2. TV Drama Overview
• The tv drama I will be creating is teen drama. My tv drama is about a
group of friends who, one summer, find one of their friends has gone
missing. The cause of her disappearance was completely unknown, until,
slowly, secrets begin to surface that could change everything.
3. ADAM, character 1
• In this tv drama there will be a group of 4 teenagers.
• The first character is the typical popular guy, the one that is into sports and is well liked.
• He is tall , and has dark hair, well built, he is admired by a lot of people and is known by
everyone.
• This character has a relaxed personality, he is funny and projects a positive attitude
towards life. He is seen as a happy person and that is why he is so well liked.
• However, this character struggles with keeping up the appearance of the 'perfect guy' that
he presents to everyone. He constantly feels as though he is trying to be someone he is
not. Especially after the events, he struggles with how to show his emotions.
• They live a comfortable life, with one other younger sibling and parents that are always
pushing for his success.
4. GRACE, character 2
• The first female character is a teenage girl who is sensible and focused on her studies.
• She has short brown hair, wears glasses and always knows what to do.
• She is a very sensible person. She has a fun-loving personality, but always is rational
when making decisions and is always looking out for her friends. She, however, likes to
be in control because of her organized nature.
• She struggles with not feeling good enough, and no matter how hard she works she feels
as though it doesn’t pay off, she is driven by success but is always second best when it
comes to her studies, and life. And she isn't always as in control as she is seen to be.
• After the events that occur, she feels as though she has lost direction, and doesn’t
understand why everything has happened.
5. TOBY, character 3
• The next character in the group is the outgoing character.
• He is average height, brunette, and is always good fun.
• He loves to party and have a good time, there is never a dull moment when you are around
this character, he is the daredevil of the group and would never turn down a challenge. He
is very caring and is always there for his closest friends.
• Something that this character struggles with is being able to open up to people as he is
always seen as someone who is always having a good time.
• He will always try to make light of any situation; this is how he hides her true feelings.
6. ELLIE, character 4
• Character 4 is well liked and is very relaxed and easy going, she is the typical girly girl,
and popular. She is also the character that goes missing.
• She is a smaller girl, brunette hair.
• She is into his music and enjoys spending quality time with his closest friends. She is
someone you can easily talk to and is good company and is also very approachable. she is
someone who everyone wants to be liked. by.
• She is very secretive. Nobody knows any of her dark secrets and this is why they struggle
with her disappearance. She has a perfect family set up but behind closed doors nobody
knows what is going on.
7. Branding
For my TV drama I want the branding to capture the
theme and mood of the drama and create an impact
and a mood for the audience to initially understand.
The key theme that I want to be understood through
the branding is the theme of mystery. The drama is
centred around the dissapearance of one of the group
members so there is a sense of fear and the
unknown.
The first thing I wanted to look into was what will be
a good colour scheme to choose to help present a sense
of mytery. The colour purple was promenant in
projecting a sense of mystery, however, I feel as
though it it isnt an eyecatching colour that would
interest veiwers. Black seemed to portray mystery as
well. This showed me that the theme of my branded
needed to be using darker, moody colours to
effectively create the correct mood for the drama.
8. Branding
I then went and looked at other TV dramas with a similar theme and I wanted to look at
the fonts they used in their title and how that created an atmosphere and a mood.
After looking at all of these titles, it showed me that they are very different styles, but all of
them are distinguised and recognisable. "You" is about a stalker, and the text used, to me,
looks like a glitch on a screen which fits well with the idea of being watched. Furthermore,
"Pretty Little Liars' has an elegant and pretty font fitting well with the idea of being pretty,
however, it is an oldfashioned font which gives it a more s inister feel. For my TV drama, I
want a harsh and sharp font that stands out but is quite minimalisic. This is because, the
simpler the font is, I think, the more mysterious drama will come across.
9. Initial ideas for 3-minute opening
In the opening, the narritive of the TV drama will be clearly established, as one of the frieneds will
have gone missing. Furthermore, in the opening the charcters sterotypes will be established and their
general personalities will be seen but not too much of a deep insight into the charcters will be shown as
that will create suspense. Finally, the genre of a teen drama will be clearly established due to the
characters and the background and settings.
At the beginning of the opening I want there to be a shot of everyone seperately, a medium shot, and
then a long shot of everyone when they are reuniting back at school, then there will be a flash back to 4
months ago, to the time of the dissapearance, introducing us to our final character. This will be the first
time all the characters have been together since the time of the dissapearance. One of the others had
been keeping something from them all summer, a text from the missing friend.
As I want the reason for the disappearance to be unknown to both the audience and the characters, the
dramatic moment needs to grab the audience's attention without giving anything away , I was thinking
of there being a scream with a shot of an empty forest, not seeing the character just hearing it.
This TV drama introduction will engage the audience as it will be left in suspense, the audience will
want to know how and why she went missing, who was behind it, what secrets have been kept, and
that is what will make people want to watch it.
10. Initial ideas for website
The website will firstly have a link to ITV2 as that is the channel that the drama will
be shown on. It will have a navigation bar that will have web links to episodes,
characters, and clips.
I want the website to be intersting for younger veiwers so will include quizzes,
interviews with characters, and a podcast.
There will be a hero image and the TV drama heading which will further interest the
viewer as it will have a photo of the characters.
As there will be extra content on here such as interviews with characters and unseen
clips, this will interest the audience as it will make them feel more connected with the
characters and start to build a relationship with them.
