Looking through the 3 ideas that I narrowed down there was only really one I had my heart set on. I tried to look at the 3 subjectively, but hey, it's my final major project so I am allowed to have a bias. Granted I want to make all of them at some point, but as I can only make one, I have chosen to focus in on a short film with a view to sell it has a TV show.
The reason I want to go for this is mostly because of the timing of things. Amazon Prime, a key streaming service we want to target, is priming (pardon the pun) to release it's biggest show yet, that being a car show staring ex-top gear presenters James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson. When the show drops, million more will be attracted the to service. By getting a show into production now, we can have it released just as the new "Top gear" finishes. With all the new hype around the service, are viewing figrues will be through the roof compared to last year.
This careful timing will hopefully allow us to build the show with a second series. Not only will it be a lot of fun and earn us a good deal of money, but it will also give me great contacts in the industry and cred to be able to proceed with more projects whether they be in TV or film.
The film is also much further through it's development stage than the other ideas. This allows me to not have to start from scratch and means that I can focus on the important things, without having to waste time tooing and frooing over the little things.
Hopefully, with any luck we will come out of this with not just a great short film, but the bases for a TV series which would be seen by millions. However, simply producing a short film does not mean a studio will pick up your project. To get my chances even higher, I will be conducting research into what makes a show attractive to a studio, the dos and don'ts of pitching a show and interviewing those who have walked through the fire and came out the other-side only slightly singed.
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