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3. • The name of my show is: Breaking News.
• The show will have 10 episodes all with a 1 hour run length (including advertisements).
Breaking News is set in a fictional Newsroom/News Studio of a UK based news show
and follows the lives and trials of a group of journalists researching and presenting news
on TV.
• I came up with this idea by watching the news and wondering what went on behind the
scenes.
• The episodes of my show will be titled after songs by The 1975. In chronological order
their titles are The City, Facedown, A Change of Heart, Girls, Heart Out, Somebody Else,
Settle Down, UGH, Robbers and Antichrist.

4. Cast:
Diane Clarke- Gillian Anderson
John Clarke- David Tennant
Gillian Dixon- Karen Gillan
Rosa Gardner- Nathalie Emmanuel
Stuart Gregory- Richard Armitage
Gary Newell- Idris Elba
Sarah Chan- Gemma Chan
Main Crew:
Director- Nick Hurran
Writer- Sally Wainwright
Producer: Gillian Anderson
Executive Producer: Jed Mercurio

5. • The full budget for the 10 episodes of my TV Show
will be £26,500,000. This has been calculated using
industry standard prices to include important factors
in the creation of a TV Show.
• This will include Scripts, Producers, Camera Crew,
Wardrobe, Make-up, Hair, Actors and overheads.
• I will find this funding from ITV, who I intend will air
the show and will fund the creation of it in order for
it to be their show that they have had a hand in
creating.
Budgeting

7. The launch date of the pilot episode of
my show will be Friday 6th January 2018
with the final episode airing Friday 10th
March 2018 in order to be in contention
for the awards shows that take place
during this time.
Each episode of my show will be filmed in
9 days, making full filming around 3
months.
The full length of production will be 4
months.
Pre-production will start on 25th August
2017 and Post-Production will end 24th
February 2018

9. Target Audience
• The target age of my show will be 15 and over
• Because of this the show will be broadcast after the watershed
at 9pm.
• The show will contain some strong language, some violent
scenes and mild drug use.
• The target audience will also be predominantly female. The
show will not show any obvious political alignment, as usually
with presenting the news there can be political motivations
and in order to ensure my show is appealing to all, there will
be no obvious political alignment.

10. Marketing Plan
Adverts for my TV Show will begin to
air on ITV over 3 weeks before the
release.
The cast will do Interviews about the
show on British morning show Good
Morning Britain.
The poster for the show (right) shall be
put up on billboards and buses across
the country in order to advertise the
show to multiple audiences.

11. This is the design of the newsroom
that will be used in my show when
the news segments are on. This will
be critical to the series, although the
tone will not be so dark, the lighting
will be far lighter as it usually is on TV
I chose this design as it is
very professional and
unique and will be
symbolic of the unique
aesthetic of my show.

12. Costume
Designs
• Seen in
sample
footage
• Simple and
smart
workwear
• Main
character
• Main Character
• Formal and
Elegant
• Cheap
• Shows character
of main
protagonist
• Male lead
• 1st Half of series,
simple, formal
cheap
• Used to
highlight how
his character
changes
• Secondary male
character
• Simple and Cheap
• Highlights position in the
show

13. Set
Designs
This is the design of the newsroom that will
be used in my show when the news
segments are on. This will be critical to the
series, although the tone will not be so dark,
the lighting will be far lighter as it usually is
on TV. I chose this design as it is very
professional and unique and will be symbolic
of the unique aesthetic of my show.
This will be the design of the news
studio where the show is mostly set. It is
intended to look like a school/not like a
professional studio as the story will
include the fact that the owner bought
whatever he could afford and built
something up from nothing to become
a media dynasty.

14. Set Designs
This will be the design of the main
character’s apartment. This is simple
and cheap yet elegant, which will go
with the characteristics of the character
that owns the apartment. This will be
one of the sets that are constructed in
the studio and is included in the
budget.
This is the design of a bar in Liverpool
that will be rented out (cost included in
the budget). I chose this bar for its
design as it suits the aesthetic and the
characteristics of the characters in the
show.
This design will be altered to not
include a cityscape but will instead be
on top of the media building, with the
designs of the seats and the floor and
canopy.