My logo

Well this is the final logo I have decided on for my sitcom...

A room with a few

Also as part of my I decided to make a theme tune for the opening. So I tried to write a song that I felt set the tone of the sitcom, something catchy and fun, so I got my guitar and wrote the lyrics and put some chords  to it, I asked my friend Glen to help me record it and I got him to play lead guitar and piano on the song while I played rhythm guitar and sang the vocals. I also asked Dan Baugh to come alone and film the making of to add to my package.

These are the lyrics.

This house falls on a vibrant street,
With fancy pubs and places to eat,
Good schools in this suburban town,
You feel that the office block is getting you down,
Contemporary art for the modern man,
Get off your back side and see all you can,
Look through the window and pull up a pew,
Cause it's all happening at a room with a few.

I thought to start with it was important to set the scene of where this house was while also connecting with the 3 main characters the line 'Good schools in this suburban town' is in reference to the character Carl as he is a P.E. teacher. 'You feel that the office block is getting you down' is in reference to the character Katie who hates her job in an office, and the line 'Contemporary art for the modern man' is a reference to the character Pete who is a bit geeky and into his art. And every where else I just tried to make the song as catchy as I could, I feel it sets the tone very well and I am very pleased with it.

A Room With a Few logo

After a meeting with my graphic designer a few weeks back these are some of the ideas we came up with for the logo for a room with a few. I decided on the idea of haveing a house as the logo and we thought it might be a good idea to make the O's look like window, I also thought it might be a good idea different fonts for each word, as it is called a room with a few I thought why not use a few different fonts!

and here is what my graphic designer came back with. I'm really pleased although I'm not sure if I like the font for the word 'Few'

New concept idea

I think I have come up with a good idea for the concept unit, after having doubts over my 'That's what I call entertainment' idea I have come up with a new one.

The working titles at the moment are 'House Share' or 'Room With a Few'

It is a sitcom about 3/4 professional people in their mid 20's that share a house, it will tackle issues such as dating, friendships and work with a lude/crude discussion

I kind of see it as Friends meets The Inbetweeners.

It is in its early stages at the moment but I will look forward to pitching it to Simon on Monday

What to do for concept?

As I mentioned in my previous blog I have some doubts on my 'That's what I call entertainment' idea. I have already started work on a new comedy called 'What A Life' but I was hoping to use that for my major project in the second semester so I am not really keen on using it for the concept unit. Decisions, decisions.

Now that's what I call entertainment

My idea for the production concept unit was to do my As live idea a entertainment chat show called 'Now That's What I Call Entertainment' the title comes from a play on words from 'Now that's what I call music' I want it to be like a new version of T.F.I Friday full of sketches and A-list celebrities from the world of TV, film and music.

The only problem is I don't think the writing is enough for what I want to achieve, I believe it is a good idea and would be a good show but I am not sure if I am selling myself short in terms of writing, so I have had to delve back in to my "think tank" and MAYBE come up with a new idea. 

Dissertation Bibliography

So far I have found some really good books to start me off with my dissertation, I have been reading The Television Genre Book edited by Glen Creeber, I think I have used this book in every single essay its a fantastic book that I find really helpful, Genre Screenwriting, how to write popular screenplays that sell by Stephen V Duncan. this book is great it covers every form of writing I see it as kind of an idiots guide, I love it. Other books i will be reading is The Sitcom by Bret Mills, Realism in TV by Raymond Williams Chavs by Owen Jones, British Social Realism for documentary's to Brit grit by Samantha Lay, I will also be "following the bread crumbs" from these books, I have also found some really good online sources like The Guardian on class and social realism.