Masina moves back to Melbourne/transcript

[MasinaT logo]

————MOVING DAY————

[shot of house]

NARRATOR: Hello everyone, today is a special day for the family. We are moving out of Samoa, and back to Melbourne, Australia. We have lived in Samoa for two years and have started to pack up all of our things. When the day came, all of us had a lot of feelings about moving back.

———INTERVIEW———

[Litara interview about how she feels moving back]

[Frances interview about how she feels moving back]

[Setu interview about how he feels moving back]

[Vanya and Tiva interview about how they feel moving back]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of house upstairs]

[photo of Melbourne]

[photo of Melbourne weather]

[photo of new school]

[photo of Melbourne traffic]

[photo of Eclass tram]

[photo of new Melbourne freeway]

[photo of Southland station]

[photo of upgraded coming train]

[shot of house upstairs]

NARRATOR: The person narrating this documentary is Masina Taule’alo, who is the oldest child of this family. I feel a bit exited that I am moving back, because I know a lot of things in Melbourne would have changed since I lived in Samoa, and I am exited to see those changes. I would be surprised of the appearance, weather, schools, traffic, the tram network, the road networks, the train stations and more interestingly trains themselves. I might have feelings about moving back, as well as my family members, but the owners of the house, who are known as Setu’s parents or Masina’s grandparents have feelings too.

———INTERVIEW———

[Vanya interview about how she feels about us moving back]

[Ieti interview about how he feels about us moving back]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of house]

NARRATOR: Setu’s Parents are a bit sad that we are leaving their home, because we have been doing a lot of fun things with them and they have been around us for a long time. When we first moved to Samoa we adapted to life there, and we also had thoughts about how we felt living in Samoa. I felt a bit happy but annoyed at the same time, there was very hot weather and less internet access.

———INTERVIEW———

[Litara interview about how she feels living in Samoa]

[Frances interview about how she feels living in Samoa]

[Setu interview about how he feels living in Samoa]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of house]

NARRATOR: We felt happy when we moved to Samoa, because we got to learn about Samoan culture, tradition, the family business and where Setu grew up. We felt happy about learning their culture, however Setu’s parents had feelings about us living in Samoa.

———INTERVIEW———

[Vanya interview about how she feels about us living in Samoa]

[Ieti interview about how he feels about us living in Samoa]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of house]

NARRATOR: When we move out of Samoa, there are lots of things we are going to miss.

———INTERVIEW———

[Litara interview about what she is going to miss]

[Masina interview about what he is going to miss]

[Frances interview about what she is going to miss]

[Setu interview about what he is going to miss]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of house]

NARRATOR: Even though we are going to miss the people, Setu’s family and their cafe, his family is also going to miss us.

———INTERVIEW———

[Vanya interview about what she will miss]

[Ieti interview about what he will miss]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of house]

NARRATOR: It seems like that when we leave Samoa, we are all going to miss each other. But when we arrive back in Melbourne, there are a lot of things we will look forward to.

———INTERVIEW———

[Litara interview about what she looks forward to]

[Masina interview about what he looks forward to]

[Frances interview about what she looks forward to]

[Setu interview about what he looks forward to]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of house]

NARRATOR: We are all looking forward towards having better internet and a good house. Setu’s parents are also looking forward to similar things.

———INTERVIEW———

[Vanya interview about what she looks forward to]

[Ieti interview about what he looks forward to]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of Masina’s suitcase and the crate]

NARRATOR: Setu’s parents know that there will be less noise in the house when we leave. We have a lot of suitcases and we are packing a lot of things. We are packing clothes, books, DVDs, technology, and some things that cant fit in our suitcases. Where we are packing our big things is inside this wooden crate right outside here.

———INTERVIEW———

[Frances interview about what is in the crate]

[Setu interview about what is in the crate]

[Litara interview about what is in the crate]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of crate and suitcases]

NARRATOR: We are packing bigger technology, speakers, keyboards, the television and toys for the little girls inside the crate, because none of the big things can fit in our suitcases. So what we are doing today is packing up our things and tomorrow…

[Vanya and Tiva interview] go to airport

[Vanya and Tiva interview] going on an airplane

[Vanya and Tiva interview] they are loud

[shot of house]

NARRATOR: It is going to be a long flight but…

[Vanya and Tiva interview] great going to Melbourne

[Vanya and Tiva interview] have a good time

[shot of house]

NARRATOR: Once we arrive in Melbourne, we are going to stay at a friends house,

[Vanya and Tiva interview] Rami and Batoul’s house

[shot of house]

NARRATOR: and we are going to look for our own house to live in. I hope you guys enjoy this big documentary I have made.

[Intro]

————LEAVING THE HOUSE————

[shot of inside home where everyone is packing their things]

[title showing <3:25> <Apia Daylight Time> <Daylight Saving Time> <14 hours ahead of Universal Time Coordinate> on left side]

[title showing <Sunday> <December 9 2018> on right side]

NARRATOR: Good morning everyone. It is Sunday morning on the 9th of December 2018. We all woke up at 3 o’clock, we packed up all of our bags, and we are checking our suitcases. Setu’s parents are helping us out with the suitcases because they are a lot of them, which are hard to handle. Setu’s parents are sad that we are already leaving but we are still gonna be in touch with them sometime.

[shot of people leaving]

[title saying <15 minutes later> on right side]

NARRATOR: After 15 minutes of packing, all of us got in two cars and started to pull out of the driveway.

[shot of Masina getting into the car]

[shot of car trip]

NARRATOR: We had to leave super early, because Masina’s parents booked a ticket for a plane that was leaving at 6 o’clock bound for Sydney. Now as crazy as it seems, every single international flight in Samoa leave at those crazy times.

———INTERVIEW———

[Setu interview on why we are leaving early]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of car trip with slow car in front]

NARRATOR: During our drive to the airport, we had to drive a bit slow, because people drive slow in Samoa. However we came behind a slow driver, whom Setu refers to as a ‘crawler’, even though cars do not crawl.

[shot of car driving to the airport]

NARRATOR: Eventually we managed to get past it.

[title showing <4:16>]

[title showing <30 minutes later> on right side]

[shot of car arriving at airport fast]

[shot of at airport carpark]

[shot of Setu driving]

[shot of Frances, Litara and little girls at the back seat]

[shot of arriving at airport departures]

[shot of unloading car]

NARRATOR: Once we arrived at the airport, we started to unpack all of our suitcases and when we were done we took the suitcases to the gate check in.

[shot of Masina pushing trolley]

NARRATOR: To be honest, it was harder to film and push the trolley at the same time. Anyways, the plane we are going to catch is the VA78 plane to Sydney, where we are going to get a connecting flight to Melbourne.

[shot of suitcases getting checked in]

NARRATOR: Masina had brought a metal drink bottle with him and we were informed that liquid is not allowed on the plane, so Masina had to empty his entire drink bottle out into the bathroom sink.

[shot of Masina emptying drink bottle in bathroom]

[shot of the family saying goodbye to each other]

NARRATOR: After Masina emptied his drink bottle, he came back and the rest of the family were saying goodbye to Setu’s parents and were hugging each other.

[shot of going into security]

NARRATOR: After the family said their goodbyes, we went to the security to get our bags checked. Masina couldn’t film his bags or himself getting checked.

[shot of getting through border]

NARRATOR: After getting our bags and ourselves through security, we went to the passport check, so we can go into the plane gates.

[shot of going up the stairs]

[shot of departure board]

NARRATOR: After checking in our passports, we were on our way to the gate where we will wait for our plane. The plane we are catching is departing at 6:15 at gate 2.

[shot of waiting]

[title showing <5:34> on the left side]

[title showing <Plane departure time> <6:15> on right side]

[title showing <41 minutes> <Until plane departure> on the right side]

[shot of boarding]

NARRATOR: When we were waiting for 30 minutes, our plane was called in and we all went off to board our plane. Masina wasn’t allowed to film when the family was boarding the plane as it was against the airport rules, so he started filming again when the family got inside the plane.

[shot of inside plane]

[shot of boarding in plane fast]

[title saying <6:13> on left side]

[title saying <23 minutes later> on right side]

NARRATOR: After what seemed like 23 minutes of boarding the plane, the plane started moving, which meant that it was gonna depart from the airport, and take off!

[shot of plane moving]

[shot of flight crew safety demonstration]

NARRATOR: Once we were seated and our bags put in the overhead lockers, the pilot made an announcement and the flight attendants did the safety demonstration.

[shot of plane at runway]

NARRATOR: It looks like that the plane has already come up to the runway.

NARRATOR: The plane will take off soon, so on this documentary there will be a countdown showing when the plane will take off.

[title of script]

ANNOUNCEMENT: The crew must now be seated for takeoff, thank you.

[plane takes off]

NARRATOR: The plane is now in the sky.

[shot of plane with sky getting a bit of light]

NARRATOR: The sky is getting a bit of light.

[shot of plane with sun out]

[map of Samoa and Australia with plane]

[shot of window blinds closed]

NARRATOR: During the first half hour of our flight, the sun came out, but it became very bright and we were informed by the flight crew to close our window blinds.

[shot of looking at food menu in plane]

[shot of food arriving in plane]

NARRATOR: Next we found our food menus and the flight crew gave us our food and drinks.

[shot of eaten food in plane]

NARRATOR: Masina wasn’t happy with his food, but he ate it anyway.

[shot of plane fast]

NARRATOR: At one point Setu went away for a minute and Masina lounged across the three chairs.

[shot of Masina lying across seats in plane]

[map of Samoa and Australia with plane]

NARRATOR: After 3.8 hours of flying, the flight crew informed us that we are allowed to open our windows again, because the sun was not as bright anymore.

[shot of plane with open windows]

[title saying <3.8 hours later> on right side]

[shot of plane getting lower fast]

NARRATOR: Eventually the plane was starting to get lower to the ground and we saw some buildings. We have finally reached Sydney.

[shot of plane getting lower]

NARRATOR: We have left the Apia daylight time zone and we have entered the Australian eastern daylight time zone. So it is 12:14 in Samoa but it is 9:14 in Sydney, so we have entered 3 hours behind of time.

[title showing <12:14> <Daylight Saving Time> <Apia Daylight Time> <14 hours ahead of Universal time Coordinate> on left side]

[title <Apia Daylight Time> disappearing]

[title showing <-3 hours> on left side]

[title <12:14> changing to <9:14>]

[title showing <Australian Eastern Daylight Time> <11 hours ahead of Universal Time Coordinate> on left side]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Cabin crew must now be seated for landing, thank you.

[map of Sydney airport with plane]

[shot of plane landing]

NARRATOR: Setu lived in Sydney when he was a teenager.

[shot of plane with announcement going off]

NARRATOR: After we landed the pilot made an announcement welcoming us to Sydney and thanked us for travelling with Virgin Airlines.

[shot of plane taxiing]

NARRATOR: After what seemed like 54 minutes of taxiing, the plane had finally reached it’s gate.

[shot of plane at gate]

[title saying <10:06> on left side]

[title saying <54 minutes later> on right side]

[shot of getting off plane]

NARRATOR: We got off the front jetway of the plane and headed along the airport.

[shot of walking]

[shot of border security]

[shot of exiting border security]

NARRATOR: However once we were inside Sydney airport, we went through a series of stressful and embarrassing situations. When we got to border security, we found ourselves there was a no filming policy, even though there weren’t any signs. So when Masina was filming, he was informed by one of the guards to not film and actually deleted the footage of the border check! Masina thought that wasn’t true and got pissed off. And when his parents told him so, he thought they were denying this documentary but realised it sooner or later. His parents were angry too and told him to put his camera away until we got out of the border security, mainly because they were embarrassed over Masina’s loud voice. Also, Masina had to push baggage trolleys making it harder for him to film at the same time.

———INTERVIEW———

[Setu and Frances interview about how they felt telling Masina off for filming]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of walking]

[shot of inside Hudson’s coffee]

NARRATOR: After we passed border security and collected our luggage, we stopped to eat at a cafe called Hudsons coffee. Also, Frances and Setu went away because they had a baby car seat in the plane and it had been missing in the luggage area.

[shot of getting food from Hudson’s coffee]

[shot of eating food from Hudson’s coffee]

NARRATOR: When Frances and Setu came back, we got food from the cafe. Masina got a Solo soda and a strawberry frosted doughnut. There was still no sign of the baby car seat and we were discussing solutions on what to do with it.

FRANCES: So I’m not sure what were gonna do if were gonna bar this car seat or what.

MASINA: And get a new one?

LITARA: Cant we just say Tiva’s six?

[shot of Litara informing baby car seat has arrived]

[shot of leaving Hudson’s coffee]

[shot of bus]

NARRATOR: Later, Litara came with Frances to deal with the baby car seat and when she came back, she informed us that Frances has received the car seat from the baggage terminal. It was time for us to set off for our next plane. For transport, we are not gonna get the airport train, instead we caught the terminal transfer bus to the domestic terminal.

[shot of riding the bus]

[shot of airport departure]

NARRATOR: When the bus left, we saw some things different in Sydney compared to Melbourne. We saw some skyscrapers which made it look like that we were in the city area but we weren’t. The plane we are catching is the VA846 plane to Melbourne departing at 14:00.

[shot of domestic terminal]

[title saying <12:09> on left side]

[title saying <1 hour 51 minutes> <Until plane departure> on left side]

NARRATOR: We arrived at the domestic terminal at 12:09, which means that we have 1 hour and 51 minutes until the plane departs. We had enough time left, so we stopped at a cafe to eat lunch.

[shot of eating lunch]

[shot of airport]

[title saying <13:00> on left side]

[title saying <1 hour> <Until plane departure> on left side]

NARRATOR: We finished our lunch at 13 o’clock, so now we only have an hour until this plane departs.

[shot of airport terminals]

[shot of family waiting]

NARRATOR: When the family was waiting, Masina had to charge his camera because it was running low on batteries.

[shot of family checking for plane]

[title saying <7 minutes later> on right side]

NARRATOR: Unfortunately he only charged his camera a little bit because the boarding call was announced 7 minutes later.

[shot of inside plane]

[shot of along the plane]

NARRATOR: Masina had a bit of charge left in his camera to film little bits of the plane trip.

[shot of plane leaving]

[shot of plane taxiing]

[shot of plane taxiing fast]

NARRATOR: After 10 minutes of taxiing, the plane finally reached the runway where it will take off for Melbourne.

[shot of plane taking off]

NARRATOR: The plane is now in the sky. Down below you can see bits of Sydney.

[map of Australia with plane]

NARRATOR: 40 minutes after takeoff, one of the flight attendants offered us a coconut cake.

[shot of coconut cake]

NARRATOR: When Masina filmed the coconut cake, he had an iPod touch and used that to film what he was doing. He had enough battery on his iPod to film.

[shot of plane fast]

NARRATOR: During the flight, Masina decided to see what was out the window.

[shot of out the window]

[shot of family being funny]

NARRATOR: After Masina looked out of the window, his family was being a bit funny.

[shot of family being funny]

[shot of Setu getting bags out fast]

NARRATOR: After that happened, Setu decided to get some snacks out of our bags.

[shot of eating M&Ms]

[shot of out the window]

NARRATOR: Out of the window are some impressive cloud formations.

[shot of out the window of clear ground]

[title saying <50 minutes later> on left side]

NARRATOR: After 50 minutes of flying, we came to a bit of suburbia below.

[shot of plane getting lower]

NARRATOR: Soon after, the plane came a bit lower to the ground. We are almost at Melbourne Airport.

[shot of plane landing]

[shot of plane taxiing fast]

NARRATOR: After 5 minutes of taxiing, the plane finally arrived at our gate.

[fade to black]

NARRATOR: Unfortunately Masina’s video camera ran out of batteries and his iPod had run out of space to film. Masina had nowhere to charge his camera at the airport and he had to wait until he got somewhere to charge his camera. When we left the terminal, we rode a taxi to a couples house to stay for a few weeks. We also met Frances’ mother and her husband at the airport to visit us too.

[shot of Rami & Batoul’s house]

NARRATOR: Setu has a friend named Rami Hwael, who has a wife called Batoul Taleb. They are from Palestine and are best friends of ours. They have a baby son called Jad Hwael, and I bet that the two little sisters will like playing with him. This house has only two bedrooms, but we will find out a way to try and stay with them. We had all of our suitcases piled in another room.

[shot of eating dinner]

NARRATOR: The family had made dinner for us and themselves to have. They have made green salad, chicken and rice, roast vegetables and fried cauliflower.

[shot of packing up fast]

NARRATOR: After dinner, Masina and Setu had to pack up their bags.

[shot of leaving]

NARRATOR: They were going to stay at another friends house.

[shot of in truck]

NARRATOR: Rami has a truck that he drives to work everyday, so he used it to drive us there.

[shot of in truck]

NARRATOR: It was a bit of a short ride and it didn’t take a long time for us to get there. After 22 minutes, we were finally here after sunset.

[shot of at Russell’s house]

NARRATOR: This is Russell Watts, one of Vanya and Ieti’s long term friends since the 1980s. He has heard all about us and was happy to let us stay in his house.

———INTERVIEW———

[Russell interview on how he feels about Masina and Setu living in his house]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of at Russell’s house]

NARRATOR: Apparently Russell has recently been to Samoa like us, and there are some things that he likes about Samoa.

———INTERVIEW———

[Russell interview on what he likes about Samoa]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of at Russell’s house]

NARRATOR: When Russell moved back to Melbourne, there were some things that he missed in Samoa.

———INTERVIEW———

[Russell interview on what he missed in Samoa]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of at Russell’s house]

NARRATOR: Even though Russell misses his friends and the beauty of the island, he had feelings when he moved back to Melbourne.

———INTERVIEW———

[Russell interview on how he felt moving back to Melbourne]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of at Russell’s house]

NARRATOR: So for the whole family, we packed up all of our things, we rode two planes and we are staying at two houses. It seems like that there are a lot of things to do and organise, such as getting jobs, looking for houses and developing relationships. So in the next couple of days, there will be a lot of things to do.

————DAY 1————

[title saying <day 1> on left side]

[title saying <Monday> <December 10 2018> on right side]

[shot of outside Russell’s house]

[shot of inside Russell’s house]

[shot of car on road]

[shot of car on freeway]

[shot of inside R&H house]

NARRATOR: On day 1, Masina and Setu get picked up by Frances in the morning and she takes them to Rami and Batoul’s house to hang out with them for a little bit.

[shot of car in town]

[shot of clothing store]

NARRATOR: Afterwards we all left the house to buy some warm clothes at a clothing store called converse, because it is cold outside.

[shot of Fitzroy high school]

NARRATOR: Next is to Fitzroy high school to get Masina and Litara enrolled.

[shot of outside Rami and Batoul’s house]

NARRATOR: When we came back, Setu has to get a job and he was thinking of getting a mobile phone. A job will give us money for us to move in a new house & he needs a phone so that his job employer can contact him.

————DAY 2————

[title saying <day 2> <Tuesday> <December 11 2018>]

[shot of driving on road]

[shot of phone store]

[shot of Northland]

NARRATOR: On day 2, Masina and Setu get picked up by Frances to get Setu’s phone at a shopping centre called Northland.

[shot of inside Rami and Batoul’s house]

NARRATOR: They arrive at Rami and Batoul’s house again and Setu borrows Masina’s computer to look for jobs.

————DAY 3————

[title saying <day 3> on left side]

[title saying <Wednesday> <December 12 2018> on right side]

[shot of outside Russell’s house]

[shot of Rami and Batoul’s house]

NARRATOR: On day 3, Masina and Setu still get picked up by Frances to hang out at Rami and Batoul’s house. And Setu is still using Masina’s computer hoping to find a good job.

————4 DAYS LATER————

[title saying <Four days later> on left side]

[title saying <Sunday> <December 16 2018> on right side]

[shot of Russell’s house]

NARRATOR: After four days, Setu has found a job. Also, we were wondering if we would have a good Christmas this year. If we don’t, Litara has this to say.

———INTERVIEW———

[Litara interview of how we would celebrate Christmas]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of Christmas tree]

[photo of Christmas lights]

[photo of bauble]

[photo of Star]

[photo of chocolate]

NARRATOR: To try and get some things going, we got a small Christmas tree with colourful lights, baubles, stars and pieces of chocolate hung on the branches, and Frances brought us some food.

————CHRISTMAS EVE————

[title saying <Christmas eve> <Thursday> <December 24 2018>]

[shot of train ride1]

[shot of train ride2]

[shot of leaving Rami and Batoul’s house]

NARRATOR: It is Christmas Eve. Masina went out Russell’s house to take the train to Rami and Batoul’s house. Today, we are going out to have lunch with Patricia (Frances’ mum), and Ken (Patricia’s husband).

[shot of arriving at hotel]

NARRATOR: We are having lunch at a hotel,

[shot of meeting Patricia and ken]

NARRATOR: and when Rami dropped us off out the front, Patricia and Ken were already here.

[shot of going into hotel]

NARRATOR: We all went inside the hotel and it was magnificent. There were lots of televisions, expensive lights, a food buffet and some lottery games. We needed to wait in some seats until Frances got our dining reservations checked in.

[title saying <20 minutes later> on left side]

[shot of going to our dining seats]

NARRATOR: After 20 minutes of waiting, we went to our table, which was 6. There were glasses and paper towels at the table already.

[shot of having drinks]

NARRATOR: We had some soft drinks and some other beverages.

[shot of having food]

NARRATOR: Everybody got their own food from the buffet. Now unlike everyone else, look at what Masina is having. He is having chips with beef lasagna, roast potato, pepperoni pizza, fried fish and lettuce, all served at once sprinkled with parmesan on top! Masina also decided to sprinkle some pepper too.

[shot of having desert]

NARRATOR: Everyone was grossed out at Masina’s plate, but he didn’t care. After lunch, we all got desert. Ken and Patricia got a crème brûlée with apple crumble and ice cream, Frances and Litara got ice cream, like Vanya and Tiva but with cones, but what Masina is having is this. He is having strawberry, chocolate and vanilla ice cream, with slices of three types of cakes and brownies, sprinkled with caramel and cream sauce and dashed with four leaves of mint! And everyone was even more grossed out at what Masina was eating.

[shot of getting presents]

NARRATOR: After eating our foods, Patricia and Ken got us presents.

[shot of sweets]

[shot of opening present fast]

[shot of looking at charger]

[shot of opening present fast]

[shot of miss peregrines home for peculiar children books]

NARRATOR: Masina got some sweets, an iPod charger and a collection of three books which was Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children by Ransom Riggs.

[shot of Litara’s reusable straws]

[shot of novel]

[shot of little girls sweets]

[shot of flying ball box]

NARRATOR: Litara got some drinking straws and novels and everyone else got some sweets too. There was also a flying ball.

[shot of leaving hotel]

[shot of outside hotel]

[shot of taxi arriving]

NARRATOR: After we looked at our presents, we left the hotel and we called in for a taxi to take us back to Rami and Batoul’s home, which arrived minutes later.

[shot of riding taxi]

[shot of inside Rami and Batoul’s house]

NARRATOR: We hanged around for a little bit and everyone had a lot of thoughts about the hotel.

———INTERVIEW———

[Litara interview on what she thought about the hotel]

[Masina interview on what she thought about the hotel]

[Frances interview on what she thought about the hotel]

[Setu interview on what she thought about the hotel]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of inside car]

[shot of inside Russell’s house]

[shot of inside Russell’s house at night]

NARRATOR: Afterwards, we went home by car to have dinner with Setu and go to sleep. The whole family stayed in their house for a while too. The special day is tomorrow.

————CHRISTMAS DAY————

[title saying <Christmas day>]

[title saying <7:00> on left side]

[title saying <Friday> <December 25 2018> on right side]

[shot of lounge room]

NARRATOR: Good morning, it’s Christmas time. Everybody in the family is up from their beds. In the lounge room, there are presents underneath the little Christmas tree and there are things inside our stockings.

[shot of Masina throwing his stocking in his room]

[shot of open stockings]

NARRATOR: Once the little girls opened their stockings, it was time to open presents.

[shot of opening presents]

[shot of rummaging for presents]

NARRATOR: When the little girls were opening their presents, Masina was rummaging for his presents.

[shot of Masina getting busted for trying to open them on his own]

————INTERVIEW————

[Frances and Setu interview about where Masina should open presents]

————INTERVIEW————

[shot of looking at Masina’s presents]

NARRATOR: What Masina got for Christmas were DVDs. There was Jumanji both 1995 and 2018, white chicks and the scary movie trilogy.

[shot of looking inside Masina’s stocking]

NARRATOR: And what Masina got in his stocking was a Toblerone chocolate, Peanut em and ems, Snickers pods, Cadbury Crunchie honeycomb chocolate bar, Reese’s peanut butter chocolate and chocolate coins.

[shot of Masina getting crunchy nuts out of the cupboard]

[shot of Masina opening crunchy nuts]

[shot of Masina adding Maltesers inside bowl with crunchy nuts]

[shot of Masina getting milk out of the fridge]

[shot of Masina adding milk in the crunchy nuts]

[shot of Masina adding coffee in the crunchy nuts]

NARRATOR: After Masina opened his Christmas things, he went to the kitchen to get breakfast. He is having crunchy nuts, with Maltesers and coffee.

[shot of Frances making stuffed mushrooms and cousins arriving]

NARRATOR: After breakfast, Frances was making stuffed mushrooms for our Christmas lunch. Also some of our relatives came to visit us.

NARRATOR: This is Masina Matua Taule’alo and this is Christine Taule’alo. Masina is Setu’s middle brother and they have two children who are Clarissa and Cooper Taule’alo.

[shot of receiving presents from Masina]

[shot of card and iTunes card]

NARRATOR: They both brought us presents. They brought Masina a Cadbury favourites box and a card with an iTunes card inside. The Favourites box had little versions of chocolates all manufactured by Cadbury.

[shot of little girls getting presents]

NARRATOR: The girls also got presents, which were board games and coloured pencils.

[shot of cousins leaving]

NARRATOR: After hanging out, the family packed up their things. We all said goodbye and wished them a merry Christmas.

[shot of Skype Vanya]

NARRATOR: Then Setu went to Skype his mother on the phone. Masina also talked to her too.

[shot of making Christmas lunch]

NARRATOR: Needless to say, our Christmas lunch was coming along great.

[shot of Masina getting and eating Pringles]

[shot of Masina getting ginger beer out of the fridge]

[shot of Masina opening ginger beer]

[shot of Masina drinking ginger beer]

NARRATOR: Masina was doing some other things to pass the time. He had some ginger beer.

[shot of making lunch]

[shot of frying stuffed mushrooms]

NARRATOR: After 2 hours, Christmas dinner is ready.

[title saying <2 hours later> on right side]

[shot of serving lunch]

[shot of eating lunch]

NARRATOR: We had a wonderful Christmas time, and I have something to tell you guys. When we moved back to Melbourne, because of our living conditions, I thought that we wouldn’t have a good Christmas. And yes I am talking about Masina Taule’alo narrating this documentary. But after I have seen what my family has brought from the shops, like the special treats in the cupboard the small Christmas tree, I realised that we might have a good Christmas, even though we are not in our own house. When I woke up in the morning, I was impressed with how the presents have been put underneath the tree and what things have been put in our stockings. So we did have a good Christmas after all. I noticed that when you are in a situation when you just moved in and don’t have a house, you can still have or celebrate a merry Christmas, even though Litara thought of eating at McDonalds.

———INTERVIEW———

[Frances interview on what she thought about Christmas]

[Setu interview on what she thought about Christmas]

[Litara interview on what she thought about Christmas]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of Masina getting ice cream]

NARRATOR: We had a good Christmas. There was ice cream in the freezer and I decided to have some,

[shot of Masina serving ice cream fast]

[shot of Frances pouring in baileys]

NARRATOR: Along with baileys Irish cream,

[shot of Masina putting in peanut m&ms]

NARRATOR: My peanut m&ms I got in my stocking,

[shot of Masina pouring milk in]

NARRATOR: as well as a flake from my Cadbury favourites box and some milk.

[shot of Masina eating desert]

NARRATOR: Having desert is something which made me happy. I thought that the ice cream made this Christmas more special, which it did because of the flavours. I thought todays Christmas was very special. Merry Christmas everyone.

————3 DAYS LATER————

[title saying <3 days later> on right side]

[title saying <16:50> <December 29 2018> on left side]

[shot of driving in taxi with things packed]

NARRATOR: If you thought this documentary is over, it’s not. We are riding in a taxi van, and all of my things are packed inside, even the Christmas tree. Litara, Vanya, Tiva and Frances are there too. What is happening is that Masina is moving out of Russell’s home to live at Rami and Batoul’s home. Even if it sounds like there is not enough room for Masina to sleep, Rami and Batoul have left their home to go on a road trip to South Australia, so Masina will sleep in their room.

[shot of arriving at Rami and Batoul’s house]

NARRATOR: We arrived at their house shortly after the taxi trip.

[shot of lounge room at night]

NARRATOR: Masina was staying at their house for a while. Masina had to sleep on the couch with a sleeping bag and a pillow.

————NEW YEARS DAY————

[title saying <New Years day>]

[title saying <Tuesday> <January 1 2019> on right side]

[shot of dinner and Setu and dinner here]

NARRATOR: On New years Day, Setu came to stay at our house for one night and the family has brought takeaway dinner from the shops to celebrate new year 2019.

[shot of Masina’s parmigiana]

NARRATOR: What Masina got for dinner was a parmigiana with chips.

[shot of finished food]

NARRATOR: All of the food was awesome and it was a good way to celebrate new year. Not just that, but something else good came across.

[shot of Masina getting cookies and cream ice cream out of the freezer]

NARRATOR: The family had brought cookies and cream ice cream from the shops for desert.

[shot of Masina getting lemon soda out of the fridge fast]

NARRATOR: Masina was going to have some, along with some lemon Sprite soda.

[shot of Masina opening lemon soda]

[shot of Masina pouring it in glass with ice cream]

[shot of Setu lying down]

NARRATOR: When I had my ice cream, I thought that we had the best new year ever, just like christmas. Happy 2019 everyone.

————3 DAYS LATER————

[title saying <3 days later>]

[title saying <Saturday> <January 5 2019> on right side]

[shot of Rami and Batoul back home]

NARRATOR: 3 days later, Rami and Batoul were back from their road trip in south Australia. So this means that Masina has to move out of their home and live with Setu at the hotel.

[shot of packing bags]

NARRATOR: I was packing my technology, my clothes and my bathroom uses in my bags.

[shot of in taxi]

NARRATOR: After packing up, Masina and Frances went in a taxi to the train station. He was carrying his bags with him,

[shot of in train]

[shot of in train outside window]

[shot of in train 2]

NARRATOR: and Frances had brought some plates, forks, knives, spoons and bowls made out of white hard plastic. When Masina got on the train, he had to carry three bags with him, because Frances had also brought food for him and Setu to eat at the hotel.

[shot of walking with Setu]

NARRATOR: I arrived at my station in 1 hour and I met Setu outside. He helped me with some of the bags and we all went off to the hotel he is staying in.

[shot of hotel]

NARRATOR: After 8 minutes of walking, we arrived at the hotel. It is a big yellow building with 3 levels and under powerful surveillance.

[shot of in hotel]

[shot of Setu’s room]

NARRATOR: This is Setu’s room. It is very small which has a sink, a two person bed, a small fridge, a television, a small window and a bathroom which looked like a lavatory.

[shot of Setu’s suitcase and bags]

NARRATOR: This is Setu’s suitcase and bags which are all full of clothes.

[shot of Setu chatting with Frances]

NARRATOR: We stayed at the hotel for a while, but we still kept in touch with Frances on his phone.

[shot of getting breakfast]

NARRATOR: Masina still had his own breakfast, which was weet bix,

[shot of eating salt crackers with cheese]

NARRATOR: And he had a bit of a lunch, which were salt crackers with sliced cheese.

[shot of making dinner]

[shot of eating dinner]

NARRATOR: When Setu is back from work, we still had dinner. We had some chicken sandwiches with cheese and lettuce using Turkish bread.

[shot of eating at hungry jacks]

NARRATOR: On some times, we also had dinner at restaurants too.

[shot of hotel]

NARRATOR: We are gonna be in this hotel for a while and hopefully something good happens.

————7 JANUARY————

[shot of making nachos]

NARRATOR: Surprisingly as three days later, something good happened. When we came to Rami and Batoul’s house, Frances announced that she had got a house and we were all very happy. She then brought corn chips and cheese to make nachos to celebrate.

[shot of eating nachos]

NARRATOR: When we started eating, Frances announced that they would move to our new home on the 14 of January. We all had feelings when we herd the news.

———INTERVIEW———

[Litara interview on how she felt hearing that we would move to a new house]

[Masina interview on how she felt hearing that we would move to a new house]

[Setu interview on how she felt hearing that we would move to a new house]

———INTERVIEW———

[shot of eating nachos]

NARRATOR: We were all feeling exited that we finally have a house to move into. Even though we celebrated in a small home, we have a bright and awesome future ahead of us. We all have a lot of moving and packing to do, but only when the special day comes.

————14 JANUARY————

[shot of packing bags at hotel room]

NARRATOR: The day finally came, we were all going to our new house. Me and Setu are moving out of our hotel room and we have packed up our bags and suitcases.

[shot of outside hotel room]

NARRATOR: When we left the hotel, Frances was waiting outside in a van and Setu had checked out of the hotel room.

[shot of driving]

[shot of at new house]

NARRATOR: After minutes of driving, we arrived at the new house. It has only one floor and a shade for the car. It is made out of bricks, the roof made out of wood and tiles, two windows at the front with a big tree in the way.

[shot of inside the house]

NARRATOR: Inside the house is a big room on the left in the front door, with another big room ahead which also has a kitchen. Here is a room which is going to be Masina’s bedroom and along the hall are some other rooms. This is a master bedroom with two wardrobes and a bathroom with a toilet and shower. There is also another toilet here and another bathroom nearby. After those places, there is another bedroom with a closet hidden beneath the door and there is a studio room with big shelves and a sliding door. This is also another bedroom which also has a closet and right here is the washing bay where the washing machine will go.

[shot of outside the house]

NARRATOR: Outside the back door is the backyard with a shade and inside here is the garage where we are going to put all of our stuff once we moved them here. Out the back is a little bit of nature with some plants and some big trees in the very back of the fence. Over the fence, you can see a bit of a highway with the traffic going. Soon we will go to our storage space where we will bring all of our things to our house.

————15 JANUARY————

[shot of the truck]

NARRATOR: The next day, Frances rented an empty truck. Me, Setu and her are going to use it to transport all of our furniture.

[shot of truck driving]

[shot of truck driving 2]

NARRATOR: We drove off into the country, it was a long drive, but after an hour, we arrived at Patricia’s house.

[shot of truck arriving at Patricia’s house]

[shot of inside Patricia’s house]

NARRATOR: We had to go to Patricia’s house because she has a friend who has all of our stuff inside a garage.

[shot of arriving at friends house]

NARRATOR: They took us there by making us follow their ute with our truck. It took only two minutes and at first glance, it looked like the house had no garage.

[shot of ute backing into garage]

NARRATOR: But when we went along the driveway, we saw that there was a little garage with a big sheet wrapped around something, which might be our stuff we are going to take home.

[shot of unwrapping sheet in garage]

NARRATOR: Once we took it off, we saw that it was our stuff. Some of our things were covered in cobwebs.

[shot of packing things in ute]

NARRATOR: We started packing up our things, but because our things were at the bottom of the hill, we had to load them onto the ute, so it can bring our things up to the truck for loading.

[shot of things inside truck]

NARRATOR: We worked for three hours and I wasn’t allowed to film, because I had to help out with the packing.

[shot of garage almost empty]

NARRATOR: We were almost done unpacking the garage, but there was no more room in the truck for more things. However one day, we will come back here to bring the other things to our house.

[shot of truck parked at new house]

NARRATOR: When we brought the truck back, we were all tired from the lifting and loading work we have done and it was also a very hot day.

————15 JANUARY————

[shot of truck in driveway and garage open]

NARRATOR: The next day, Frances brought the truck in the driveway and the gate and garage were open. We are going to unload the truck and bring things inside the house.

[shot of unpacking the truck]

NARRATOR: We put our stuff either in the garage or in the house.

[shot of empty truck]

[shot of rooms listed in script]

NARRATOR: After 4 hours of unloading, the truck was empty and Frances was out cleaning the sofa. Inside the house, some things have been set up. There was a dining table, Masina’s room and the other bedrooms.

[shot of having dinner]

[title saying <Night time> on left side]

NARRATOR: At nighttime, more boxes are inside and the family is now together, having pizzas for dinner at the table. So that is us moving to our new house, it was a lot of hard work and organising but we succeeded. We’ve all had to go through a series of tough and stressful situations and it was a bit good for us in some cases. We still have a lot of setting up to do as there are still boxes and furniture everywhere. As for us, we now know what it is like to try and move back into Melbourne.

———INTERVIEW———

[Frances interview on what it was like moving into new house]

[Setu interview on what it was like moving into new house]

[Masina interview on what it was like moving into new house]

[Litara interview on what it was like moving into new house]

[Vanya and Tiva interview on what it was like moving into new house]

———INTERVIEW———

NARRATOR: We have thrown a lot of effort with our organising and we have been making good process. We still have a bit of moving to do which will hopefully be over soon.

[title saying <The end> on left side]

[title saying <5 months later> on left side]

[clips of family settled inside home on right side]

[credits rolling up on left side]