Title: Shell UK Virtual Assessed Internship Programme
Duration: 1:50 minutes
Description:
While the COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges and prevented many from working, Shell has made it possible for its young interns to use new ways of working to continue learning and acquiring new skills, experiences and relationships.
Interns - (sharon short) no CTA MASTER Transcript
[Audio]
Various alarm clocks beeping and ringing.
[Background music plays]
Playful jazzy music.
[Video footage]
Various alarm clocks, shown one after the other, all displaying seven o’clock in the morning and all beeping or ringing. A young woman, Natalie, turns over in bed in a bid to ignore the alarms.
[Natalie]
Go away. It’s too early.
[Video footage]
Close-up of the ringing alarm-clock on the bedside table. She grabs the alarm clock. Various quick close-ups of Natalie opening her blinds. Different close-up angles of a young woman, Katie’s, legs and feet as she pedals on a stationary exercise bike. Close-up of her smiling down at us over the handlebars.
[Text displays]
Katie, Retail
[Graphic]
The two words swoop in from opposite sides of the screen. Concentric bursts of lines and circles radiate from behind the text. The two words swoop off to opposite ends from which they appeared.
[Katie]
COVID-19 has stopped a lot of friends’ internships, but not at Shell.
[Video footage]
First-person view of Natalie turning on the taps in the shower. Looking directly up into the cascade of water from the showerhead. Close-up of a man’s hand turning on a kettle, opening a kitchen cupboard, turning on a toaster. Close-up of a yellow kettle whistling. First-person view of a man lifting a mug of tea to his mouth. The toast pops. First-person view of the man carrying a mug of tea and a half-eaten slice of toast out of the kitchen. Close-up of Natalie’s legs as she leaves her kitchen. She is dressed in a smart dress and slippers.
[Natalie]
I’m off to work. See you later.
[Video footage]
View of James’ back. He’s wearing a blue blazer. He enters a light-filled bedroom. The camera follows at knee-height behind Natalie as she makes her way to a desk in the middle of the living room. James, now seated at a desk in a corner of the bedroom, takes a sip of coffee as he opens his laptop. Front-view close-up of Natalie, headset on, opening her laptop. Close-up of her screen, showing five participants on a split-screen video call. The participants are James, three other men and a woman. Each is in his or her own home office. All are wearing headsets and facing the camera. James waves at the screen, and the participants greet one another good morning.
[James]
Hi, everyone.
[Other Participants]
Morning.
[James]
Morning.
[Video footage]
Close-up of a split-screen video call with four participants, three men and a woman. Each is in his or her own home office. Most are wearing headsets, and all are facing the camera.
[Participants]
Good morning, everyone. Hi, good morning, Andy. Hey, Al.
[Video footage]
Close-up of a young woman, Sharon, on a single-screen video call. She is wearing a headset and seated in a home office. She waves, smiling broadly, and greets good morning.
[Sharon]
Good morning.
[Video footage]
Close-up of a split-screen video call with seven participants, Natalie, James, Alison, Sharon, Andre, Anousha and an unidentified female participant. Each is in his or her own home office. All are wearing headsets and facing the camera.
[Natalie]
Shall I do a pause, or we just go straight into it?
[Background music stops]
[Graphic]
A yellow and a red block swoop left across the screen as the scene changes.
[Background music plays]
Punchy, upbeat music plays.
[Video footage]
Close-up of James working at his laptop in the sunny bedroom. Close-up of the split-screen video call with four participants, three men, including James, and a woman. Close-up of James on a single-screen video call and then back to split-screen of all participants.
[James]
I’m quite busy today. I’m going to be looking into some of the year-end pension numbers in a bit more detail.
[Female Participant]
That sounds great.
[Video footage]
Close-up of James’ hands at work on a keyboard. A big, thick book, Energy for a Better Future, lies on the desk alongside his keyboard.
[James]
Shell’s taken care of everything so I can work from home.
[Video footage]
Close-up of James talking to the camera. Camera sweeps down to show us that he’s wearing slippers and shorts with his smart blazer.
[James]
Well, almost everything.
[Video footage]
Camera zooms in on his bare legs and slippers.
[Text displays]
James, Finance
[Graphic]
The two words swoop in from the left of the screen. Two concentric bursts of lines and circles radiate from behind the text. The two words swoop off to the left.
[Video footage]
James sitting at his desk. He swigs his tea and then calls out to his dad.
[Background music stops]
[James]
Dad, can I get another tea, please?
[Video footage]
Extreme close-up of a hand filling a kettle, switching it on, and then pouring boiling water into a mug.
[Graphic]
A yellow and a red block swoop left across the screen as the scene changes.
[Background music plays]
Punchy, upbeat music plays.
[Video footage]
Close-up of a split-screen video call with three participants, Anousha, another woman and a man.
[Anousha]
The amount of people I’ve met has been a highlight...
[Video footage]
Close-up of Anousha on a single-screen video call.
[Anousha]
Especially because we’re a global team.
[Video footage]
The camera swoops left to show a Shell service station. Head-and-shoulders footage of Anousha walking along talking to camera, the service station in the background. The sides of the screen are two blurred panels.
[Text displays]
Anousha, Retail
[Graphic]
The two words swoop in from opposite sides of the screen. Concentric bursts of dots radiate from behind the text. The two words swoop off to opposite ends of the screen.
[Anousha]
The pandemic presents new challenges, but that’s not stopping me or Retail.
[Video footage]
Anousha puts on a surgical mask. Anousha looking into a mobile phone she’s holding up as she puts on a surgical mask. Extreme close-up of a sensor above an automatic sliding door. Black-and-white surveillance camera footage, showing date and time, of Anousha entering the forecourt convenience store.
[Text displays]
Cam 1
15:31:40
21/07/2020
[Video footage]
First-person view of a fridge with beverages, dairy foods, sandwiches and snacks. Close-up of Anousha’s arm reaching for a sandwich. View from behind the counter of a masked Anousha approaching the counter with a sandwich and fruit juice in hand. First-person view of her hands giving the items to a masked female cashier behind the counter.
[Graphic]
A yellow and a red block swoop left across the screen as the scene changes.
[Video footage]
Close-up of a split-screen video call with four participants, three men, including Andre, and a woman.
[Andre]
We’ve built a nice bond, and it’s kind of like you’re part of a family at the moment.
[Male Participant]
We still need to take you for a coffee, don’t we?
[Video footage]
Andre’s first-person view of him lacing his boots. Close-up of a map and compass in his hands. Looking up at Andre and the dense tree canopy above him. He has the map open and is looking around.
[Text displays]
Andre, Exploration
[Graphic]
The two words swoop in from opposite ends of the screen. Spinning curved lines turn behind the text.
[Video footage]
Head-and-shoulders footage of Andre talking to camera against a woodland background. The sides of the screen are two blurred panels.
[Andre]
I’m getting used to this new normal. It allows me to explore both in and outside of work.
[Video footage]
Slowly-turning skyward view of the dense tree canopy.
[Graphic]
A yellow and a red block swoop left across the screen as the scene changes.
[Video footage]
Close-up of a split-screen video call with two female participants, Alison and another woman.
[Alison]
It’s helped me realise that I would like to work in Process Engineering.
[Text displays]
Alison, Upstream Process
[Graphic]
Her name and her business area swoop in from opposite sides of the screen. Various sized circles radiate from behind the text.
[Video footage]
Close-up of Alison in her home office in her living room. She is talking to camera. Close-up of split-screen of Alison and the other woman participant.
[Alison]
But it’s also opened up so many other opportunities that I wasn’t even aware of.
[Video footage]
Split-screen of three different angles of Alison depressing the plunger in a cafetiere. Rapid zoom-in to a close-up of her face in the largest panel as she’s talking to camera.
[Alison]
For me, it’s seeing Chemical Engineering in a different way.
[Video footage]
Extreme close-up of Alison pouring coffee into her mug.
[Graphic]
A yellow and a red block swoop left across the screen as the scene changes.
[Video footage]
Close-up of Sharon on a single-screen video call, talking to camera.
[Sharon]
I’ve really enjoyed just meeting new people, networking, even though things are virtual.
[Video footage]
She smiles and waves at the camera.
[Text displays]
Sharon, Marketing
[Graphic]
The two words swoop in from opposite sides of the screen. Concentric bursts of dots and circles radiate from behind the text. The two words swoop off to opposite ends from which they appeared.
[Graphic]
A yellow and a red block swoop left across the screen as the scene changes.
[Video footage]
Close-up of Natalie on a single-screen video call, talking to camera.
[Text displays]
Natalie, Supply Chain
[Graphic]
Her name and business area swoop in from opposite sides of the screen. Concentric lines burst from behind the text. The words swoop off in different directions.
[Natalie]
And it’s been a brilliant way to meet people we never would’ve found in the office.
[Video footage]
Close-up of screen showing split-screen video call showing Andre, Alison, Natalie, Sharon, Andre, Anousha and an unidentified female participant all facing the camera. They speak in unison.
[Participants]
Which is great for all of us.
[Video footage]
Close-up face-on view of Katie on her exercise bike.
[Katie]
Wherever we are.
[Text displays]
Social distancing was maintained during post COVID-19 filming
[Graphic]
Black-and-white stick figures separated by a two-way arrow
[Graphic]
A yellow and a red block swoop left across the screen as the scene changes.
[Background music stops]
[Audio]
Shell jingle
[Graphic]
Shell Pecten centred on a white background.
[Text displays]
Copyright Shell International Limited 2020
