Dark Side Of The Noon!

Now that we have completed our exercise in the TV studio that was based on making a paper aeroplanes  the real work starts!

Over the past couple of weeks, amongst the group we have began to research into many ideas that we can use for our 15 - 25 minute pilot television show that will be pitched to Channel 4.
This programme has to be alternative and quirky because it is going against the BBC News as it will be broadcast over the lunchtime hour.

We have decided to go for a 'weird and slightly out there' theme with our television show therefore with it being in the afternoon, we have decided to call it 'Dark Side Of The Noon'. Great hey!

Personally, I love this title for our show because its not like the normal, boring take on a programme such as 'Hollyoaks' or 'Cash in The Attic' so therefore it will catch the audiences eyes.

So in keeping with our 'strange' theme, we have all pitched ideas and have thrown out lots of emails to many companies. We have opted to go for either, a spooky paranormal take where we have found a society in Liverpool that are based around this, a medium/tarot card reader/psychic, The Liverpool Astronomical Society and Tattooing.

I think we all want to go for the tattooing idea because not only is it a very interesting job that people are able to tell deep meaningful stories about, it is also visually captivating and could look beautiful on screen if well lit. Ive sent out emails to tattooist's across Liverpool and the Wirral but not only do we need a tattoo artist, I thought it would look even better if we had a heavily tattooed model that would be able to come in and pretty much show off his/her tattoos! Fortunately, I emailed a model who goes under the name 'Hellcat' and pitched our idea to her. With her being a model I thought that she would hopefully be relaxed on camera as she is used to being in front of them. She said yes!
I also asked her if she would be able to answer some short questions about her tattoo's and her modelling career and if she could bring in archives of her modelling. As it is not set in stone that we are definatley going to go with tattooing having not yet heard back from an artist, I have let 'Hellcat' know the potential dates for filming and she has agreed that I can keep her in mind. Brilliant.

In keeping with the Dark Side Of The Moon theme, we have began upon looking up ideas for the set design and have opted for the set to be beautifully lit using purple lighting. I think its best if we get a definitive interviewee marked down before we discuss this any further.
So the ball has started rolling on this one now, we are just awaiting confirmation from contacts.

Keep coming back to see how I am progressing!