P2F - Legal and Ethical Issues

P2F – Relevant legal and ethical issues

Copyright

For my drama there are a lot of things to think about in terms of legal rights for example there are a lot of companies that buy and stream programmes to the public. Companies like Netflix will give money to the production company to stream it on their service. This will give them the right to stream the programme to their viewers for a certain period of time, after this time is up the licence will have to be renewed for a different price depending on how successful the movie is. This will be a good source of income and a good opportunity to spread the drama to millions of viewers as millions of people have a Netflix subscription and it will be watched daily.

The programmes soundtrack and feature songs’ licence will have to be obtained for a certain price. This will allow for the production company to licence the songs for the drama and nothing else.

Ethical Issues

There are some ethical issues that need to be addressed as the show is very brutal and portrays the darker side of life within society. The drama will have to keep certain ethical groups happy as some scenes may be so graphic that some scenes will be very upsetting and so many precautions will have to be taken in order to keep everyone happy. These issues will be addressed in an orderly manner with many assessments being taken across all of the scenes

P2E - Production Plan

P2E – Production Plan from Rhys Spence-Robb

P2C - Target Audience

P2C – Target Audience

The detective drama will target more mature audiences from around 20 to 40 years old as a lot of the scenes in the show will require a knowledge to understand the concept.

Research shows that the more professional spectrum of people should be targeted as they will have a better understanding of some of the issues and content within the show

The show will stay gender neutral throughout as many of the lead characters are of mixed genders and there is no specific target towards a gender.

P2B – Cast

P2B – Cast

Cast:

Catherine Lancashire – Lynn Bennett (DI Bennett)

Julie Graham – Kate Dane (Superintendent Dane)

John Simm – Tony Whelburn (DI Whelburn)

Marshall Lancaster – Gary Burton

Daniel Mays – Oscar Beck

Vicky McClure – Jane Brooks

Charles Dance – Henry Madison

Douglas Booth – Tony Coburn

Sarah Lancashire – Lynn Bennett (DS Bennett)

•Catherine Lancashire is an English actor born in Oldham on the 10th October 1963.

•She has starred in many other productions for the BBC in the past e.g. Happy Valley and The Last Tango in Halifax.

•She will be familiar with the BBC and the way they film the productions.

•Her USP is that she can fulfil the role of a detective easily and will be well suited to the role.

John Simm  – Tony Whelburn (DI Whelburn)

•Award winning English Actor born and raised in Leeds.

•He has been nominated twice for a BAFTA and is a Laurence Olivier Award Nominee for best actor.

•Has appeared in TV dramas in the past with one of the best known one being The Village, shown on BBC one.

•His USP is that he is well known throughout the BBC and has the ability to create the character I am looking for.

Julie Graham – Kate Dane (Superintendent Dane)

•Scottish TV and film actress, born in Irvine, Ayrshire on the 24th August 1965.

•Has appeared in many other BBC dramas including Midsummer Murders and Shetland.

•She has a lot of past experience in TV dramas and mini-series and so could fulfil the role very professionally making the overall production more professional.

•Her USP is that she can create a very serious character very effectively and has a strong fan base both online and on the TV especially since she was casted in the popular TV show Benidorm.

•Marshall Lancaster – Gary Burton

•Marshall’s USP is that he has been in many different detective dramas before and would be used to performing the role of a criminal

•Daniel Mays – Oscar Beck

•Daniel’s USP is that he has attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and so will be suitable to the role in the drama

•Vicky McClure – Jane Brooks

•Vicky’s USP is that she has starred in BBC dramas including Line Of Duty which means that she can perform a very serious character

•Charles Dance – Henry Madison

•Charles’s USP is that he is a very serious actor and very experienced within the BBC starring in some of the biggest hit drama and so will have a lot of experience and can suit the role

•Douglas Booth – Tony Coburn

•Douglas studies at Lingfield Notre Dame School and so will be experienced and very professional when it comes to his role

P2A - Treatment

P2A - Treatment

Title: In the Shadows

Running Time: 60 mins per episode

6 episodes per season

Genre: Detective Drama

Synopsis: In a small town in the Lake District there has been a murder, three detectives are assigned to the case as there seems to be a lot more going on behind the scenes. Together they have to put the pieces of the puzzle together to find out who is behind it but everything is not as it seems.

Key Scenes: Murder scene, detective meeting scenes, building up to crimes scenes, more crimes around town, corrupt officer scenes, discovering truth scenes, finishing scenes.


Character List:
Catherine Lancashire – Lynn Bennett (DI Bennett)
Julie Graham – Kate Dane (Superintendent Dane)
John Simm – Tony Whelburn (DI Whelburn)
Marshall Lancaster – Gary Burton
Daniel Mays – Oscar Beck
Vicky McClure – Jane Brooks
Charles Dance – Henry Madison
Douglas Booth – Tony Coburn

P1H

The BBC regulation body is OFCOM. OFCOM oversee many aspects of the BBC Productions. Blow is a list of OFCOM regulations given to the BBC.​

Persons under eighteen are protected;​

• Material likely to encourage or to incite the commission of crime or to lead to disorder is excluded;​

• That the proper degree of responsibility is exercised with respect to the content of religious programmes;​

• Generally accepted standards are applied so as to provide adequate​

protection for members of the public from the inclusion in services of​

offensive and harmful material; and​

• There is no use of techniques which exploit the possibility of conveying a message to viewers or listeners, or of otherwise influencing their minds, without their being aware, or fully aware, of what has occurred​

P1G

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