Production Concept: To Do List

To do now • Elevator pitch on blog • Include images and links on blog • What are the reasons for choosing my chosen platform? THIS IS KEY • USP – unique selling point • Don’t write jokes, write funny situations • Think about story – first episode is them leaving college and setting up the company, rest of the series is them failing at running the company • Pitch session in 2 weeks, need to present idea, powerpoint or blog, two parts, idea and package Research • Investigate audience figures • Who airs these shows? • Who watches them? • Look at what certain channels air, perhaps choose a channel that doesn’t already have a sitcom • Research length of show, traditional length of sitcom 30 mins Script • Determine script length – possibly one 30 page script and 5 synopsises • Script format – traditional format or television format? • Research BBC writers room – good resource on how to write for television List of potential items in package • Collaborations – Simon as script editor • Casting details • Branding • Title sequence