RowTown

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The Channel-1

•What channel have we chosen?

•Why BBC Three?

•What time will RowTown air and why?

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The brief

Soap Why we decided on a soap.

Allows creative freedom

Relate ability

Allows a chance to show our diversity as film makers.

As well as shooting to more narrow requirements

•What do we expect to gain from this?

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Why we decided on RowTown ?

What is RowTown ?

How will RowTown meet the exam criteria ?

What makes RowTown different ?

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The NarrativeSetting

- Mainly going to be shot in different houses so the audience can relate to a comforting setting.

- In order for the characters to meet and merge storylines we are going to use a variety of locations.

-The overall setting is a place called ‘Rowtown’ which is also the title of our soap.

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Themes

- The main theme is based around the idea of new people moving into a place called ‘Rowtown’. There is an immediate clash between the original residents of Rowtown, and the new people moving in to the new block of flats

- We are going to use many other themes in our soap that are more subtle and may draw the audiences idea’s away from the main theme.Our possible storylines in the soap can be seen in our repertoire of elements for the soap genre

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Possible characters and

storylines-A man aged early 20’s that is struggling to come to terms with his sexuality.

- A slightly younger man that has trouble getting girls and tends to be pretty clumsy, tries to change his personality.

- A young couple also aged in there early 20’s try to overcome their relationship problems.

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The Sub-Genre

What sub-genre does ‘Rowtown’ fall under?

Why does it fall under the sub-genre?

Why did we choose that specific sub-genre?

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Repertoire of Elements

Stock Characters-Hardman-Mother figure-Sportsman/women-The rebel-Troubled teen-Scarlet women-Business man-Loving family

Stock Setting-Flats/houses-Private Road-Park-Pubs/clubs-Local shops/supermarkets-Places of work for the characters

Stock Narrative-Adultery-Clash between classes-Violence/murder-Substance abuse-Economic problems-Betrayal-Adoption-Sexuality

Iconography

The iconography will be defined by, and original to Rowtown

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The Target Audience-5

• Who are our target audience?

• Why will the audience watch RowTown?

• What will they get from RowTown?

• How can we ensure they get it?

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The TrailerThe premise of our soap trailer, is a specially-made piece that

shows our main characters entering the village for the first time

We will try to identify the personality of each character to the audience through their entrance, for example:• The clumsy outcast character might trip over on his way in

• The ‘cosy family’ may be shown in front of their new house

• The ‘hardman’ may be seen standing, arms crosses, chewing a cocktail stick, standing over the character that has just fallen

•The ‘desirable woman’ may be seen strutting across the village, turning heads

• The ‘ladies man’ may be seen admiring himself in the mirror

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The Trailer

This will allow the characters to cross paths in the trailer

As well as establishing the key character traits of some of our more prominent characters

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The next steps…

Finalise character profiles

Contact potential actors

Decide shooting locations and take recce photos

Finalise script

Research royalty free music