Type of Screenplay
The screenplay is a crime drama series that gives the audience a look at the fictional town of Bronkhorst. The screenplay shall have a run time of 45 minutes. As the screenplay features episodes of violence, strong language, and nudity, it shall be rated to be suitable only for mature audiences.
Target Audience
The media production targets demographics within the ages of 16-23-year-old American white and black males. The main reason for this is because most of the main characters are in this age bracket. The show hopes to capture audiences among college students and young working professionals. While creating a profile for the type of audience we want to attract, we thought of audiences that would enjoy TV productions such as “Power,” “Misfits,” ” Utopia,” and “Top Boy.” These are among the most popular media productions in this age group. Creations made for this demographic typically capture their audience through elements such as locations, themes, characters, and soundtracks. These were all taken into consideration when thinking about the type of audience to appeal to.
Characters
The screenplay features a total of four main characters by the names; Kamper, Hamid, Terrence, and Krip. All are men aged 25-27 years old. Kamper is Hamid’s childhood friend who recently got released from jail after a sting operation by the police foiled his previous drug peddling gang. The heavyset man is calm with a penchant for violence. The slimmer Hamid, on the other hand, is a cunning genius who always has the plan. Terrence and Krip are ring leaders of a rival gang who are currently embroiled in a turf war with Kamper and Hamid’s gang. Terrance is a short, stocky man with a lush beard. He is the calm mastermind and the brains behind the operation. Krip is the taller one among the two, a cold, calculating and hardened criminal with a strong gut feeling that always seems to get him out of trouble. Casting suggestions for Kamper include a black, heavy-built African-American man. Hamid is to be cast as a young Arab man. Casting suggestions for Terrence should consider a short young man of Italian descent. Krip should be cast as a young Caucasian man.
Setting
The drama is set in current-day Compton, in the fictional town of Bronkhorst. The screenplay takes place in the housing projects of Bronkhorst, in the inner-city ghetto neighbourhoods where all types of criminal activity flourishes and children are stuck in broken families. The overall air of hopelessness is riddled with wanton violence over drug-related crime among other types of illegal activity.
Plot structure
The screenplay begins with Kamper and Hamid’s exuberant reconnection after Kamper is released from prison. The two are out to make money as they have always been doing it by selling drugs. As they set out to build their empire on one end of Bronkhorst projects, Terrence and Krip are also getting ready to expand their already flourishing drug empire that boasts the most significant share of the Bronkhorst projects. Kamper and Hamid feel tormented by the apparent dominance of their arch-rivals who know control their streets. The streets that they – Kamper and Hamid, built into the thriving drug empire they are today. The stage is set for the showdown against the two gangs. Kamper and Hamid are aware of their inferior numbers and intend to use an inside man to gain an advantage over the opposing camp. Hamid gets close to Krip’s younger sister with the aim of siphoning whatever information he can about the gang. An attempt is made on Terrence’s life, and the information leaks become apparent. Krip finds out that his sister has been getting close to Hamid and is livid swearing to get revenge. The two camps take on each other in the streets of Bronkhorst and nothing is off-limits. As violence and gore come to a climax, Kamper is shot dead in a street fight. Hamid is forced to flee, and Terrence and Krip maintain a grip on the drug empire that is the streets of Bronkhorst.
Production techniques
The screenplay will employ several cinematic techniques that shall enhance the delivery of the plot. Relevant camera shots will include; eye-line match, cross-cutting, aerial, bridging, dissolve, deep focus, dolly, extreme close up, and, extreme long shots among others. The screenplay will heavily feature music from the hip hop genre as soundtracks between scenes and during scenes as well.