M3- Understanding feedback.

 Final Pitch

Questions and answers (further detail in green):

1.  How will you do a period piece for BBC3, since they are not often known for them?       Although the format of a period piece is new for the BBC3 (and may bring in a new but slightly different niche audience), I will try to stick to BBC3s core concept of creating tightly written character dramas. I will also do further research and watch dramas which have aired on BBC3 in order to ensure that my drama fully follows its conventions and core design ideas.
2. How will you try to keep the budget low?                                                                                                Despite the period piece style, I will try to reduce costs by focusing my show around characters and their relationships over any expensive spectacle, as well as. using a limited number of locations, preferably ones which already fit in with victorian aesthetics.  I also believe that the smaller scale of the show will help more with costs, as the limited number of characters (with most scenes featuring two playing off each other or one on their own) will lead to less cost in hiring actors, where most other shows feature a larger and more expensive ensemble cast.
3.  How is the show different from the Thomas Crowne affair?                                                             Although I have not seen the movie, I will try to differentiate myself from it through a different and subversive narrative, as well as its overall parody of Sherlock Holmes and the detective topes which have grown around it. After doing further research into the movie, I believe I can differentiate from it through my use of the longer screen time allowed to a TV show, being able to include much more complex character arcs, as well as using the framework of a detective whodunnit over a crime thriller film.
4. What reference points did you use when creating the show, and did they do something similar?         I have not myself seen any media which has done this specifically, and I will try to differentiate myself from similar shows through the use of characters and the use of dramatic and episodic storytelling. As for the detective storytelling, I based the visual design off of classic Sherlock Holmes stories and different pastiches of it, where the storytelling itself was based around different shows which base themselves on games of cat and mouse, with the most famous one probably being death note.                                                         
5. Which specific part of the victorian era is the show set in, and how is this different from other detective stories?                                                                                                                                 I could set the story more in the early victorian era, as this is a period of time not often represented in the media, and especially not in detective stories. I will do further research into this era when creating my setting and narrative, and will try to find aspects of it which will be fresh and new to a general audience. 
6. How will you make sure that your target audience can relate to the more outlandish characters?            I will make sure that the characters are both around the age of our target audience (young adults) as well as focusing on incredibly human and relatable struggles around relationships and looking for purpose. I shall try to do a bit of research into struggles facing my target audience today and their outlooks and thoughts on them, in order to greater relate to them and make the show seem more appealing.
7. How will the season play out episodically?                                                                                           I will structure the series around a series of revelations ( or clues) at the end of each episode which will build up over time towards the finale. This will make the show structurally similar to one large detective story, with more and more being revealed over time until the climax of the story brings everything together.