Adams assignment

Zombieville

Characters

Tyrone- main character former sas soldier

Millie - wife of Tyrone care home worker

Sasha- teenage daughter underachieving college drop out

Zak- boyfriend of Sasha dense character no family took in by sashas  family

The show is a zombie based drama series based on a council estate and in surrounding areas following a family fleeing from a new piece of chemical warfare exposed to the public by the government to control population overcrowding. The show will inherit the typical English sense of humour around a family from a council estate but will also possess  a large amount of seriousness behind it as the family are constantly trying to fight back against the zombies and find survivors. The TV show will be a e4 exclusive and will begin with airing 6 episodes of the first season the grippingly  interesting drama with a hint of English humour will catch the imagination of viewers with a real insight into each character's life and secrets they all lead. The series will follow the family as they struggle to make ends meet in a high pressure situation where everyday could be there last with the prominent threat of zombies constant. Each character possesses  secrets that are of high significance to the current situation around them and it's no coincidence that the group are all still alive and many millions perished many secrets and lies circulate the gang.

Market research

Zombieville  is easily comparable to the very popular  zombie drama the walking dead. Both of the two shows cover the zombie genre and both are very similar in the way that they follow a family on their own personal journey together trying to survive. The Walking dead was a smash hit and still has ongoing seasons carrying on with the huge fan favourite climbing to its 7 seasons with an ongoing story line and a still high demand. The walking dead premiered on AMC and Fox and spread to over 120 countries on its debut episode and was hugely successful with it receiving an average viewers for season 1 of 5.24 million. The walking dead was aired every Sunday at 9pm and with it receiving such massive views like 5.24 million views on average for the first season it really puts into perspective the amount of consumers within this genre.  The target audience for zombieville is a very vast area with this appealing to people of all ages and genders. The market is so vast it could easily stretch from 15 years of age all the way up 50 to 60 with the humour being tasteful and the show being a riveting watch with plenty of interesting  storylines  and lies overlapping from character to character. Once the show has premiered i would like it to be possible for the show to be available on catch up on All 4 for UK viewers and Netflix for viewers around the world. Being on all 4 and Netflix would hugely boost the presence of the show with it receiving a lot of exposure with it being under shows  similar to walking dead segment of Netflix and also on the recent day list on all 4. The time of the shows airing really can be integral to the success of of the TV show  with it needing to be at the time that will reach out to the target market. For example for my target market of 15 to 30 years old males it would be very beneficial if the show aired at around 9 or potentially 10 o'clock then it would mean that all of the target market would be able to watch it as this is a peak prime time for this age range to watch a TV series. The walking dead premiered at 9pm on Sunday and then moved time slot to 10pm further seasons down the line due to my target market coinciding with the walking dead I would replicate this schedule .

Production

Initially  the budget for my TV series will be a very low one due to there not being  a massive need for many actors and not much of a need for really  expensive special effects. Most scene would require pretty cheap items with props  such as weapons to fight back against the zombies not resulting  in a massive fee to need to be paid. With the production being fairly low budget the action shots of the scene would be filmed around local council estates in the Middlesbrough area meaning that it wouldn't substantially damage the budget. The amount of actors required for the first 6 episodes would be 8 to 16 actors with the 4 main characters encountering minimal amounts of “walkers “ during the first season. The first 6 episodes will focus on before the chemical  exposure unleashed on them and will give an insight into their lives before the ordeal that has a large impact on them in the present which will continue on through the episodes to uncover the present. Other than the 4 main characters  at the top of the document the rest of the actors are playing a very minimal role within the series with zaks  parents having a cameo appearance  and the rest being walkers and found survivors. The show will follow the family on their journey for survival and will largely revolve around  the family protecting each other from potential threats on a day to day basis.

Target audience

The target market for zombieville  would be within the age range of 15 to 30 the reason for this is because  the storyline would really have a connection with this audience range. The reason zombieville  would have a large connection with the audience range between 15 to 30 range of men is because it has sharp snappy  storyline that has been proven to relate to this market. The violence with the weapons really relates to this specific market where it is proven that men aged in this category find this field to be interesting .  Another show that has a similar consumer interest to the show that I'm making is the walking dead this has a massive fan Base within the 15 to 30 range of males.

Cut out animation

Cut out animation 
Within the stop motion animation sector cut out animation is a style of animation that is made by projecting a flat character cut out from different materials varying from paper card to stiff fabrics or potentially sometimes even photographs. Cut out animation is one of the oldest forms of animation and is also one of the simplest to produce.  The most prominent examples of cut out animation used in the mainstream industry would be south Park whom use a sole drawing that is then cut into pieces that can represent actual movements. The cut out pieces are really simple to create and the animators would be able to create them by themselves pretty simple a perfect example of a person whom created her own cut outs is Lotte Reiniger. Lotte rose to prominence in 1918 with her animation skit using animated wooden rats and had a succesfull career spanning till 1979 becoming an iconic figure for the animation scene leaving behind a legacy.

Cut out animation

Cut out animation 
Within the stop motion animation sector cut out animation is a style of animation that is made by projecting a flat character cut out from different materials varying from paper card to stiff fabrics or potentially sometimes even photographs. Cut out animation is one of the oldest forms of animation and is also one of the simplest to produce.  The most prominent examples of cut out animation used in the mainstream industry would be south Park whom use a sole drawing that is then cut into pieces that can represent actual movements. The cut out pieces are really simple to create and the animators would be able to create them by themselves pretty simple a perfect example of a person whom created her own cut outs is Lotte Reiniger. Lotte rose to prominence in 1918 with her animation skit using animated wooden rats and had a succesfull career spanning till 1979 becoming an iconic figure for the animation scene leaving behind a legacy.

What is Cel animation 


Cel animation is a form of animation which is used in production or cartoon and is where each frame of the scene is actually drawn by hand. To make a full length movie it would be very time consuming  and would take somewhere around a million or more drawings to complete. Up until the 1990s disney were using this form to create some of their movies.




Tom & Jerry 

Tom and jerry is a prime example of Cel animation because every single frame had to be painted and this was done by a transparent cel laid over  background and then photographed. Tom and Jerry was an american cartoon that was created  by Wiliam Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1940 and is still a largely active figure on TV right now it was directed by the two creators. The show had an 18 year stint with the years of it being active from 1940 to 1958 however with the now seemingly older form of animation that isn't used much today still gets more views than most modern day animation shows







Lion King

The lion king was an american cartoon movie classic that was produced in 1994 and was produced by Walt disney. This movie uses Cel animation also  meaning that every single frame had to be painted meaning that this would have taken around about 1 million frames. the producer was Don Hahn

Time lapse animation example

This is an example of time lapse animation it shows a series of images over time which shows the progression of the image giving it the effect that the actually still image is moving. This example shows the kiwi's progression over time and makes it look as if the image is moving. to do a time lapse animation you would need to take the series of photos in an according order so for example with the kiwi maybe a couple of images a day to show the progression over time from day to day. for a time lapse animation it is integral tat the camera remains in the same position for the entirety of the process so that it gives an accurate representation of the progress made.

Understanding structure and funding in the TV industry

Ownership

Public service

A public service type of ownership in the TV industry would be BBC. The BBC is the people's channel due to the fact that us the general public actually pay for the channel to be kept on air every year. Through making the general public pay a TV licence  fee every year this helps  the BBC continue on. Unlike every other channel on our TV guide the BBC is the only one that doesn't have TV advertisements  during their shows to fund them. With the BBC relying on the public for their funding through TV licence they will also sell some of their shows old episodes  to other neighbouring  TV channels to raise funds. For example over the years Dave has taken on many of the BBC shows old episodes and broadcast them on their channel with Top Gear and Mock the week being just a couple that come to mind. Selling old episodes of their own shows to other channels will help raise funds for the BBC to fund shows. The BBC  have a very large radio presence  which is also publicly funded the BBC have around 7 separate radio channels with all of these channels relying on the public to keep them on air with competitions a regular thing meaning that listeners would have to pay to enter raising funds for the BBC. The BBC is run by a board of governors  and is currently a royal charter which is of High importance  because it outlines that the BBC are independent  from the government.

Commercial ownership

Within the TV industry there are many commercially owned channels for example ITV are a channel that are privately owned corporate  media.  Being commercially  owned means that they rely on advertisements and public voting on their shows  to be able to make their profit to then reinvest  into the channel.

Funding

Subscriptions

Funding in the media industry is of High importance and subscriptions are a very good way of a broadcasting company making money to then fund other ventures within the business. A prime example of subscriptions would be the company Sky with their sports channels there is a monthly subscription fee to be able to view this package. So on a monthly basis you would have to pay a bill to be able to keep access to these channels. Usually when a subscription  is made they will sign you onto a 12 month contract  stating a monthly subscription  fee would have to be payed to keep these channels this is how a commercially funded channel would go about making their money.

Advertising

Advertising is of the utmost importance  to commercially  owned companies due to the fact that they need these to help raise funds. A prime example of a company  that uses advertising efficiently  would be ITV because when you're watching your tv programme there will always be a ad break to split up your shows to give 3 to 4 minutes of commercials. These commercials fund the channel with big companies such as argos paying them to show their adverts during the breaks on certain shows. Just a 30 second advertisement in between a prime time TV programmes ad break could be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds so this is why ITV would air these ads from other big companies for a massive financial gain which helps fund the company along with other factors.

Pay per view

A company that is hugely reliant on pay per view deals to fund them would be Sky with them having many pay per views on a monthly basis covering all different kinds of sports and also movies. Within the sports sector they have annual massive boxing bouts that would be pay per view on the sky box office. With a usual charge of 15.99 for the rights to this event this would be hugely financially rewarding for sky with millions and millions of people paying this pay  per view fee giving them a healthy profit. Another segment of pay per view would be the movie sector with the sky box  office charging a pay per view charge to watch only recently released films that have just came out of the cinema. Many people who couldn't make the cinema screenings would purchase this movie from their sky box once available and would have to pay a pay per view for this. These types of charges help the company fund raise and ultimately survive.

TV license fee

This type of funding is used by BBC basically  for every homeowner for each tv in the house that can broadcast shows it is expected  that a fee of 145 pound a year is paid annually. This money that you pay each year is for the solitary reason of funding the BBC  with them being a public funded organisation they rely on these payments. Without paying the TV licence  fees it is technically illegal to actually watch TV and if found out could lead to legal issues.