Treatment for the series
This is a detailed version of Episode one: The series starts with a shot of a young girl (Maree) playing outside. The footage has an orange colour to it to resemble an old film camera so that it looks dated. Maree would be running around, picking flowers and making daisy chains. There is then a shot of Maree being given a necklace from her grandmother. The necklace has a purple gem in the middle of it, with a gold chain. Her grandmother passes the necklace. ‘Maree, I want you to have this necklace. You are the most important person in my life and I hope it looks after you’. It then cuts to a shot of Maree wearing this necklace to her first day of school. This would be shown by a head shot of Maree walking down the hall of a school. Lockers would be on either side of her and she would be wearing school uniform consisting of a yellow and blue tie, a grey wool looking blazer with the school crest on, white button up shirt underneath with formal black trousers. In the shot, she would walk up to the bathrooms, where she would stand in front of a mirror and fiddle with her hair and then the necklace. A close up shot of the necklace would then be shown. You then see Maree wearing the necklace at her graduation. She would walk up to the principal of the university and receive her degree scroll. In this scene she is wearing a blue graduation gown, with a matching graduation hat. Her hair is down and quite long to show her youth. There is a shot of the crowd cheering loudly and clapping. It then quickly changes to the next shot which is at Maree’s house where she looks very distressed. She is wearing jeans and a purple top, and her hair is up in a ponytail. She is looking through all of the draws in her room. The room looks quite messy at this point. You then see her run into the room next door which is her office room, where she tries to continue looking for the necklace in draws. She then runs back into her bedroom, where she looks inside her wardrobe to try and find the necklace. You then see her look behind her bedside table and she finds the necklace. There is then a shot of her face where she looks very relieved and she’s holding the necklace close to herself. It then cuts to a shot of her out for a meal with James. The restaurant looks quite fancy and the waiter is at their table. There is again a close up shot of the necklace that Maree is wearing. You then see Maree and James walk out of the restaurant while holding hands, where he then takes her near the river Thames. He then proposes to her. Maree hugs him while crying. It then cuts to a shot of Maree and James getting married. The shot is of Maree and James saying their vowels.
Outline of Form: My TV series will be a Long Form TV original series with themes of crime running through it. It would be released all at once on Amazon Prime.
Content and Style: The genre of the series will be a crime drama, with themes of family, loss and mystery. The series will have taken inspiration from another crime series produced by BBC One called 'Cuffs'. 'Cuffs' used quite a lot of handheld shots to put the audience amongst the action and drama and I thought this was very effective and would therefore want to use this idea in my series.
Product Potential and Market Position: Amazon Primes' biggest series is its original drama 'The Man In The High Castle' therefore this would be a competitor as it already has a large audience. In terms of programmes that are similar, The Bridge and Luther are big competitors which both feature on the Netflix, the biggest competitor to Amazon Prime. However I think there is room in the market for my series as it combines the feelings and emotions of the family, with the action of trying to find out who committed the crime. I also think the age and type of people that watch series like 'Man In The High Castle' would enjoy this series as they both have quite a lot of action and adventure in them.
Target Audience: I think the main age range for my series would be 25-40 year olds, as the series would feature some scenes that may be distressing to a younger audience. For example the scenes with strong emotions and anger between Maree and James. I also think a younger target audience may not completely understand what is happening in the series, as well as a younger audience tend to go out on the weekend and therefore wouldn't have the time to watch a series like mine. I think that both genders would watch my series, but i think more females would watch it because they could make a personal connection with the character of Maree and therefore would return to watch all of the episodes. For example, 'Luther' which is another crime series on Netflix had an average of 405,371 streams online after 4 weeks of airing ending the 10th January 2016. This obviously shows that there are people who like to watch crime series and who would probably like my series too.
Content and Style: The genre of the series will be a crime drama, with themes of family, loss and mystery. The series will have taken inspiration from another crime series produced by BBC One called 'Cuffs'. 'Cuffs' used quite a lot of handheld shots to put the audience amongst the action and drama and I thought this was very effective and would therefore want to use this idea in my series.
Product Potential and Market Position: Amazon Primes' biggest series is its original drama 'The Man In The High Castle' therefore this would be a competitor as it already has a large audience. In terms of programmes that are similar, The Bridge and Luther are big competitors which both feature on the Netflix, the biggest competitor to Amazon Prime. However I think there is room in the market for my series as it combines the feelings and emotions of the family, with the action of trying to find out who committed the crime. I also think the age and type of people that watch series like 'Man In The High Castle' would enjoy this series as they both have quite a lot of action and adventure in them.
Target Audience: I think the main age range for my series would be 25-40 year olds, as the series would feature some scenes that may be distressing to a younger audience. For example the scenes with strong emotions and anger between Maree and James. I also think a younger target audience may not completely understand what is happening in the series, as well as a younger audience tend to go out on the weekend and therefore wouldn't have the time to watch a series like mine. I think that both genders would watch my series, but i think more females would watch it because they could make a personal connection with the character of Maree and therefore would return to watch all of the episodes. For example, 'Luther' which is another crime series on Netflix had an average of 405,371 streams online after 4 weeks of airing ending the 10th January 2016. This obviously shows that there are people who like to watch crime series and who would probably like my series too.
Powerpoint used in pitch
Initial title sequence
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