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By Haydn Williams

What am I adapting?

• My adaptation is based on the Friends TV series and I plan to adapt it into a film. I plan for the film to last at least 90-100 minutes long. The film is going to focus on the life’s of the group after they have started their new life’s and are now living outside the city. The film will have similar characteristics of the original TV series so it will attract the original fan base that the series had.

Genre • The genre of this film is going to follow the TV series so it will

mostly be comedy with a little bit of drama because I want to portray how they have grown up since they have split up and started living there own life’s. However I still plan to keep the comedy aspect so that the audience will be able to enjoy and get a feel of the original TV series.

• The film will be certificated at 15. This will because it will contain a lot of adult themes and sexual references. There will be some mild language but noting too extreme. As I'm going for a comedy/drama genre there won’t be any action.

Narrative • Narrative- Monica and Chandler will be taking a vacation with their

adopted child when Monica surprises chandler by telling him that she's invited the rest of the group. After everyone arrives we see joeys girlfriend arrives which sparks an argument. We see the friends make up in a local coffee shop and then plan to go on a helicopter trip. As the trip begins we see a fault appear and the helicopter crash happens. This is when we see the friends come together as they are stuck in the middle of the woods. Here I will portray the friendship from the TV series as we see the group work together to get back to the cabin.

Constraints and opportunities• A typical constraint that will affect the adaptation and make it difficult to

produce and become a successful idea will be the budget. Because I'm trying to adapt the idea from a sit com I'm going to need a better budget because the equipment that is going to be used will be a lot more advanced. Ethical issues might come into play as well as some of the jokes that are made might offend some of the audience.

• Opportunities that could be in place for this adaptation will be that if the budget isn't that great then it might lead the film to having more of a sit com feel to it which will appeal to the original audience. The ethical issues could also mean that the audience won’t react bad to the jokes and t could improve the film.

Target audience • The main target audience will be the original fan base of the

TV series so it will be roughly 15-25 year olds. This will be age range because I think they will be able to relate a lot to the film as well because it shows the change from early 20’s to settling down towards their 30’s.

• The cast of the adaptation will be the cast that appeared within the original series. This will mean that my audience will also be familiar with the cast.

Cinematic ideas

• In the film the only CGI that will take place will be the helicopter crash scene. But I'm trying not to use a lot of CGI or special effects because I want to try and keep the original sit com feel to it.

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