Unit 21 M3: Pitch feedback

The client for BBC three was represented by Kristel Hutchings and Alex Van Zomerplaag. and after my pitch, she quizzed me on all the gaps and issues that may arise or are present in my TV show idea. Here are some of the gaps and issues she found:
  The first issue she had was the ambition and topics of the show. She felt that the show was too ambitions and big for BBC Three and more suited for either BBC One or Two because of all of it's complexities and big topics that are touched upon in the first season. She was concerned that the topics are something that a wider audience would want to see and the aspirations both with what will be explored and the budget would be too big for a typical BBC Three show.

  The second issue was with who the primary protagonist(s) is for the show. The concern came from the fact that I have so many characters that the show looks at that BBC Thee's audience may not be able to relate with all the characters, and that I had to focus on one or two characters rather than the seven key characters. The fact that I mentioned that the audience would hopefully be able to relate to at least one of the characters is possibly another reason why Kristel mentioned this as she knows that a lot of people who are part of BBC Three's target audience won't retain their interest if there are so many characters in focus who they can't elate to and would need so much character development for a show with such a serious tone.

  The third question was slightly related to the second - relating to the audiences interest in the show. Kristel asked if the two families were connected in anyway to see how the two story-lines are connected to each other. Admittedly there isn't a strong correlation and link between the two families and this could cause some confusion with the audience as they may not see a direct link between the characters. This was echoed in the clients concern about why Lucy-Sky Walker would care or be concerned in the slightest about the Adeola family when she doesn't know them and has no relation or link to the family.

  The fourth concern was about the characters themselves and mainly their character arcs, development and personalities. Kristel was concerned that the characters could be really basic and simple - which can easily happen with a show so topic heavy with so many characters within an eight episode season. What were the characters going to do throughout the season? Were they just gong to try to accomplish one thing and when they complete it their character arc is over? All these questions had to be answered.

  Question five touched on potential future seasons, what would happen and how much potential the show has. This question was looking more at what the span of the show would look like: how the first season would end and the second begin, what happens through out the second and the overall end goal for the characters and the show by the last episode. I believe the aim of the show and what it should be aiming to accomplish at the end of the last ever episode is the most vital part of this question. This was also a large part of the next question which was "What is the overall goal/aim of the show?". This is looking at aspects like viewing figures, characters arcs - or current and new characters, the message of the show to the audience, the take-away from the show and how the show will handle and achieve it.

  My lack of clarity on some of the topics that would be raised throughout the show made the client question the topics and asked me to explain what was meant by some of them, especially the topic of religion. The client was unsure if I meant that the characters become more religious or lose their faith as time goes on. I also inferred from this question that I had to explain what the show would explore about faith and religion.

  The Budget was a question and worry that came up as the client was worried about how I'd manage to pull off some of the big scenes - like when the Adeola family are at sea - or with the animation that will be used from time to time on such a small budget for everything to be completed.