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Statement of Intent - Entropy

According to the brief requirements  Theory  Conventions I will be making a political crime drama that will have elements of a psychological thriller called Entropy. The show will follow a terminated London investigator being called back into service by the head of the metropolitan police in order to pick up the case his partner/wife was killed taking 6 months prior. His mental situation (depression, anxiety and PTSD) will present a different view of what it means to be main, strong male by showing weakness (subverting common stereotypes of male leads in film/TV) ; The importance of this varying view of what it means to be a strong man is due to today’s environment of gender confusion and discovery; understanding that the concept of masculinity has evolved. Along with that, the premise of the show is to also make mental health less of a taboo within households . A clear inspiration for Entropy is the film the Dark Knight by christopher nolan, but rather than focusing on a viol

Show Pitch - Entropy

Title : Entropy  Tagline : Disorders Embrace  Genre (and sub-genre/hybrid genre if applicable): Crime/political/psychological   Setting (note brief – at least two locations): Jubilee Park Channa Chemist  Rectory Park Allenby Road Number of episodes : 10, 2 seasons  Channel and time/day of broadcast (note brief – prime-time, pre-watershed, family audience): pre watershed PG 12/12A Around 7-8 Pm Logline – one sentence that sums up the whole TV drama series and hooks people in (25 words or fewer ): Following the life of a retired police investigator trying to stop the total crash of London and the UK Other successful TV dramas that are similar to yours : The following: The show will follow a narrative and lead that is quite similar to kevin bacon in The Following Stranger things: The colour grading will be quite similar to this show Narrative arc – what happens in the overall series and in what order : A notorious gang lead

Media Assignment- Trailer Analysis

TV drama trailer 1: Narrative and genre How is narrative and genre communicated quickly and clearly to the audience? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9APLXM9Ei8 Show title: Chernobyl. The narrative and genre for Chernobyl is a historical period drama, the narrative of the drama (shown from the drama) is the aftermath of the chernobyl disaster that occurred on the 26th of April 1986. The premise of the show seems to be how the inhabitants of chernobyl and the (then) soviet Union dealt with the disaster; The trailer advertises that the show depicts events that have never been shown before on television. And with most TV shows that have soviet russia as a main force in the show, it appears that soviet russia is shown to be the main antagonist, trying to conceal the true nature of the effect of the chernobyl disaster from the public both nationally and internationally. Other than that there aren't many plot points that have been revealed; which may be a good thing due to