Unit 21- P1 TV drama case studies

Unit 21- response to brief

 

My client has asked me to create an episodic drama series for the BBC3 tv channel. This brief has certain explicit non negotiable  requirements to it. For example, the show I create must not exceed the age rating of 15 and must comply with all Ofcom regulations. This means that I must proceed with caution when I am creating an idea for the show as well as how the show will take place and avoid any extremely gory or sexual scenes. Some of the aspects of the show I will have creative control over meaning I can decide what will happen, for example I am allowed to choose the sub genre however there is a non negotiable which is that it must be a drama. Other considerations for the TV series are that the target audience of the show is 16-21 which I will keep since the demographic is already niche therefore there is no reason to make it any smaller. The ethos of the channel is transgressive and edgy therefore I will abide to this style.

Unit 21-BB3 research

 The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British  company based in London founded in 1920. They are the largest broadcaster in the world employing over 200,000. BBC3 is a subsection of the BBC dedicated to TV series showing from 9-4 in the evening with a target audience of 16-34 year olds. BBC3 was founded in 2003 and was later terminated in 2016. Recently in February 2022 BBC3 was re launched. The style of series on BBC3 are typically transgressive and edgy due to the young target audience since this would appeal to them. Some of the popular shows are based around this ethos such as killing eve and fleabag.

A television drama is a show intended to have a serious tone to it. The genre of "drama" can have many sub genres such as crime drama, teen drama or comedy. The main conventions of a television drama would be

The main competitors of BB3 are, Way, Lamudi and ozone's entertainment technology

Some conventions of a drama TV series include the episode structure. Typical drama episodes convey a story through relatively long episodes from 30-60 minutes. This technique is effective in appealing to the audience due to the episodes being typically shorter than a film meaning the audiences attention is kept over the episodes. TV dramas typically have a first pilot episode so a company can review it and then decide whether the show should continue. The characters in a TV drama are crucial to the story.

This graph demonstrates that BBC 3 is not in any of the top watched Tv series. This is likely due to the fact that BBC 1 has more of a focus on mainstream audience for example the target audience is a wider audience of people who are more likely to sit down and watch a show when it comes out live rather that watch it on demand in their free time. The target audience of BBC 3 is 16-34 year olds, this means that they will have less free time due to work, school, or friends to watch shows when they air. This means the numbers for BBC3 shows will be lower as the target audience are more likely to watch the how when it comes out on BBC Iplayer

Logging rushes- P4

This shot is unusable due to being too dark. In this shot you cannot see the subject since there was no lighting and the ISO was too low.

 

This shot was once again too dark as well as the camera focusing on the snare drum instead of the hi hat cymbal. This meant that the shot had to be re- taken with correct focus and ISO

This shot is unusable since it was not inline with the storyline of the music video after I changed the narrative meaning it had to be scrapped.

To organise my Folder, I created sub folders so I could organise all of the footage I gathered on filming days. This is compromised of a final clips and raw footage. I used the raw footage folder to place all of the footage in that I had gathered on the SD card. I then watched through all of the shots to find those that were useable and dragged and dropped them into the final clips which I would later import into Final Cut Pro.

 

P5-Music video edit 3