3. WHAT TO EXPECT AS PART OF THIS
PROJECT
• Come up with an idea as a group for a sitcom including 7 actors that MUST be
distributed via a streaming service.
• Pitch the idea to me as a group (including your brief)
• Research individually and as a group and put together a planning/ research
portfolio
• Produce a Recorded as live TV show in the TV studio
• Distribute that TV show via your streaming service
• Evaluation
• Write a report about working collaboratively
4. TYPICAL FEATURES OF A SITCOM
• Unusual/ unconventional characters or
characters that people can relate to with quirks
• Situations that lead to unfortunate or funny
circumstances.
• Interesting plot
• Predictable structure
• Believable dialogue
• Almost always set in 1 location
5. HOW PRODUCERS APPROACH
CREATING A NEW SITCOM
• An overarching plan for the series
• Start with a situation and problems arise
from that situation that cause humour
• Very detailed Character development
6. EXAMPLE OF A SITCOMS FEATURING 6
OR MORE PEOPLE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HwDFVGETIc&list=PL4VjYMnxdYuVZrVzucGnmU
L3ZJn1aykbU&index=2
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rO7QMlCh6Q&list=PL4VjYMnxdYuVZrVzucGnmU
L3ZJn1aykbU&index=3
7. EXAMPLE OF A SITCOMS FEATURING 6
OR MORE PEOPLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS28_BhfoIs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5LerltoC7c&list=PL88dd1hvijBUU8hfL2lkJSDBGO7b
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n_ufdwTchE
8. EXAMPLE OF A SITCOMS FEATURING 6
OR MORE PEOPLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssIY8NYwvh4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clg913q03nE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYSJM0jL6GU&list=PLO28Z7PFhhvzwvtI6KLjTguS_RB3tsT
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDghXKggtvQ
9. THINK OF HOW YOU CAN CREATE A
PUNCH LINE/ COMEDY MOMENT USING
THESE SITUATIONS
Consider how these situations might play out later on?
• A woman buys a ridiculously impractical pair of shoes
• A student ends up in the wrong class on his first day
• Two men fall out on a train and then part ways
• A young woman is house sitting and accidentally smashes a family airloom
• Someone giving training to a group of office workers tries to blag their way through
10. INDIVIDUAL IDEAS GENERATION
TASK
• Think of locations/ settings you could create for a sitcom
• Think of careers or people in situations you could use to take to your
group meeting.
• Think of who would typically either hang around in a group or work in a
group
11. GROUP DISCUSSION- RECORD IT AND
DISCUSS
• Initial Ideas
• Apply Diplomacy where possible (listen and take on board each others ideas talk
about pros and cons of ideas before you vote to decide)
