sci-fi dance comedy rob liam sven
TRANSCRIPT
Science fiction dance-comedy webisodeby Rob Williams, Liam Togher & Sven Mattes
Idea
Seven teenagers attend a college for people with supernatural powers. They get set a challenge: complete and practice a dance for the college’s big dance competition. They split into two groups and ‘abuse’ their powers to gain advantage and to manipulate the other team.
Audience research
we created a poll and posted it on facebook to see what webisode idea our friends like the best.
As you can see the sci-fi + horror/thriller idea both came first with 3 votes each.
This means that people aged 16-19 prefer horror and sci-fi.
Generic conventions: sci-fi
A generic premise of a ‘sci-fi’ could be:
a setting in the future, in alternative timelines, or in an historical past that contradicts known factors of history.
A setting in outer space, on other worlds, or involving aliens.
Stories that involve a discovery or use of new technology.
Generic conventions: dance
Generic conventions of a dance film normally involves a love story and some dancing.
Sometimes dancing happens in ‘fantasy space’.
Often involves a struggle against “better” dancers
Generic conventions: comedy
‘Teen Comedy - Often set in school and involving conflicts with authority
Social Comedy - drawing on class conflict and social realism.
Romantic Comedy - a popular hybrid, targeted at women and couples.
SWOT analysis: strengths
broader audience because of a hybrid.
funny aspects.
special effects make it more interesting.
SWOT analysis: weaknesses
audience may dislike mix of genres.
special effects might not look realistic.
SWOT analysis: opportunities
wide range of genres, meaning more audience opportunities.
SWOT analysis: threats
misfits. :(