Founded in 2003 Troubleshooter TV has helped many directors and broadcasters to create and sort out TV programmes using the C.O.N.F.L.I.C.T. model and the 100 Rules of television and to win awards and audiences around the world.
Find the fairy tale, find the reason for your hero to embark on an adventure, follow your hero through gripping struggle and adventure. See your hero change under the pressure. The archetypal old tales are the best, find one and stick to it! This might help:
C, find the Characters
O, think Out of the box
N, find a Narrative drive, the big question of the film leading to a big answer, and small questions and small answers that contribute to this
F, make a Front of your film that highlights are characters, why they are setting off, what they are up against, and the reason
L, love your characters and turn them into people
I, Interview for feeling, write short terse commentary for fact
C, Make your audience care, at every moment
T, get a timeline going from the start, find a good title, and stick to the truth
hopefully get watched