Since summer last year ITV2 have being using the 9 o'clock slot on a Monday night to air new drama and comedy series targeted at a similar audience. An example of this is the drama Switch! a series showing the highs and lows of a coven of witches living in Camden.
This is the style of series I want to write.
I will write 6 episodes running at 42-45 minutes in length as this is the length of script ITV2 use, (3 advert breaks)
ITV2 are looking for mild cliff-hangers for the start of nearly every advert break to keep the story rolling.
Each episode will have a different story but the main story ark that will cover the whole series is who our protagonist really is and how strong she can become.
I will also create a Blog for the protagonist to run alongside the shows air time. This is to link with the story that our protagonist takes to writing a Blog after it being suggested to her by her Psychiatrist to help express herself.
I will also include a character profile for the five main characters, mainly focussing on the protagonist Claire and her new ally DS Morgan, both of them have complicated and different pasts that explain why they are they way they are.
As always there will be research into the series that have influenced me in writing this, I will mainly be focussing on the writers of Supernatural and Medium as these are the series with a similar target audience to mine and the smoothness at which their scripts read is legendary it the cult following.
I will also include an interview with a local Medium that I have booked to help me explore the different ways in which to portray my protagonist and her gift.
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