2. Idea
Seven teenagers attend a college for people with
supernatural powers. They get set a challenge:
complete and practice a dance for the college’s big
dance competition. They split into two groups and
‘abuse’ their powers to gain advantage and to
manipulate the other team.
3. Audience research
we created a poll and posted
it on facebook to see what
webisode idea our friends
like the best.
As you can see the sci-fi +
horror/thriller idea both came
first with 3 votes each.
This means that people aged 16-19 prefer horror and
sci-fi.
4. Generic conventions: sci-fi
A generic premise of a ‘sci-fi’ could be:
a setting in the future, in alternative timelines, or in an historical
past that contradicts known factors of history.
A setting in outer space, on other worlds, or involving aliens.
Stories that involve a discovery or use of new technology.
5. Generic conventions: dance
Generic conventions of a dance film normally involves a
love story and some dancing.
Sometimes dancing happens in ‘fantasy space’.
Often involves a struggle against “better” dancers
6. Generic conventions: comedy
‘Teen Comedy - Often set in school and involving
conflicts with authority
Social Comedy - drawing on class conflict and social
realism.
Romantic Comedy - a popular hybrid, targeted at
women and couples.
