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2. C O N T E N T S
TITLE
GENRE
RUNNING TIME
PLOT SYNOPSIS
IDENTIFY THREE KEY SCENES
CORE AUDIENCE AND AT LEAST ONE SECONDARY AUDIENCE
CONSTRAINTS ON ADAPTATION
OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED BY ADAPTATION

3. T I T L E
• For my mini series TV adaptation of the 2004
movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’, I will entitle
it ‘The Days of Tomorrow’.
• The similarity between this title and the
original means that it will attract fans of the
original movie, as well as letting them know
that it is a long form version of the original
story with the use of ‘Days’.

4. G E N R E
• The adaptation will be a science fiction, post
apocalyptic drama.
• It will also feature elements of action
adventure because of the dangerous world
that the adaptation will portray.

5. R U N N I N G T I M E
• The miniseries will feature 3 hour long
episodes.
• This gives the series the time to tell a detailed,
in-depth story with strong characterizations
whilst still being compact and focused.

6. P L O T S Y N O P S I S
Part 1
• A weather scientist named Jack Hall thinks that because of global warming, a new Ice
Age is on it’s way. He tries to warn politicians and fellow scientists at a conference
but is shut down and branded as crazy. However another scientist believes Jack and
talks with him. The two conclude that extreme winter weather caused by an
imminent eclipse will occur within 24 hours. The two bring their evidence to the Vice
President who suspiciously ignores them.
• Meanwhile his estranged, drug addict son (Sam) who lives in New York leads a
reckless almost suicidal lifestyle which has made him lose a prestigious place at a
university.
• Leading up the eclipse various parts of the world experience freak weather and
drastic drops in temperature. This forces the government to carry out minor
nationwide precautions, still ignoring Jack’s warnings.
Part 2
• The eclipse happens and the world is ravaged by extreme weather. Millions of people
are killed, including the vice president and Jack’s partner scientist, which leaves him
trapped in a base with a small group of scientists and government officials.
• Sam sees New York become destroyed by the weather and groups with a handful of
survivors who do not trust him.
Part 3
• Over the following days both groups (Jack’s and Sam) survive in the harsh
conditions, and many people die. The two become the leaders of their respective
groups. Sam is forced overcome his addiction.
• Jack escapes the base and heads for New York after finding a helicopter which leaves
his group split. He arrives at New York and finds Sam. The two make emotional
amends as they look on to a future where they must learn to survive through the
harsh new world.

7. M AIN C HARAC TE RS
• JACK HALL (FATHER)
Who do they know?
As taking a role as a professional scientist into research with climate changes Jack
Hall has connections around the world to other leading scientist, not only that but
also is able to have connections to the president of USA as well as their serving
government.
Why are they important to the plot?
He is one of the main characters in the film as he is in charge of letting the whole
world know that the world is in danger of being wiped out from the Ice Age and to
get them prepared. Not only this as he is a father we also see him take on a
realistic challenge of being a father and for this it is important to have an
emotional realistic side to the story as well as the unrealistic approach shown with
the extreme weathers.
JUXTAPOSITION
In the mini series there is a contrast shown between two sides of the story for Jack
Hall, this is the mix between Jack Hall trying his best to inform the world about the
threat where we see a how everyone took his words as a joke showing everyone to
be completely sceptic about it all, from the rejection of this this then effects
everyone to be at threat instead of warning them all.
Another contrasting effect is with Jack Hall and his son as Jack Hall doesn’t seem
like a father figure as he is completely dedicated to his job causing his son not to
follow the right paths. The contrasting effect is when they both finally meet in a
emotional trip but then shows them to work together as a strong force to survive
in the end.

8. • SAM (SON)
WHO DO THEY KNOW?
Sam in these mini series is a lonely guy living life on the edge from being financially
unstable and mentally unstable. The connections we see Sam have is implied that
he knows drug dealers and he is a user of cocaine but we also see that his main
connections are just with the public and doesn’t have individual friends.
Throughout the mini series we see his strength in finding friends enabling him to
work with them to survive in the cold harsh weather.
WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT TO THE PLOT?
Sam is a key character to the plot as he makes the contrasting link that is
emotional to his father where it is important to have a depth of a realistic
situation. Sam will be the character that shows self power and he overcomes his
addiction to coke and becomes a leader showing a powerful message in emotion
where his father tries to share his powerful message verbally.
JUXTAPOSITION
The contrasting effect for Sam is that he has an addiction to cocaine but then has
to deal with the realisation of being someone that is able to help and save lives of
others by working together effectively, in the deepest darkest moment of his life
he finds the emotional power to not think about himself and to help others.

9. IDENTIFY THREE KEY SCENES
• The first key scene is when the eclipse happens and there are drastic weather
changes. The scene begins with a joyous but ominous tone as the whole world
watches in awe at the eclipse. However Jack watches on in fear of what is to
come. The scene is meant to be visually strong and serve as a visual motif for the
series with the use of the eclipse. After the eclipse the weather drastically
changes whilst the world is still in partial darkness which ends the scene with a
dark and scary tone.
• Second is a scene in which Sam struggles through his need for drugs. To convey his
agony and withdrawal symptoms visual techniques such as editing the scene with
various dissolve fades and using colour filters are used. Furthermore
unconventional camera angles (e.g. low/high, extreme close ups, dutch tilt,
handheld) are also used. The actors performance must be intense but realistic to
capture the audience whilst keeping it believable.
• The third scene is the emotion reunion between Sam and Jack, they finally meet
up and make amends with each other. The actors performances would be
emotional and realistoic as the scene is the emotional climax of the mini series.

10. CORE AUDIENCE AND AT LEAST ONE
S E C O N D A R Y A U D I E N C E
• Core audience will be people who regularly watch popular
and acclaimed TV shows such as Breaking Bad, The Walking
Dead and Game of Thrones.
• The adaptation’s elements of drama and action along with
it’s mature, explicit tone will attract a 19-39 aged of males
and females, males because of the action and contrasting
scenes it shows and females for the emotional drama side
to the scenes. These would be in the working class
demographic and geographically attract people from the
USA appealing to white people first as majority of actors
are white and may be able to relate more between
relationships in the mini series. Furthermore the mixture
of all these elements and the current popularity of high-
concept entertainment (e.g. Interstellar, Elysium, Black
Mirror) will give the mini-series relevancy and widespread
appeal.

11. • The secondary audience will be mostly male in
the USA with a small amount in the UK being
white where they are genre fans (e.g. science
fiction fans) who are devoted fans of shows
such as Star Trek, Fringe and Doctor Who.
This audience will give the show online
popularity on websites such as IGN.com and
SceenRant.com.

12. CINEMATIC IDEAS
• The visual look is what makes this adaption distinctive
as well as the fact this would be completely new to
viewers being the only TV show showing such drastic
happenings in a cinematic style. The science of the
extraordinary freak natural events gives the series a
strong distinction being able to show harsh conditions
with the theory of how it all happened, it gives the
series more of a interest point with global warming
being a big part of the news.
• It also focuses on Jack and Sam which give the series a
strong emotional pull from Sam struggling through his
need for drugs.

13. CONSTRAINTS
• Technical issues of
portraying the world over
taken by extreme cold
weather.
• Budget issues of funding the
technology and special
effects.
• Ethical concerns involving
the killing of wild animals.
OPPORTUNITIES
• Modern technology such as CGI,
green screen and motion capture
can be used.
• The short length of the
adaptation means that the
budget is controlled and
reasonable.
• It also means that time and
money can be spent on creating a
high-quality show.
• The shows unique visual look and
high concept can distinguish itself
from what is currently available
on TV.
• The mini-series format means
that it is easy for people to catch
up with the show on online
streaming sites such as Netflix,
and buy DVD’s and Blu-Rays of
the show.