TV drama pitch

A Level Media NEA – Brief 5: TV drama trailer and culture magazine

TV drama concept

Title: Syke School

Tagline: “your power is your weakness”

Genre (and sub-genre/hybrid genre if applicable): Crime, super-power drama

Setting (note brief – at least two locations): high school, urban environment

Number of episodes: 10

Channel and time/day of broadcast (note brief – prime-time, pre-watershed, family audience):

Channel 5, every Thursday, Pre-watershed, 8:00pm

Logline – one sentence that sums up the whole TV drama series and hooks people in (25 words or

fewer):  A group of teens develop powers which seperate them from the rest of the world.

Other successful TV dramas that are similar to yours:

Impulse, misfits

Narrative arc – what happens in the overall series and in what order:

A group of teens learn they have powers and are tracked down by a mentor figure who helps them learn and understand the way they use their powers, however not everyone is happy about people having special abilities.

Episodic narratives – what will happen in each episode?

Some episodes will be in a school environment and some may be outdoors in west London using their powers for their own gain, there is love interests and conflicts as well, adding a variety to the show.

Main protagonist – their motivation, conflicts etc.:

protagonists: Artur, 

The two protagonists are two high school boys who become enveloped in their powers growing in obsession, they become more powerful as the show continues and they turn to a life of crime. They have conflicts within school against other students, teachers, police. They both have love interests which a dynamic is shown.

Other characters, their narrative role and their audience appeal:

Secret agents track the two boy’s movements after a series of unexplained crimes take place. The agents are a big appeal as they counter the boys actions, they also appeal as the show has very conflicted characters. Some people may be against the protagonists where as some would view the agents as being the people in the wrong, overall the role of antagonists shifts very often which makes my TV drama that much more interesting.

Target audience for your TV drama (note brief – family audience, pre-watershed broadcast etc.):

My target audience range from 11-17; also it can appeal to a family audience as well.

Age, gender, social class, interests, psychographic groups etc.

My show can apply to all classes however working class may be the fondest of the show as it can show potential struggle of being raised in a torn and tough environment, also the interests of the audience will be regular teenage interest such as rap music, films, video games, Netflix, MCU, and DCEU.