Aims and Intentions

I will be producing ‘Glitch’, a programme to be broadcasted on ITV for a millennial audience as a late night show. As a crime drama, it will follow some common stylistic effects that are often seen in crime dramas. In terms of camera, a common feature of crime dramas is the use of extreme/long shots, which creates a sense of vulnerability for the character in question. I will use this shot alongside a range of others in Glitch to enhance the vast size of the location verses the characters, really emphasising how finding her daughter, Asha, is like finding a needle in a hay stack. Contradictory to that, extreme close-ups are generic shot in crime dramas, used to highlight character’s emotions in tense or dramatic scenes. I thought I could use this when shooting Asha’s mum, Jodie, when she is talking about her missing daughter. Over the shoulder shots show the characters in context to their location, establishing their special relations, this would work for when I’m using talking-head shots for character conversations. Shallow focus is stylistic effect commonly used, as it draws attention to the characters, with the location still visible establishing a relationship between the character and their surroundings.

I intend on using heightened colours, brightening up the light and dulling down the dark to create a contrast. In my editing process I want to create this image where everything is slightly distorted with its colour or brightness, but only so much that you notice there is an abnormality without picking up on what it is. My idea here is to reflect the idea of a futuristic, dystopian society from the one we live in today, using editing to enhance this.

My production will appeal to its audience in a sense that is not an exact representation of our society. The focal point being on the theme of the show being on technology rather than group representation. Instead it is my vision of how our society could potentially become. My aim is to reflect many feelings millennials hold towards technology, specifically surveillance. Reflecting the split ideas with the younger end of millennials viewing it has a normality – it is the world they have grown up in – and the older part of millennials, where they have experienced a lack of technology and grown up as it grows alongside them. Representation of groups in society is something I will find difficult to convey in my programme; with a limited selection of actors, my cast will consist of a range of ages, from children to adults. As there are only two main characters, it will be difficult to produce equal representation of societal relationships. The mother-son relationship will be represented in a reflection to society, Jodie, the mother will compose an authoritative status, whilst Theo, her son will be predominately act as topic manager, introducing conversations. My main representation of society will be the relationship people have with technology. I want to exaggerate the

With the theme of a society run on technology, I want my magazine spread to exaggerate more on this, explaining to the audience the base narrative line of the programme. I want to create a missing person poster to feature in the double page spread. On it Asha will be pictured in a headshot with ‘GRL MISSING’ in the top third on the poster. To answer certain enigma’s of my programme that I will not be able to explain enough of in my 3 minutes, the double page spread will feature an interview with the script writer. For my front cover, I will create a medium close-up shot of the main characters, presented in stylish fashion and a glossy finish to appease traditional magazine aesthetics. The cover will also include a quote from the writer titles ‘Meet the creator of it all’.