Production Concept: My Production

My production concept is going to be a crime drama series that is centered around a heist and the lives of the five criminals that are involved. 

Ive decided to name the series 'Classified'. The word 'classified' is synonymous with crime and police cases, and is also relative because part of the narrative will be after the heist, during the police investigation, which itself will be classified. 

There are five characters who all have individual back stories and circumstances that mean they have no choice but to take part in the heist. The main character is an ex convict who needs one last job to pay his outstanding debts from his earlier days. He sets out to find four accomplices who together will make the perfect team to carry out the biggest heist of his life. Although in doing so he may share some classified information with the wrong people. Each episode we focus on the circumstance that each character is in, and why they eventully agree to be part of this criminal scheme, whilst also seeing the heist take place throughout. 

Initially i decided to have six episodes, each forty-five minutes (an hour slot including ads), mainly because i have five characters and the heist. (forty-five minutes each). However im currently in the stages of researching suitable broadcasters and this may change depending on which is best suited. 

Production Concept: Brief and Initial Ideas

For this unit we were given the task of creating a concept for a production of any genre, length, style and format. There are no limitations when it comes to cast, crew, budget or location but they should all be suitable for the production. We will need to plan and arrange all elements of the pre production so that theoretically production could start the next day. 

When we were given the brief my first thoughts were to make a dating show, but when the idea of having no limitations was emphasised i decided i wanted to go with a slightly bigger concept. I decided on a gritty crime drama, focusing on a high production value. I have always enjoyed crime dramas, especially the more modern, dark and gritty kind.