Idea 1 - Modern Drama
Overview:
A story of a father and his daughter (9/10) who has slight autism but a wide and full imagination. She enjoys the environments of nature and the wild around her her. The two live alone in the country on the side of a small village. The mother died when the daughter was young. She struggles in her ordinary comprehensive school that struggles to understand her as well as everyone. The father is an author and is currently working on a book in his spare time while trying to work his day job as a journalist and writer for the local paper. One day the daughter disappears whilst she's out playing in the garden. The father gets in contact with police. The village searches for her as well as a handful of police. The father struggles to deal with her being missing. He writes as a means of therapy as well as having a therapist. He writes a story about a young girl who loves nature, inspired by his own daughter. His story continues as well as the search for his daughter. Eventually, the story the father writes leads him to his daughter and she is found.
Strengths-
This idea certainly approaches the genre of a drama and covers more sensitive themes such as autism and single parents which BBC Three like to talk about. The idea would be able to fit into the low budget plan. Being set in England and in the country, no great expense would need to be made on location hire. As well, there are no radical scenes that require large props or effects. The general series is fairly calm in terms of its story line and themes which will be easier in terms of budget because extravagant costumes and props won't need to be made or hired. In terms of audience gratification, I believe an audience could certainly gain diversion and feel a sense of escapism being transfixed and completely focused in the moment.
Weaknesses-
In terms of a series directed at 15-21 year old's, the themes and story line may not attract a wide youth audience. It doesn't really cover many themes that younger people have found to be interested in such as drugs and crime. The production as well may struggle to keep a series going to find numerous content to keep an audience watching. With the level of content in the series it would be more suitable to a film. As well, to intrigue an audience, the pilot episode would need to be highly engaging and characters would need to be interesting. And in terms of this idea, the characters would need more development than in just a single episode.
Idea 2 - Historical Drama
Overview:
Set in 1916 Lyndhurst, England, the story follows the lives of young teenagers (16-17) at home while WWI is in full combat. We follow their home life, jobs etc and friendship they have with one another. It shows their struggle and feeling of trapped, not feeling like they're helping the war in any way. One of the three boys is a year older than the other two and turns 18. He joins up leaving the other two behind because he's desperate to help out in the fight. They have ideologies of what war is like, they believe it to be far more glorious than they believe. The eldest boy, William, is sent off to France to fight. He sends back letters to the other two making it all seem far more enjoyable than it actually is to not upset them. The series follows the separate boys but the pilot episode is based on them as friends before joining and the struggles they all have. Then the feeling of separation and loss amongst them when the eldest leave.
Strengths- With this idea, I have seen before BBC Three produce a series based on WWI. Looking at this era from a young persons perspective would certainly attract younger people and interest more youth into the happenings of WWI itself. Having teenage boy protagonists, this programme will attract teenage boys as well as gaining the attention of older viewers for the historical perspective. I believe when looking at gratification theory the audience will be able to get a more personal relationship with characters if they are of similar age. This means the audience can get an understanding of another's world and feel more social empathy. Also looking at audience surveillance, and younger audience can learn about relevant events and historical society. Educate an audience ad expose them to new world which is what BBC Three are vert keen on.
Weaknesses- The problems facing this idea are that such as the cost. Being set in 1916, costumes, set and props will all need to be hired and historically accurate to fit the time era. As well as the idea of military. Trucks and army vehicles etc will need to be hired and multiple cast members for battle scenes with a lot of special effects and editing. Being based on WWI as well may no attract the current youth audience who very few engage with historical dramas. As well in modern times with politics of Trump and Brexit, the topic of WWI may be decreasing in the younger audiences more and more and people may find it irrelevant to their lives as they have no connections.
Idea 3 - Horror Drama
Overview: 21st century Scotland, set in Fort William area. Group of friends, two boys and one girl. Ages 15-16. Live in a very small village on the outskirts of a town. They are quite a strange group who stick together because no one else understands them. They enjoy the freedom of playing outside in forests and fields with air rifles and making fires and building dens. The series focuses on the oldest boy who the perspective is from. One day the youngest boy goes missing. The other two search for him in forests etc. The boy mainly. The girl is in a world of her own, she talks to herself. Very spooky and weird. A few days later the young boy is found dead in his own bed. He's been placed there by someone. The kids are all fairly strange so show no real emotion or sadness to their dead friend. At least the girl. The two go to their den in the woods to breath from the situation. A twist in the story, the girl is the killer and she and the boy are alone in the woods together. She pulls out a knife and tries to kill the boy. Amongst a brawl she ends up getting stabbed by her own knife and is killed. Police are on the scene of the previous murder and the boy feels like the blame will be lead to him. He decides to run away and go on the run from police. Having just killed someone, the blame seems to direct to him. From then the story follows him on the run from police hiding out in the woods and mountains. The pilot episode covers the story until the boy is found to be lost and a threat is uncovered.
Strengths- I believe that with this idea, it is very doable in the budget as limited props are required as well as locations. They are all very naturalistic places and most scenes take place in similar locations. I also believe that this idea would attract a younger audience as the protagonists are all youths so the audience will be able to relate to the characters. Being a horror and looking into quite a weird world of individuals, I think BBC Three will certainly engage with the idea as it is unique and perhaps not attractive to an older audience. I also believe that the pilot episode itself would draw in an audience because it ends on a very dramatic part which will undoubtedly leave viewers a reason to continue. In terms of audience pleasures, they will be sucked into this world of horror where situations like that don't occur in our world. It gives audience escapism and allows them to divert from their own world. As well having character who are of a similar age to the target audience gives them a sense of personal identity that a younger audience would be able to relate to.
Weaknesses- The negative aspects of this idea is that the idea as a whole may not be able to be developed into a full series, or more development will be required. Perhaps as well, BBC Three may not be all for the idea as it doesn't really match with the criteria of content they seek to provide. Not all youths may be interested as it looks at the horror genre which only attracts a certain audience. And in terms of location. Being set in the country side, a lot of young audience members may feel instantly negative about it as they either cannot relate or have no interest. In terms of audience surveillance, this series is mainly for an audience to watch and relax or escape. They will not gain any educational benefit from it or learn things about society in the world.
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Wednesday, 12 September 2018
P1 - Audience Pleasures
Game of Thrones
The series premiered on HBO in the United Staes on April 17th 2011. It' s seventh series ended August 27th 2017. The episodes are 60 minutes in length and on average usually contain 10 episodes in each series.
Game of Thrones has had multiple e directors to organise and film each of the seasons. David Nutter, Miguel Sapochnik, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. All these directors were hired by the production HBO. The series was broadcasted on the UK's NowTV and SkyAtlantic. It also aired in over 170 countries. The budget for the series as a whole has been estimated to around $10 million per episode.
Audience Relationships - People can get an understanding of a different world all together. It' got many wide ranges of themes such as family problems, betrayal and loss. It's a very popular series and can be a main talking point for many people.
Personal Identity - An audience might look at the good characteristics of a character and want to model that behaviour in themselves. Such as John Snow's good will to save the entire world and put everything at risk.
Diversion - Game of Thrones offers a whole new world to a viewer which they can really escape into and get some emotional release because all your focus is within this one world.
Audience Surveillance - People who are interested in historical medieval culture can satisfy their curiosity watching GoT's old warfare and culture. The use of swords and shields and battles to gain power.
Peaky Blinders
The series premiered on 13 of September 2013 and ran for six episodes. The second series premiered on 2 October 2014. The third series premiered on 5 May 2016. On 26 May 2016, the BBC announced they had ordered a fourth and fifth series of the show. The fourth series premiered on 15 November 2017; after the series finale broadcast on 20 December 2017, it was announced that the fifth series will be broadcast in 2019. The episode lengths tend to be 58 minutes.
A few examples of the many directors that helped create the series were Greg Brenman, Steven Knight and Cillian Murphy who also starred as the programmes leading role (Thomas Shelby). The programme was produced by Tiger Aspects Productions.
The programme was broadcast by The BBC and aired on BBC2. The series can now be found on Netflix. It is estimated that the budget for each episode was around $1.3 - $1.4.
Audience Relationships - An audience can get an understanding of people's lives after the First World War. We can feel social empathy for characters like Freddie Thorn who struggle with the working life as communists and strike for higher pay
Personal Identity - From Peaky Blinders, the audience could look at certain character values and beliefs and share a similar feeling and passion. An audience that can relate to the characters on a deeper level
Audience Diversion - An audience can gain a feeling of escapism from watching Peaky Blinders as it creates a very intense world that people can get very sucked into. They may also find a sense of emotional release within the programme from focusing on another's high stake problems
Audience Surveillance - An audience can also discover relevant events and conditions from after the First World War as the show offers a very detailed depiction of what life was like. People can also discover more into British Gangs of the 1920's and gambling on horse races
The Musketeers
The show first aired on the 19th of January 2014 and aired for two series until its final series on the 28th May 2016. The episode lengths were around 55 minutes. The director of the series was Saul Metzstein.
The show was broadcast on BBC2 and BBC America and can now be found on Netflix. On average the episode budget for the show is around £800,000.
Audience Relationships - The audience can get a view into the world of 16th century France in the reign of King Louis. With the idea of the garrison it gives a feeling of belonging for an audience which they can gain an attachment to.
Personal Identity - The audience can watch the characters and feel a sense of warmth to them if they have similar models of behaviour/values. For an audience member they can feel a reinforcement of personal values and get more of an insight into themselves
Audience Diversion - The intense and exciting feeling that the musketeers give an audience a sense of escapism because of how enjoyable the drama is to watch and how sucked in you can get. A programme like this however is not one to 'fill time'. For full enjoyment a viewer must dedicate time to watching the show to for it's full gain.
Audience Surveillance - Those interested in 16th century France and the story of the musketeers will be able to satisfy their curiosity from getting wider lens of life back then and the swash buckling story of the musketeers.
The series premiered on HBO in the United Staes on April 17th 2011. It' s seventh series ended August 27th 2017. The episodes are 60 minutes in length and on average usually contain 10 episodes in each series.
Game of Thrones has had multiple e directors to organise and film each of the seasons. David Nutter, Miguel Sapochnik, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. All these directors were hired by the production HBO. The series was broadcasted on the UK's NowTV and SkyAtlantic. It also aired in over 170 countries. The budget for the series as a whole has been estimated to around $10 million per episode.
Audience Relationships - People can get an understanding of a different world all together. It' got many wide ranges of themes such as family problems, betrayal and loss. It's a very popular series and can be a main talking point for many people.
Personal Identity - An audience might look at the good characteristics of a character and want to model that behaviour in themselves. Such as John Snow's good will to save the entire world and put everything at risk.
Diversion - Game of Thrones offers a whole new world to a viewer which they can really escape into and get some emotional release because all your focus is within this one world.
Audience Surveillance - People who are interested in historical medieval culture can satisfy their curiosity watching GoT's old warfare and culture. The use of swords and shields and battles to gain power.
Peaky Blinders
The series premiered on 13 of September 2013 and ran for six episodes. The second series premiered on 2 October 2014. The third series premiered on 5 May 2016. On 26 May 2016, the BBC announced they had ordered a fourth and fifth series of the show. The fourth series premiered on 15 November 2017; after the series finale broadcast on 20 December 2017, it was announced that the fifth series will be broadcast in 2019. The episode lengths tend to be 58 minutes.
A few examples of the many directors that helped create the series were Greg Brenman, Steven Knight and Cillian Murphy who also starred as the programmes leading role (Thomas Shelby). The programme was produced by Tiger Aspects Productions.
The programme was broadcast by The BBC and aired on BBC2. The series can now be found on Netflix. It is estimated that the budget for each episode was around $1.3 - $1.4.
Audience Relationships - An audience can get an understanding of people's lives after the First World War. We can feel social empathy for characters like Freddie Thorn who struggle with the working life as communists and strike for higher pay
Personal Identity - From Peaky Blinders, the audience could look at certain character values and beliefs and share a similar feeling and passion. An audience that can relate to the characters on a deeper level
Audience Diversion - An audience can gain a feeling of escapism from watching Peaky Blinders as it creates a very intense world that people can get very sucked into. They may also find a sense of emotional release within the programme from focusing on another's high stake problems
Audience Surveillance - An audience can also discover relevant events and conditions from after the First World War as the show offers a very detailed depiction of what life was like. People can also discover more into British Gangs of the 1920's and gambling on horse races
The Musketeers
The show first aired on the 19th of January 2014 and aired for two series until its final series on the 28th May 2016. The episode lengths were around 55 minutes. The director of the series was Saul Metzstein.
The show was broadcast on BBC2 and BBC America and can now be found on Netflix. On average the episode budget for the show is around £800,000.
Audience Relationships - The audience can get a view into the world of 16th century France in the reign of King Louis. With the idea of the garrison it gives a feeling of belonging for an audience which they can gain an attachment to.
Personal Identity - The audience can watch the characters and feel a sense of warmth to them if they have similar models of behaviour/values. For an audience member they can feel a reinforcement of personal values and get more of an insight into themselves
Audience Diversion - The intense and exciting feeling that the musketeers give an audience a sense of escapism because of how enjoyable the drama is to watch and how sucked in you can get. A programme like this however is not one to 'fill time'. For full enjoyment a viewer must dedicate time to watching the show to for it's full gain.
Audience Surveillance - Those interested in 16th century France and the story of the musketeers will be able to satisfy their curiosity from getting wider lens of life back then and the swash buckling story of the musketeers.
Friday, 7 September 2018
P1 - Interpreting The Brief
Who are the BBC?
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British Public Service Broadcaster and is the world oldest national broadcaster. The BBC is funded by annual television licenses which is charged to all British household. The BBC broadcasts in radio and TV as well as online media through the channel BBC3
What is BBC3?
The channel BBC3 focuses their work on the younger generation. The topics their programmes cover are made to attract the young eye by talking about themes such as crime, sex, drugs and comedy. This is found in real life documentaries, interviews and comedic drama's which are available to watch on demand by the user. This is because from April 2014, BBC3 moved online so their programmes could only be watched on the internet. This was because their main target audience is younger people so moving online would attract a lot more younger people as a lot more young people watch content online rather than on television.
BB3 have made some very popular award winning British Original Drama's such as Thirteen and Clique and British Original Comedies such as People Just Do Nothing, This Country and Cuckoo. They have also made many powerful documentaries such as Life and Death Row andStacey Dooley Investigates. An aspect which BBC3 is very good on showing to the public are provocative current affairs programmes which you may not find on the ordinary television. These include, Is This Rape?, Sex on Trial, and KKK: The fight for white supremacy
What is Television Drama?
A series of real life situations which are exaggerated yet relatable. This is to make a story more engaging to an audience so they will enjoy it more because it's not things that happen in everyday life. This is created through the use of themes, settings, issues in the plot and the narrative of the drama itself.
Some examples of Television Drama's:
-Game of Thrones (Uses themes of family the north and south divide we have in real day)
-Peaky Blinders (Historical drama based on crime families after the First World War, also touching on jobs, experiences and society)
-Breaking Bad (Modern day drugs and violence, in depth story and engaging characters)
-Orange is the New Black (Modern day women's prison in America. Themes of friends, relationships, society of rank and troubles of women)
Who are the competitors of BBC3 and teen TV?
BBC3's main competitors have become far more prominent since their move to go online and scrap their television channel. Websites such as YouTube are a very big competitor for them as they have always been online only and many people world wide are familiar with it as well as using it for every range of video on the internet. There are also other competitors such as that of All4 who have an on,one website and app in order to watch on demand any shows that were missed on channel 4/E4 as
well as having the ability to watch other series which have been off air for many years such as The Inbetweeners. This is the same with ITV as their Hub is an online app and website in which users can watch on demand at any time. Not forgetting about the big movie network of Netflix which provides a mass of films for the viewer but as well as making their own film shows which are becoming more and more popular. In order for BBC3 to stay in the competitive race it needs to create new and exciting content which viewers will find enthralling and want to watch. A controller said that BBC3 is on target to be watched by 10 percent of all viewers aged 16-34 each week.
Viewing figures for shows -
-Cuckoo, has 1.15 million viewers in its 10pm slot.
-Gavin and Stacey brought in a 5.8 million viewer rate on it 9-9:30 slot.
What are the main conventions of a television drama?
The conventions of a television drama is how something is done and presented. For example, a medical drama. The main conversions will be the setting so the drama will be set in a hospital. Next are the characters who will go through a lot of stressful and gruesome inguries and operations within the programme which will all link somewhat to the overall plot and other smaller sub characters. The overview of a medical drama is that is teaches somewhat the audience life in a hospital but at the same time, dramatising it for the engagement of the audience.
The most popular drama genres for young people in this current age is Drugs and Crime. For example, Breaking Bad, one of the most popular television series ever with 67% of its 10.3 million viewers being young adults. Other examples include Narcos, a more recent series who have been incredibly popular being a Netflix original series.
Constraints for my ideas
From the brief. it is clear that the target audience for our product is young people. The constraints from this will limit the possible genres and themes I can work in. Some of mt favorite genres are historical however these are usually more favored by older audiences to the one we must work with. The most popular genre being drugs, I will need to adapt and fins ways to structure an original plot of a drugs series aimed at young people. Since the budget for the series is quite low as well, out ideas will have to be fairly tamed. For example, we can't budget for big CGI explosion scenes or car chases for drug money. The general representation for the series will need to be a low key drug themed series. The way in which we will gain audience viewings will have to be an engaging story and have lots of loopholes twists and potential red herrings. Any techniques we can use to enhance the story to make it engaging without having to use big money shots.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British Public Service Broadcaster and is the world oldest national broadcaster. The BBC is funded by annual television licenses which is charged to all British household. The BBC broadcasts in radio and TV as well as online media through the channel BBC3
The channel BBC3 focuses their work on the younger generation. The topics their programmes cover are made to attract the young eye by talking about themes such as crime, sex, drugs and comedy. This is found in real life documentaries, interviews and comedic drama's which are available to watch on demand by the user. This is because from April 2014, BBC3 moved online so their programmes could only be watched on the internet. This was because their main target audience is younger people so moving online would attract a lot more younger people as a lot more young people watch content online rather than on television.
BB3 have made some very popular award winning British Original Drama's such as Thirteen and Clique and British Original Comedies such as People Just Do Nothing, This Country and Cuckoo. They have also made many powerful documentaries such as Life and Death Row andStacey Dooley Investigates. An aspect which BBC3 is very good on showing to the public are provocative current affairs programmes which you may not find on the ordinary television. These include, Is This Rape?, Sex on Trial, and KKK: The fight for white supremacy
What is Television Drama?
A series of real life situations which are exaggerated yet relatable. This is to make a story more engaging to an audience so they will enjoy it more because it's not things that happen in everyday life. This is created through the use of themes, settings, issues in the plot and the narrative of the drama itself.
Some examples of Television Drama's:
-Game of Thrones (Uses themes of family the north and south divide we have in real day)
-Peaky Blinders (Historical drama based on crime families after the First World War, also touching on jobs, experiences and society)
-Breaking Bad (Modern day drugs and violence, in depth story and engaging characters)
-Orange is the New Black (Modern day women's prison in America. Themes of friends, relationships, society of rank and troubles of women)
Who are the competitors of BBC3 and teen TV?
BBC3's main competitors have become far more prominent since their move to go online and scrap their television channel. Websites such as YouTube are a very big competitor for them as they have always been online only and many people world wide are familiar with it as well as using it for every range of video on the internet. There are also other competitors such as that of All4 who have an on,one website and app in order to watch on demand any shows that were missed on channel 4/E4 as
well as having the ability to watch other series which have been off air for many years such as The Inbetweeners. This is the same with ITV as their Hub is an online app and website in which users can watch on demand at any time. Not forgetting about the big movie network of Netflix which provides a mass of films for the viewer but as well as making their own film shows which are becoming more and more popular. In order for BBC3 to stay in the competitive race it needs to create new and exciting content which viewers will find enthralling and want to watch. A controller said that BBC3 is on target to be watched by 10 percent of all viewers aged 16-34 each week.
Viewing figures for shows -
-Cuckoo, has 1.15 million viewers in its 10pm slot.
-Gavin and Stacey brought in a 5.8 million viewer rate on it 9-9:30 slot.
What are the main conventions of a television drama?
The conventions of a television drama is how something is done and presented. For example, a medical drama. The main conversions will be the setting so the drama will be set in a hospital. Next are the characters who will go through a lot of stressful and gruesome inguries and operations within the programme which will all link somewhat to the overall plot and other smaller sub characters. The overview of a medical drama is that is teaches somewhat the audience life in a hospital but at the same time, dramatising it for the engagement of the audience.
The most popular drama genres for young people in this current age is Drugs and Crime. For example, Breaking Bad, one of the most popular television series ever with 67% of its 10.3 million viewers being young adults. Other examples include Narcos, a more recent series who have been incredibly popular being a Netflix original series.
Constraints for my ideas
From the brief. it is clear that the target audience for our product is young people. The constraints from this will limit the possible genres and themes I can work in. Some of mt favorite genres are historical however these are usually more favored by older audiences to the one we must work with. The most popular genre being drugs, I will need to adapt and fins ways to structure an original plot of a drugs series aimed at young people. Since the budget for the series is quite low as well, out ideas will have to be fairly tamed. For example, we can't budget for big CGI explosion scenes or car chases for drug money. The general representation for the series will need to be a low key drug themed series. The way in which we will gain audience viewings will have to be an engaging story and have lots of loopholes twists and potential red herrings. Any techniques we can use to enhance the story to make it engaging without having to use big money shots.
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