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TV script first ideas.
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TV SHOW TREATMENT IDEAS ONE
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Genre and Synopsis
Adventure
Comedy
A 20 something year old man, fired by his office job and dumped by his girlfriend, decides the earth world is not for him and attempts suicide by drowning in the sea. But then his world is flipped upside down and he becomes, the king of the sea due an ancient prophecy. The one catch is, he has to pretend he is a shark to all the fishes and sea creatures or he will lose his role as king.
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Key Themes
Friendship – Mako undercovers that true friendship doesn’t matter what you look like or what background you come from
Redemption - Paul is poisoned by flounder man and it’s up to Mako and ficken and take him down along with his evil corporation by exposing the bad things flounder man is doing
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Key Characters – Detail them
(King) Mako – A 20 something year old who is crowned the new king of the sea after his life on earth headed steeply downhill. He must help his new friends and defeat the evil flounder man
Ficken – Mako’s right hand man who is older than time, a heavy smoker who looks up to Mako as a father. He helps Mako defeat flounder man.
Flounder man/ Makos old boss – Makos old boss who discovers a way into the underwater kingdom. He tries to start a new slave labour industry underwater.
Paul – A man dressed up as a fish finger who arrived in crispin long ago, he owns the royal pub of crispin and befriends Mako. has to find the cause of his poison
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Unique Selling Points
A message about friendship being blind
A message about how slavery is not good and should not be done. As the show is aimed at audiences who may just be learning about slavery or who need more understanding of it.
Loveable characters with gripping stories with deep meanings set underwater which would attract audiences as it is an unusual concept
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Locations
London- Makos home before he is transported to underwater land of crispin
Underwater land of Crispin - where Mako and the fish people live.
Pub - Makos castle/home.
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Target Audience
Young adults, Late teens 15 – 23, fans of comedy. It is for anyone from any background. I think these types of people will enjoy the show as most people of this age enjoy comedy tv shows like Rick and Morty or Bojack Horseman. male. interested in random things.
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TV SHOW TREATMENT IDEAS TWO
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Genre and Synopsis
Crime
Comedy
1970’s Columbia, A world where humans do not exist and cats fill the role as top species. One cat rules the drug market. Pablo Catscobar. However, his life heads downhill when his son is kidnapped and his income is slowing down.
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Key Themes
Loss – Pablo has lost his daughter before and does not want to lose his son.
Choices. Pablo has to choose between his family or his drug industry.
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Key Characters – Detail them
Pablo Catscobar – A cat fuelled with rage and passion for what he does. He has a son and owns the cat-cartel. He lost his Daughter and his wife is determined that he stops selling cat-nip. He must save his son and revive his business.
Kit - an american police dog part of the DEA. he is close on the tail of pablo however is always one step behind. he must try and take down Pablo
Matias - Pablos teenage son who has been kidnapped by the opposition drug gang. he must try and survive the enemy drug cartel
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Unique Selling Points
an animated comedy about cats who live out the life of drug lords. it is also a underlying story of loss and choice as he has to choose between business and family. this would be unique as there are not many shows about cat drug dealers. the audience could connect with the show through its family dynamic.
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Locations
North coast Columbia - where Pablos drug farms are located.
Pablos mansion - pablos home and base of operations
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Target Audience
Fans of comedy and crime shows will enjoy this show as it has elements of both genres. age ranges from 15-25 will enjoy this show as it would likely be shown on adult swim if not on netflix which is targeted at those age ranges. males and people interested in crime shows and drama.
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TV SHOW TREATMENT IDEAS THREE
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Genre and Synopsis
Sci-fi
Action
A group of surfers knocked out and drifted out to sea whilst surfing are abducted by a group of aliens. the aliens give the surfers the mission of finding out who is destroying the cosmic waves and stopping all the surf in the galaxy.
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Key Themes
Mystery - the surfers have to find out what is destroying the cosmic waves and who is behind it all
Friendship - the surfers must come together and overcome the evil corporation as one
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Key Characters – Detail them
Mick - The leader of the group. the best surfer in the group and the bravest, he is quite bossy however looks out for everyone in the team. He must try and rebuild his brothers relationship
Tony - the weakest surfer however he is determined to help the rest of the group. he must help take down the evil corporation
Clay - does not like working as a team and has no plan on helping the team. he must learn to become a better brother
Damien - The man in charge of the evil corporation. he hates surfers because his dad said he would never become anything if he kept surfing. he tries to destroy every beach in the universe.
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Unique Selling Points
it is a mix between extreme sports and sci fi which is not a very common cross over. this will attract fans of sci fi to extreme sports shows and the other way round hopefully.
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Locations
Bondi Beach - where the surfers hangout before being abducted
Cosmic beach on a distant planet - where the surfers are abducted to.
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Target Audience
18 - 30 year old as the show will have gritty and more complex and adult story lines than younger audiences will not be able to follow. males. interested in surfing and science fiction
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