1) Research: Fantasy TV drama extracts :
Clip 1
Narrative and genre: The story is that lord Azrael doesn't want to continue to look for Lyra and Mrs coulter doesn't want him to stop so they have an argument and you can tell that its fantasy show because it mentions other worlds
Technical codes: There is an over the shoulder shot with Azrael in the front to show that he is the more important person in the scene and there is a low shot of him which emphasises the power he has over Mrs coulter. The music at the end builds up suspense as he is talking about a war. The setting is dark and is covered with a lot of heavy machinery which shows how the genre is fantasy
Representations: The man cries which subverts the stereotype that men are tough and Mrs coulter is wearing clothes similar to a suit which which presents her as powerful like the man
Clip 2
Narrative and genre: The two girls are trying to explain demons to the doctor and he doesn't believe them until one shows up and kills them all, The mention of demons, the clock spinning and the powers are all aspects of the fantasy genre
Technical codes: The editing is very fast paced at the beginning its almost confusing which mimics the confusion that the doctor feels. The music shows the audience that something bad is going to happen just like the stormy weather before the demon appears.
Representations: The man is scared which subverts the stereotype that men are brave and not emotional and he doesn't believe the two woman even though they are right because he many not trust their intelligence
Clip 3
Narrative and genre: The woman got onto the boat and wasn't suppose to be there and the man is questioning the woman Infront of all the people on the boat, it talks about powers which fits the fantasy genre
Technical codes: The woman is in dirty clothing whereas the man is in clean expensive clothing which could represent his status compared to the girl. The close up shot when the light comes out of the girls arm shows the girls fear and shock
Representations: everyone laughs when the girl is speaking but when the man speaks the room goes silent because they view the girl as unimportant which reinforces stereotypes that women are unintelligent and not worth listening to
Title: The chase
Logline – A girl recently discovers that she can read minds and rushes to tell her best friend who has a secret that she is desperate to hide
Other successful TV dramas are similar to yours:
Narrative – what is the main storyline in your TV drama: The girl is trying the figure out what her friend is hiding from her and why she is running away
Genre – how will your TV drama fit the fantasy genre? It has powers which is a convention of the fantasy genre
Narrative disruption – what will happen in your scene to develop the narrative? What will the audience learn about the characters or story? After she tells her friend, the friend will start running and the girl needs to figure out why she's running
Information about the two locations/settings that you are using and why you have chosen them: A dark room in the friends house when she is telling her about her powers and then a more rural area for the chase because it is empty
Information about the main character e.g character type (hero/heroine) their desires, the conflicts they encounter etc.: The main character will be the girl who can mind read and she will be the hero whereas the one who runs away will be the villain and the conflict is the chase
Costume/props that you require for filming: The villain will wear darker clothes so easily signify that she is evil
How you are aiming your product at the specified family target audience: The actors are teens and the first location will be a family home
Statement of intent draft
The title of my fantasy show will be called "The chase" and would appear on the BBC channels because it will be targeted towards a family audience. The extract would appear somewhere near the end of the episode as the climax and would also leave suspense so the audience would eagerly await the next episode. The story consists of a girl who recently discovers she can read minds and tells the one persons she thinks she can trust, her best friend, who is hiding secrets of her own that she would go to any lengths to hide.
The narrative disruption would be that the girl sees that she can no longer trust her friend and is worried that she should not have told her about her powers and the audience will learn that maybe her friend isn't actually her friend. I will use low shots and high shots of the characters to show how their power dynamic will change throughout the extract for example at the beginning the girl is stressed and feels vulnerable when tell her friend whereas at the end of the extract she has caught her friend who will now feel scared like she did at the beginning, I will also use an over the shoulder shot so that the acting can feel more realistic. At the beginning the lighting will be dim because the truth is concealed by her friend but once they go outside and she's running away it will be daytime and bright because the truth is about to come to light. I will use speech as diegetic sound and tense music as non diegetic sound.
The extract will both reinforce and subvert stereotypes against young people, the girl who can mind will be distressed and panicked which supports the stereotype that women overreact and cannot supress their emotions and her friend is keeping secrets from her which supports the idea that women tend to gossip a lot about each other and are not truthful. During the chase the women will be portrayed as strong which subverts stereotypes that women are weak and delicate. Both the girls will be teenagers which supports the idea that teenage group are often getting into trouble.
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