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No smoke without a fire teen superhorror proposal
- 1. No Smoke withouta fire By Caitlin McNamee A proposal for a teen horror TV series
- 2. A group offive young people (ranging in ages from 17 – 23) set out to prevent a pharmaceutical company creating an apocalyptic world. However, the south of England is already in this apocalyptic state so they must fight their way through the chaos and assist small areas into creating some form of order. But can they survive the trials of life on top of the Cotard Race hunting them down? Plot
- 3. Back in the1990s Artemis Pharmaceuticals released several bad batches of the birth control pill that not only didn’t work as a form of birth control, but caused the foetuses to develop a fault. About 30% of the women who gave birth to their children developed Cotard Syndrome in their post-natal years. Any of the grown children born under this pill began to act out violently as they reached the end of puberty. It was caused by chemical engineering to create a new hormone. The children born with this hormone became crazed and killed people in the most psychotic manner, also finding the urge to spread their disease. It can be spread through bodily fluids however blood is the most effective so the “Cotard Race” (as they were dubbed) would often force their blood into contact with others by bleeding into another’s wound, mouth, or by blood transfusion.
- 4. Before the beginningof the apocalypse, an employee at Artemis discovers the truth about some recent peculiar deaths and once the outbreak is in full swing, there is fear of the pharmaceutical company planning more devastation on a worldwide scale; their aim being to, not only make a lot of money from later developing a vaccine, but also kill much of the world’s population on the east side of the Atlantic.
- 5. Characters The Protagonists • Ethan(23) • Lisa (22) • Drake (17) • Pari (17) • Vicki (19) The Antagonists • Cornelia (29) • Deborah (51) • Felix (31) • Matthias (61)
- 6. Ethan is goodwith guns, he’s from a wealthy family in Oxfordshire and is acquired to the skills of hunting. He’d travelled down to South London to visit an old school friend but got stuck there as his friend (an employee at Artemis) was murdered and the Cotard outbreak began. Lisa is a natural born leader as well as trustworthy and intuitive. The small gathering of youths who have become accustomed to her presence follow her command. However she is open minded and takes other’s skills, experiences, and opinions into account.
- 7. Drake, who isLisa’s cousin, practices Wicca and helps the gang by coming up with spells to assist them in situations by blessing things, cursing others, cleansing spells, dispelling, health spells, protection, and other spells. He is also knowledgeable on alternative medical methods. Before the apocalypse, Pari enjoyed reading and throwing tea parties and dinner parties, cooking everything herself. Now she must put those skills to use by using the knowledge she retained from the many books she covered and being creative with making meals from the little rations and foraged food they have. Vicki loves science. She is good with technology and she has the same creative mind as many inventors, envisioning everyday objects into life saving contraptions.
- 8. Cornelia may appearto just be the secretary for Deborah and Matthias but she is a lot more dangerous than that. Not only is she protecting the company, but she is worming her way into the personal lives of the people at the top. She’s playing for her father’s love after discovering she’s the illegitimate child of Matthias. Deborah is the director of Biochemistry at Artemis and is far more interested in playing the people around her and doing as she pleases than using her scientific knowledge for any good.
- 9. Felix is simplythe spoilt son of the CEO. At least that is how he first appears. In actual fact he is very conflicted. He wants the power of taking over the world but is sure the company has gone about it the wrong way. He is also afraid he will lose his right to such a reputable company. Nothing is enough for Matthias. Everyone disappoints him, even his son, and that was his motive behind it all. To get rid of people and rule the ones who are left, control them. But like everyone who does evil things, he is not inherently evil.
- 10. COMPARABLES Utopia: Much of theplot I created is comparable to Utopia. Both plots are focused around a morally grey plan to lessen the world’s population through medical means. Furthermore many of the characters are also morally grey in that the protagonists are not entirely good and the antagonists are not entirely evil – this being a common factor of both Utopia and No Smoke Without a Fire.
- 11. COMPARABLES Supernatural (2.09 “Croatoan”,5.04 “The End”): These two episodes focus on a demon virus that attacks the blood of it’s victims and causes them thirst for murder. However some of the infected instead go around spreading their infection through blood on blood contact. This virus is of course very similar to the one I created for No Smoke Without a Fire, one of the main differences being how it appeared and then began to spread.
- 12. COMPARABLES Hannibal (1.10 BuffetFroid): This episode brings to light a mental illness called Cotard Syndrome. One of the characters believes she is dead and is driven mad by this, therefore she kills out of fear. In No Smoke Without a Fire, I took inspiration from this so that some of the mothers affected by the birth control pill developed this illness because it seemed like an interesting aspect to introduce to the plot.
- 13. COMPARABLES In The Flesh: Thisshow is comparable to my own in the sense that two key groups are formed. No Smoke Without a Fire has the main protagonists in one group who are fighting against the Cotards; these relate to the Human Volunteer Force from In The Flesh who fight against the “rotters”. However the Human Volunteer Force are the antagonists of In The Flesh. The antagonists of No Smoke Without a Fire form a small group similar to that of the Undead Liberation Army from In The Flesh. Both of these groups use dangerous forces (Cotards/”Rotters”) to fight their causes.
- 14. COMPARABLES Orphan Black: The similaritiesbetween these two shows are more on the scientific side, both of which feature secret biological experiments which may or may not have gone wrong.
Editor's Notes
- #2 Retro Television (Intermediate) To reproduce the effects on this slide, do the following: On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank. On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture. In the left pane of the Insert Picture dialog box, click the drive or library that contains the picture of the TV. In the right pane of the dialog box, click the picture that you want and then click Insert. Select the image and under Picture Tools, in the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, click Shadow, and under Outer, select Offset Top (third row, second option from left). On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align then do the following: Click Align Middle. Click Align Center. To reproduce the video effects on this slide, do the following: On the Insert tab, in the Media group, click Video, and then click Video from File. In the left pane of the Insert Video dialog box, click the drive or library that contains the video. In the right pane of the dialog box, click the video that you want and then click Insert. On the Animations tab, in the Animation group, select Play. Also on the Animations tab, in the Timing group, click the arrow to the right of Start and select With Previous. With the video selected, under Video Tools, in the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the Video Styles group, click the arrow opening the Format Video dialog box. In the Format Video dialog box, click Size in the left pane, and under Size and Rotate in the right pane, set the Height to 3.58” and the Width to 4.75”. In the Format Video dialog box, click Position in the left pane, and under Position on Slide in the right pane, set Horizontal to 2.6” and the Vertical to 1.36”. Close the Format Video dialog box. Select the video, and under Video Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Color, under Recolor, select Grayscale (first row, second option from left). Select the video, and under Video Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Send Backward, and then select Send to Back. To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following: On the Insert tab, In the Illustrations group, click Shapes, then under Rectangles, select Rectangle (first row, first option from left), Drag to draw rectangle on slide. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the arrow at the bottom right corner to launch the Format Picture dialog box. In the Format Picture dialog box, select Fill in the left pane, under Fill on the right pane, select Picture or Texture Fill, then click the arrow to the right of Texture and select Oak (fifth row, third option from left). Also in the Format Picture dialog box, select Line Color in the left pane, under Line Color on the right pane select No line. Also in the Format Picture dialog box, select Size in the left pane, under Size and rotate on the right pane do the following: In the Height box, enter 1.58”. In the Width box, enter 7.5”. In the Rotation box, enter 90 degrees. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align and then do the following: Click Align Top. Click Align Left. Also on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy, and then select Duplicate. Repeat this process five more times, for a total of seven rectangles. Select one of the newly colored rectangles, under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Align and then do the following: Click Align Top. Click Align Right. Press and hold CTRL, select all rectangles. Also under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Align and then do the following: Click Align Top. Click Distribute Horizontally. Select the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth rectangles from left, under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, set the Height as 1.56”. Press and hold CTRL, select all rectangles. Also under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Align, then select Distribute Horizontally. Press and hold CTRL, select the first, fourth, and seventh rectangles from left. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Color, then under Color Saturation, select Saturation: 66% (first row, third option from left). Press and hold CTRL, select the third and fifth rectangles from the left. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Color, then under Color Saturation, select Saturation: 200% (first row, fifth option from left). Close the Format Picture dialog. Select all of the oak panel rectangles. Also under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Send Backward and then click Send to Back. On the Insert tab, In the Illustrations group, click Shapes, then under Rectangles, select Rectangle (first row, first option from left). Drag to draw rectangle on slide. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the arrow at the bottom right corner to launch the Format Picture dialog box. In the Format Picture dialog box, select Fill in the left pane, under Fill on the right pane select Picture or Texture Fill, then click the arrow to the right of Texture and select Cork (fifth row, first option from left). Also in the Format Picture dialog box, select Line Color in the left pane, under Line Color on the right pane select No line. Also in the Format Picture dialog box, select Shadow in the left pane, under Presets on the right pane, under Inner select Inside Top (first row, second from left). Also in the Format Picture dialog box, select 3-D Rotation in the left pane, under Presets on the right pane, under Perspective select Perspective Relaxed (second row, third from left). Also in the Format Picture dialog box, select Size in the left pane, under Size and rotate on the right pane do the following: In the Height box, enter 3.58”. In the Width box, enter 11”. Also in the Format Picture dialog box, select Position in the left pane, and under Position on Slide on the right pane, do the following: In the Horizontal box, enter -0.5”. In the Vertical box, enter 4.47”. Close the Format Picture dialog box. With the same rectangle selected, under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, click Send Backward, select Send Backward.