The Anchor-man: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Everyday AnchormanA collective of short 20 minute episode adaptations of the movie franchise Anchorman, taking place between Anchorman and Anchorman 2

My adaptation of the Anchorman will be a comedy. The sub-genre will be drama just like it was in the films.

Genre and Narrative

As the adaptation will be a collective of 20 minute episodes that follow Ron Burgundy throughout his hilarious life, as he pranks those around the office and faces off against other news crews in news crew battles. There will be many sub narratives with beginnings , middles and ends within the 20 minutes limit of each episode (with some narratives spanning over two episodes). However there will be an overall narrative leading the story from the end of the first film to the start of the second.

Narrative

The cost of production will be higher than an average TV cartoon. As the cast is filled with stars, this would make it very expensive to hire so many stars to film many episodes.Certification and censorship will be needed in filming of this TV show, as just like in the Anchorman films there will be inappropriate scenes. However bad language will not be censored, as it will showed after watershed.

The adaptation allows the Anchorman story to progress in between films. This allows the progression of existing characters and their relationships, and the introduction of new characters into the storyline. This is good for the Anchorman universe, as it allows more elaborate interesting films due to the initial introduction to the story in the film being done through TV episodes.It will cheaper than creating a separate live action film to fill in the spaces in the story as scenery, extras, props and expensive camera equipment isn't needed to make a cartoon.

Constraints and opportunities

The main audience for my adaptation will be Anchorman fans. As they're the most likely to be viewing it, as they are already interested in the Anchorman franchise.The secondary audience will be comedy fans, as the main major genre will be comedy (as it was in the films) so I intend to stick to the genre of comedy through the adaptation.Target audience

As my adaptation will be a cartoon and a comedy the use of cinematography isn't as important, due to the content of the narrative being the main focus rather than the visual aesthetic. (for example in other American comedy cartoons such as the Simpsons, American Dad and Family Guy. Where the POV tends to be looking in onto a scene as if it were a studio performance instead of having many different types of shot).

The adaptation will be Illustrated similarly to Family Guy and American Dad. This is because it has become more normal for comedy cartoons to take this form. By using this type of style, the genre of the cartoon will be easily recognisable to fans of comedy cartoons.Cinematic ideas