Summer

Lauren Parkes

My Adaptation

• I am going to adapt an album into a TV series something that has not been done before. I am going to use 5 Seconds of Summer’s self entitled album as the basis of the show. I am adapting it into this because, there has been nothing like this before and I believe that this album has a good structured narrative to it.

Genre and Narrative

• The main genre for this TV show will be Romance as it will be about 2 peoples love for each other. The sub-genre will be teen drama as there are many dramatic episodes I will make from the album.

• The narrative will start with the boys love at first sight but she is already in a relationship, during the middle, the girl splits up with her boyfriend because the boy persuaded her to leave him, this resolves her to fall in love with the boy, however the boy is leaving the country so the girl must confess her love for him.

Constraints and Opportunity

• As this is an album there has not been, to my knowledge, any albums that have be adapted into a TV series, therefore this is a risk, because this could be the first of its kind. Also to do this I am going to need to buy rights from 5 Seconds of Summer and have permission to make this into my own interpretation of the album.

• An Opportunity for this will be as this has the potential to be the first of its kind to be changed from an album to a TV show, if successful, this opens up the door for other TV shows to be based around an album.

Target Audience• The core target audience will be fans of 5 Seconds Of Summer

aged between 12-21, they will be both males and females. This demographic would enjoy my adaptation they would like the 5 Seconds Of Summer album meaning they would want to see how it is when it’s changed into a TV series. They will be in social grouping E as they are in education and will have disposable income due to having no bills to pay, they will be living at home with parents or guardians. The additional audience will be 25-35 year olds, they will be females who are interested in teen dramas and romances like Jane The Virgin, they will be in social group C1 & C2, they will be people, that go to university or have a job, therefore will have to prioritise their money. They will live in a rented apartment, with this they will pay their TV license.

Cinematic Ideas

• What makes my idea distinctive is that the TV show will be based around an album, this has never been done before so this makes my idea unique. The main part of the TV show will be starring Luke Mitchell, he is known for starring in the soap Home and Away and Talulah Riley who starred in Inception and Thor.

Storyboard Extract

• My storyboard Extract shows the opening in a club, we have 2 establishing shots in and out the club, we then track in on a boy and girl. They are having a conversation near the bar while music is being played in the background, this shows the first meeting of the people that are going to star in the whole series.