Year 2 Term 1 W2 Commissioning Process Assessment

Paper version of Form here

Deadline Thursday 25th September

You need to hand in your Final answers here on Blackboard

The Commissioning Process

For this project you will be focusing on the commissioning process works for one of these 3 genres of TV programming on the BBC.

• Comedy
• Drama
• Children's BBC and CBeebies

Questions

The answers to questions 1 and 2 can be found here http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/briefs/tv/browse-by-genre/

1. Give a summary of the type of content and overview for each channel and what it expects and how does it differ depending on that channel. *

For Comedy and Drama look at BBC 1-4 and for Children’s compare Cbeebies and Cbbc

2. Who are the Audience for each channel for your chosen genre? Give examples. *

3. Finally explain in your own words the commissioning process. Remember to include what happens to the proposal once submitted and any details on Legal and ethical considerations: copyright; bias; censorship; watersheds; libel; plagiarism *

Use these sites to help you http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/pitching-ideas/how-it-works.shtml and http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/how-we-work/business-requirements/code-of-practice.shtml

Group? *

Week 2/3 The Big Bang Theory behind the scenes with the cast and crew [HD]

1. Who is the audience?

2. How does the show stay relevant to this audience?

3. What Show has a similar audience you can think of?

Week 1 Scriptwriting (AFI's Lights, Camera, Education!)

First Watch this


Task: Label using Photoshop the parts of this http://e-card.51.net/movie.scripts/Harry.Potter/Harry-Potter-and-the-Goblet-of-Fire.htm or another script. Post this on your blog

Use the below diagram and this link screenplay format website to help you.

Screenplay Labelled

CHEAP MOVIE TRICKS-QUICK SCRIPT IDEAS

Year 2 Term 1 W2 Commissioning Process Question 3 Detail/Help

3.How do you get a script commissioned, give examples I.e. BBC. 

Finally explain in your own words the commissioning process. Remember to include what happens to the proposal once submitted and any details on Legal and ethical considerations: copyright; bias; censorship; watersheds; libel; plagiarism *

Use these sites to help youhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/pitching-ideas/how-it-works.shtml andhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/how-we-work/business-requirements/code-of-practice.shtml

From these two sites you will need to get details on

• 3.1 What is the timeline that the BBC uses? (In other words how long will it take for the script to get through their system at each stage?)

• 3.2 What should the proposal include?

Also this site gives you an idea on how much the bbc pays http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/how-we-work/business-requirements/tariff-ranges.shtml

• 3.3 Tell me how much you might get for you drama script

You also might like to write about
Submitting Ideas from the public http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/pitching-ideas/ideas-from-the-public.shtml

A Serial is a story with multiple chapters.

A Series is a group or collection of independent stories with something in common.

Channel

Week 1/2 Starting your blog

• Create your Google Account
• now go to www.blogger.com
• Set up a new blog called yourfirstnameandinitialScript.blogspot.com
• Copy over my site to yours using gadget/bloglist then give me you blog url so I can add it to my site
• Read through the Assignment

Next week you will

• Write up notes from this  lesson under a post called Lord of the Rings role of the Writer
• Look for another example of a Film or TV show, try and look for a making of video or interview that gives you an insight into the writing of that Film/TV show

The Worst Line in Scriptwriting History

Screen Writting Advice