Creativity Task: TV Drama Pitch

on
Referring to all of your research into TV Dramas, you are going to design your own drama and storyboard the title sequence for your original programme.


Consider the genre of your programme, target audience and the main conventions of a TV Drama:
  • Protagonist/ Antagonist - designed to appeal to the target audience
  • Narrative development
  • Setting and era


Conventions of a Storyboard:
  • Shot in frame
  • Camera shot and any camera movement
  • Sound: diegetic or non-diegetic music
  • Duration of the shot
  • Editing: Graphics or Text (including font design)
Task: Post an image of your storyboard on to your blog. Evaluate your title sequence, explaining the creative decisions you made and how you have used the conventions to appeal to your target audience.


Evaluation Questions


1. What Media Language have you used in your title sequence and how do they follow the codes and conventions of this element of a TV Drama?
2. What genre is your TV Drama and how is that made clear in your title sequence?
3. When in your episode will your title sequence occur and why?
4. How does the mise en scene of your title sequence suit the chosen genre, setting, era and the narrative of your programme?
5. Who would be the target audience of your programme and what will appeal to them about your TV Drama idea? How is this communicated in the title sequence?
6. What TV Dramas did you refer to for inspiration for your own original idea?
7. If you were asked to complete a textual analysis of your title sequence, how would you comment on the director's use of camerawork, editing, sound and mise en scene?
8. What are the strengths and weaknesses of your title sequence?

Comments

Post a Comment