Creating a Purpose | Development

After our tutorial we got together and thought about what our purpose for the show is.

Before this, our group had a few changes: It'll just be me, Nisserin and Laura throughout both pre-prodution and major project. This decision was made because we all released that the editing process was something we all wanted some involvement in and Josh decided he wanted to make his own video. This is a better decision for our group as it means we all understand the show and we all want the same things going into the edit.

When thinking about why the audience would want to watch David & Jackie's lives, we had to think about a goal that the characters might have to carry on throughout the whole series. This way the audience has a journey to go on with the characters.
Simon gave us the idea, during our tutorial, that maybe they both strive for fame, and the series is following them doing crazy things in order to make them famous. He told us to look into the old TV sitcoms 'Terry and June' and 'Only Fools and Horses' for some examples of purposes within shows.

Upon looking at these shows, we found that the characters are striving towards a certain goal throughout the whole series. This engages the audience as it gives them something to update on when watching each episode, one after the other. It almost makes the audience feel more involved with the story, creating the sense that both the characters and the audience are going on this journey together.
We obviously were very keen on the audience going on a journey with the characters, so we thought about Simon's idea a little further.

As a group we discussed the notion of Jackie (name TBC) wanting to be young, and David (name TBC) wanting to be famous, but we still needed to find a reason for this want in their lives. Simon, in our meeting, gave us the idea that maybe they don't have any contact with their children/grandchildren because they aren't deemed as 'cool'. So their reasoning for wanting to be young and famous would be to get some recognition and contact from their offspring.
I thought this was a good idea, but myself and the others were attached to the grandchildren characters too much to let go of them.
We have decided to think about this separately and then come together in our future team meeting and make a decision on what our purpose is going to be.