| Description |
1 online resource (xi,136 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 What Is a Format? -- Going in Circles? -- Why Do Formats Matter? -- What Is a Format?: Three Paradoxes -- A Good Story -- Exercise: Getting Your Eye In -- References -- 2 Be Creative -- What Is Creativity? -- Getting to Know You: Some Insights From Jungian Psychology -- The Conscious and Jungian Typology -- The Jungian Unconscious -- But What About the Brain? -- Being Creative? -- Exercise: Flipping Modes -- References -- 3 Do Creative |
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Creativity as a Process: Some Background -- Prepare -- Play -- Participate -- Identify the Purpose -- the Big TEASER -- TE: Topics Or Trends Into Emotions -- A: Access -- S: Success -- E: Extremes -- R: Real Life -- Exercise: Practice Makes Perfect -- Get Picky -- References -- 4 Shape It -- Story Shapes -- Popular Format Story Shapes: The Three "Cs" -- Competition Formats -- Change Formats -- Choice Formats -- And Then There Was One... -- Exercise: Start at the End -- Building the Contours -- Exercise: Where in the World? -- But You Do Make the Rules -- Exercise: Who's in Control? |
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Story Dispensing -- Exercise: What Is the Trajectory? -- Back Round Again -- Exercise: Yes, But What Is It Really About? -- References -- 5 Build It -- Format Points -- Exercise: Stepping-Stones -- A Class Act -- Exercise: Act Up -- Keep the Beat -- Exercise: Finding the Beat -- Challenge It! -- Exercise: Set the Challenge/Get the Emotion -- A High-Wire Act -- Exercise: Take the Strain -- The Pot of Gold -- References -- 6 Design It -- Exercise: Getting Your Eye In (Again) -- Where in the World? -- Exercise: How Special Is "Special"? -- Sensible Advice -- Setting the Right Tone |
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Exercise: Striking the Right Note -- Good Value(s) -- Exercise: Set the Code -- Bringing It All Together: Mise-En-Scène -- Exercise: Detail It and Style It Out -- It's the One Where... -- Exercise: The One and Only -- Move Away From the Obvious? -- Exercise: Change Your Tune? -- References -- 7 Populate It -- What Is a Character? -- Story World Participant Roles -- Exercise: Hero of the Hour? -- The Antagonist -- Exercise: Opposing Forces? -- The Companion (Dispatcher/Helper/Mentor/Changemaker) -- Exercise: Three and Three -- Format Participant Roles -- Exercise: Who Is Invited? |
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Exercise: A Class Act -- Casting -- Finding Motivation -- Exercise: What's My Motivation? -- Note -- References -- 8 Drive It -- Driving Yourself -- Exercise: Know Your Drivers -- An Ideas Team -- Is Your Ideas Team "Just Right"? -- Exercise: Team Goldilocks -- Is Your Creative Climate Right for Ideas to Flourish? -- Driving Others to Believe in You -- Exercise: IWISHU -- Driving Others to Give You Feedback -- Exercise: Staying Positive -- Driving Others to Buy Your Format: Pitching! -- Different Forms of Pitches -- Pitch Content -- Bringing It Together and Keeping It Simple |
| Summary |
"Creating TV Formats: from Inception to Pitch takes the reader through a step-by-step process of how to generate ideas, develop story lines and characters, and hook an audience, while staying aware of the realities of the media landscape. Beginning with a discussion about what a TV format is, each chapter then introduces a key aspect of the development process, such as looking for ideas, shaping the underlying story, and thinking about participants. Practical exercises guide the reader through each stage of turning an initial idea or subject matter into a hook or insight; the importance of incorporating storytelling principles; and techniques for designing and populating a story world. Examples from successful television formats such as First Dates and The Great British Bake Off are interwoven throughout the book alongside exclusive insights from the key industry professionals who brought them to the screen. From short form digital content to longer unscripted series, this is an essential guide to discovering and developing formats for any media or television production student or early career development professional"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Television authorship -- Vocational guidance -- Great Britain
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Reality television programs -- Production and direction -- Vocational guidance -- Great Britain
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
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Television authorship -- Vocational guidance
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Marshall, Hazel, 1969- author.
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Green, Linda, 1973- author.
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| LC no. |
2023702631 |
| ISBN |
9781000805147 |
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100080514X |
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9781000805048 |
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1000805042 |
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9781003050650 |
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1003050654 |
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