Thursday 13 December 2012

Screenplay Research

“giving you access to commissioners and production departments but most importantly to the skills and experience of established writers”[1].
“At writersroom, the most important thing is our relationship with writers - and our ability, no matter how long it takes, to help them get their work commissioned and made”.[2]
At the BBC writersroom, they are looking for “those who want to write, who have an idea that is itching to get out, and who would like a guide or structure to help them take it from idea right through to a first draft”[3].
From the TV listings above, it shows that drama’s such as Merlin and Eastenders usually screen at around 8pm in the evening. It has competition from other channels such as ITV with shows like Coronation Street and Downton Abbey.
Inspector George Gently is a BBC produced drama about 3 members of the police force in Northumberland. The 3 characters are Inspector George Gently, Detective Sergeant John Bacchus and PC Taylor. The overview of the show is these 3 characters have to work together to solve crimes, with every new episode being a different story. It is a crime solving drama.
 There are a variety of different bbc dramas, here are some:
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Boys from the Black Stuff
- Casualty

- Holby City

- Merlin 

Research texts 

In the opening scene, in the episode 'Choices' on Silent Witness, you see Ainsley Modest dropping off his girlfriend, Helen Roach at a nightclub. After talking about and looking at the engagement ring which she is wearing, they both exit the car, with Helen walking out first to meet her friends. Modest parks the car and heads over towards the club when a car drives past and shoots at them using a machine gun. As a result of this, Modest's girlfriend Helen dies along with an innocent person. The characters involved in the scene were Ainsley Modest, Helen Roach and the doormen.


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