unit 6: task 1 - tvdrama.pptx

Unit 22: Single Camera Techniques

James Corbin

Premise

The crime drama is set in a law school that Miss Keating owns, but with Ms Keating’s impish agenda, she puts her law students through a few more lessons than law… The law company ends up facing cases that potentially lead the newly, anticipated law team into a world of crime and brutality. We see Ms Keating, Shaun, Cassandra, Brett, Camilla and Kurt work together in a team to bring justice to America.

Protagonist

Roxy Keating A 25 year old, university graduate, that has had a child at the age of

16 and managed to become successful against the odds as a black American growing up in the projects of America. She’s quite a serious alpha female and dominates in her industry. She quite distant from all family and has a dark side when provoked. She currently works in a corrupt lawsuit.• She’s a brave, strong, ‘cookie’ character.

Setting

The drama is set in a law school that Miss Keating owns.• The set will be made and filmed in Miami, USA. • A lot of scenes will be filmed inside a hired mansion being the law

school.• For each different episode it will feature different settings across

Miami. e.g. Miami Beach, Miami Airport

Similar Programmes

• How To Get Away With Murder

• Revenge

• Nikkita

• Charlie’s Angels

Genre - Crime TV Drama

• Crime fiction is the genre of fiction that deals with crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives.

• Most - though not all - crime novels share a common structure.

• It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as historical fiction or science fiction, but the boundaries are indistinct.

Casting

• Roxy Keating - Played by Halle Berry

5 Main Law Students:• Shaun McDonald - Played by Donald Glover• Cassandra Bullock - Played by Jennifer Lawrence• Camilla Costello - Played by Vanessa Hudges• Brett Smith - Played by Tristan Wilds• Kurt Willis - Played by Channing Tatum

Series/sequel

The crime drama will run for at least 3 series, with 21 episodes each.

On every 21st episode of each series, viewers will be put in a position where they aren’t sure whether the show will return due to the ending.

Narrative features

Budget

• The budget will be quite as asking for a price of an £3 million budget.

• The budget will foresee the set is paid for (mansion etc...)

• Actor, cameramen, runner’s pay and expenses

• Land requests

Target Audience

The target audience is more an audience of 15+, as due to scenes of violence, sexual nature and minor profanity used in the production.

The drama will be targeted for younger adults from the age of 19-32 and from the time the show will be aired, 10pm on evenings.

Channeling

The crime drama will show on Lifetime TV Network in the US and Channel 4 in the UK.

Also online streaming such as • Netflix• Amazon Prime• NowTV • Sky

Main Competitors• Orange Is The New Black

• Breaking Bad

• Mad Man

• How To Get Away With Murder

Unique Selling Point

Add an interactive feature where viewers are able to guess who will be killed, at the end of the season, from a list of characters in the show.

To keep the viewers ready and anticipated for the weekly episode, there will be clues released on the programme’s social media pages such as Facebook and Twitter.

Bibliography

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