01:55There is a proverb - "mighty oaks from little acorns grow."
0:01:55 > 0:02:00So, let's all work hard this year and we'll work hard with you.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05And perhaps one day, our acorns will grow into mighty oaks.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06LAUGHTER
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Housekeeping. The portable communication device,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13otherwise known as the mobile phone,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17will not be tolerated on school grounds.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Any mobiles found on school premises will be confiscated.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Do we understand?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27BELL RINGS
0:02:34 > 0:02:36According to experts,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39when a reporter is dropped into dangerous territory,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42she must quickly make contact with the natives.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Didn't you hear what he said about no mobile phones?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49You look like you're lost.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53You're in the same class as me!
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Stick with me and you'll be fine. I...
0:02:56 > 0:02:59definitely know where I'm going.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02You're lost too, aren't you?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Well, not lost, but...
0:03:06 > 0:03:08you know, searching.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12You into films, then?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16My favourite film's about two people on a boat.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Are you coming?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Anyway, they're on this boat on this river. His name's Humphrey Bogart.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Beware, local sources yattering on to cover the fact
0:03:24 > 0:03:26that they don't actually know anything.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Those stripes on your bag.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32They're messing up my shot.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Nervous. Don't be.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38My dad says all you need to do is network.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I mean, make friends. Like, friends with me?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46I'm not that good with new people.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- Honestly, it worked for Humphrey Bogart and Katharine...- Hepburn.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- How did you know that?- I used to watch old films with my mum.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Used to?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Are you like me? You know. Different.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03What are you talking about?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Ah!
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Charlie Finch?
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Polly Smith?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13At last! Term has begun.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15BELL RINGS
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- You not filming?- Shhh.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22I don't suppose you've heard of Alfred Hitchcock? He made 65 films.
0:04:22 > 0:04:2466.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28I bet you're always filming. Not now, obviously.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- I'm an undercover reporter. - Brilliant!
0:04:33 > 0:04:35But I can't do my job with all of this.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I have to be... I want to be alone.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46This is the Blackboard Jungle, where the boys behave like children,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48trying to look tough. Pathetic.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52And the girls have already got their little huddles
0:04:52 > 0:04:55sorted before first break.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01And this is Serena Hanson, the coolest girl in De La Salle.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Beautiful. Well feared.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09There are 10,000 stories in this playground
0:05:09 > 0:05:12and this is just one of them.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- Embedded.- What?!
0:05:16 > 0:05:19That's what they call it when a war reporter off the telly
0:05:19 > 0:05:22goes into dangerous places.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Embedded in dangerous terrain. It's just absolutely brilliant.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40Luca Wibley. Always in the park opposite our house.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Never really noticed him.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46What do you think you're doing?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Err, watching football. I love football.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- Were you filming us? - It wasn't switched on.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54All right.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01That's what I like to see. That is what I like to see.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02See?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Full of himself.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07BELL RINGS
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Good day, love?
0:06:30 > 0:06:34No-one knows what any of this stuff is, not even my dad.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38He's like a mad inventor.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Steady on.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44But none of his inventions actually seem to...
0:06:44 > 0:06:45work.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48In the olden days,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51people used to make films on old machines like this.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Dad doesn't hold with anything digital.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Says he can't see how they work, can't see the parts move.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01He won't even have a mobile phone, says they're an abomination.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07Now, stop pointing that thing at me!
0:07:07 > 0:07:09I'm just trying to...
0:07:09 > 0:07:10A-ha!
0:07:10 > 0:07:12That's got it!
0:07:16 > 0:07:20This is my room. Only the cool stuff here.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23This is my mum and dad's room.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Now it's just my dad's.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31This used to be the guest room.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Mad Aunty stayed in here at Christmas.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Me and Mum would spend ages getting it ready.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Now it's just Dad's junk room.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Have you hung your uniform up?
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Yes!
0:07:44 > 0:07:47That was Mum's. She loved films.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50She was like me.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52'What do you think you're doing?'
0:07:52 > 0:07:55'Err, watching football. I love football.'
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- 'Were you filming us?' - 'It wasn't switched on.'
0:08:35 > 0:08:38This is alive with possibilities, this.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Dad?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44First day go OK?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48If I wanted some advice...?
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Well, never use a screwdriver for anything else other than
0:08:53 > 0:08:55screwing stuff in.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59I've been using this to open the car door. It's absolutely ruined!
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Oh, right.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Anybody home?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Phil!
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Got a bit of a sick old lady here, Doctor.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Oh, dear. What seems to be the trouble?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I think she's having a spot of bother downstairs.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20THEY LAUGH
0:09:20 > 0:09:22It's hard to break a story these days
0:09:22 > 0:09:26when the powers-that-be won't agree to a proper meeting.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46This is Polly Smith, embedded in the field.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49I need to go behind enemy lines if I'm going to get to the truth.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53I have to win the trust of a possible eye-witness.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02You just going to stand there, or are you coming over?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Can I show you something on my phone?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Better not be of me.- I...
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I think I filmed something I wasn't supposed to see.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22- I thought you said your phone was switched off.- I was undercover.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Why?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27You know Serena Hanson?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Err, yeah, she's my girlfriend.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Oh.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Going already?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41I'm having tea with my producer.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Right. Great talking to you.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53Funnily enough, there was a pasta making machine down the car boot.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Chrome-plated, with tagliatelle and fettuccine blades.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- 'I can't let Serena get away with it.'- I didn't buy that.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05'It's a criminal act.'
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Sorry, what?
0:11:07 > 0:11:11I was thinking, maybe I could wire it up and get a bulb in there somewhere,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13and when you wanted pepper, you just...
0:11:17 > 0:11:18You OK?
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Yeah.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23You off?
0:11:23 > 0:11:24- Just remembered something.- OK.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Charlie.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06You still on the internet?
0:12:07 > 0:12:08It's getting late, Pol.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I've never trusted the AA.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Always better to do it yourself.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- They actually know how to fix cars, though, Dad.- And?
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- And you don't.- Now that is not, strictly speaking, true.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56I'll be late. See you.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59You need anything?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Sweetie?
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Hiya.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Quite ready, Mr Finch?
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Good. For the benefit of Mr Finch, I will repeat.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Our school has a zero-tolerance policy on mobile phones.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32Thanks to the benevolence of our Head, yesterday was an amnesty.
0:13:32 > 0:13:38As from today, all persons found in possession of a mobile phone
0:13:38 > 0:13:42will have their communication devices confiscated.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Are we understood?
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Right. Now, Mr Finch, what do you fancy doing today?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Um, some work?
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Is the right answer.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03BELL RINGS
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Charlie!
0:14:09 > 0:14:13Day two of the scandalous goings on at De La Salle Academy.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Charlie Finch, the victim of extortion,
0:14:16 > 0:14:20is reluctant to cooperate in my investigations.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24But the truth must be told in this dangerous environment,
0:14:24 > 0:14:28where a reporter could get caught by either side at any moment.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Charlie!
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Listen, I'm sorry if I was a bit off yesterday. I'm not brilliant at...
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- Communicating. - I know what happened to you.- What?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Yesterday, at the back of the football pitch. I saw it all.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- Mind your own business!- Charlie!
0:15:12 > 0:15:13I filmed them robbing your money.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I don't want anything to do with this.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- You can't let Serena get away with it.- It's just messing about.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- No, it's not. It's a criminal act. - Serena will batter you.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- I'm not scared of Serena. - Are you talking about me?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- No. You're my mate.- Weirdo.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- He's not weirdo.- Who's this, then?
0:15:34 > 0:15:35- Your girlfriend? - Just leave him alone.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- Know who you're speaking to? - I'm the voice of truth!
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- What have you got to say about extortion with menaces?- Freak!
0:15:44 > 0:15:46What have you got to say about bullying Year Sevens
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- on their first day?- No comment.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50We'll get to the truth. Me and Charlie.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- We're making a stand. - Shut up, Polly. Serena's right.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56You are a freak.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Looks like your boyfriend's done a runner.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Aww, Polly want a sweetie?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Whoops!
0:16:11 > 0:16:16Did you see her face? That's so good!
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Well, that went well. Polly No Mates. Maybe she's right.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Maybe I am a freak.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Who are my mates? Just me and my camera phone. How pathetic is that?
0:16:38 > 0:16:42No mates, no use, no bottle.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Hey, hey! None of that nonsense,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47otherwise it's straight to the headmaster's office, OK?
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- Yes, sir. - BELL RINGS
0:16:50 > 0:16:52'Straight to the headmaster's office...'
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Aww, Polly no mates. On your way to snitch on me, are you?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22See you at home time.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25CLOCK TICKS
0:17:31 > 0:17:33BELL RINGS
0:17:34 > 0:17:38STUDENTS CHATTER
0:17:58 > 0:18:01The voice of truth's gone a bit quiet.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Aww, is Polly scared?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07I'll take that, thanks.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- Leave me alone!- The voice of truth?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Voice of a grass, more like. Here, you have it.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17- Oh, give it back. Stop it, give it back!- Oh, Polly!
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Let's see you tell the truth about that, Polly No Mates.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- LUCA:- Wait up!
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Polly, what's up?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Sit down, love.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Oh, hey.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23Let me get something for that scratch.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33That was your mum's, you know?
0:19:37 > 0:19:41I've been on it for months, but I just can't get the parts.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48KNOCK ON THE DOOR
0:19:51 > 0:19:53- Get down, get down. - Who are we hiding from?
0:19:53 > 0:19:59- Bill, from next door! - Dad, have you finally lost it?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04He must have come for this.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06He's going to kill me.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- Can you fix it? - What, the vacuum cleaner?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15No, I meant your problem.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19If you want me to step in?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21I'll let you know.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- You've got to do the right thing. - Like Rick, in Casablanca!
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Here's looking at you, kid!
0:21:09 > 0:21:11COMPUTER PINGS
0:21:24 > 0:21:27There you are!
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Thanks for sticking by me in the canteen yesterday.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I know exactly what happened to you at the garages.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Serena pushing you, smashing your phone.- Telling everyone, is she?
0:21:42 > 0:21:46- The voice of truth.- No. I witnessed the whole thing.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48You're as bad as Luca.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51No, I filmed it all from the rooftop.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58- 'Aw, is Polly scared?- Aww, little baby Polly.- I'll take that, thanks.'
0:21:58 > 0:22:00What? You just happened to be there?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08'Stop it! Give it back!'
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Me and Luca did some networking.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26- This is dynamite. - And not badly shot, either.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31- You're not supposed to be enjoying this.- Sorry.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34But you have got a good eye.
0:22:41 > 0:22:48- Well?- Well, I've been making this documentary on my...camera phone
0:22:48 > 0:22:51about my first days at a new school.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- Big school.- Yes. - Ignoring school rules?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58And I accidentally got this footage of someone taking money.
0:22:58 > 0:23:04- Extortion with menaces.- Yes, extortion with menaces. Off a boy.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- Off this boy.- It's blurry, but you can definitely see it.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10And then we've got more footage of bullying,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13with theft of personal property.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14My phone.
0:23:14 > 0:23:20This is the very reason I won't tolerate mobile phones.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24I downloaded the evidence onto my laptop. I can bring it in tomorrow?
0:23:24 > 0:23:28You don't need to make a silly little film to convince me about bullying.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- It's not silly! - What?- Sorry.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35The ban on mobile phones helps our pupils with...
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Concentration!
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- It's not a quiz, Mr Finch.- I'm sorry.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45I know it's only my first week and I haven't made a great start,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48but please, Sir, could you just watch the film?
0:23:56 > 0:24:03- 'Aww, is Polly scared?- Oh, Polly. - I'll take that, thanks.'
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- 'Leave me alone!- The voice of truth? The voice of a grass..'
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- Evidence based learning, eh? - Yes, sir!
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- Dad! Dad!- Good day at school, love? - Dad, it was awful.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27- I had to talk to the headmaster! - Headmaster?- And Charlie did, too.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Who's Charlie?
0:24:28 > 0:24:31I was just trying to do the right thing, and my phone got smashed.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34I'd have fixed it.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Yesterday I was ambushed by a group of Year 11 girls.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- What did your teacher say? - I didn't tell anyone at first.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47- No-one listens. - I would.- You never listen.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51I'm always listening, Pol.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Making my film was more hassle than it was worth.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01I should have just kept my head down like you.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I don't really think that you're the keeping your head down sort.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08I don't know what I am. I know one thing.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I'm not cut out to be a film-maker.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Well, I guess you won't be needing this, then?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Wow.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Mum's Super 8.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31You can forget your gigabytes and your megapixels.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Cine film is beautiful.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40Like memories flickering. Like ghosts.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44This is Polly Smith, at the end of the first week at big school.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47And this is my dad.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51The whir of a spool turning.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55The old film of people you loved.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Love.
0:25:58 > 0:26:04All you need is a sheet pinned to the wall and it's like a magic lantern.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06It's just so beautiful.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- Come on!- Where are we going?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14You'll find out when we get there.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33You ready?
0:26:38 > 0:26:42MACHINERY WHIRS
0:26:56 > 0:26:57OK, give us a big smile!
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Ready?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17LAUGHTER
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- PROJECTOR CLANGS - Dad!- I'll fix it.
0:27:47 > 0:27:53Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd