-The Inbetweeners
The Inbetweeners series follows the life of teenager Will and his three friends at fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive, their actions and how they are on a day to day basis.
- Final episode peaking at 3.071 million viewers on E4
- 3 successful series
The shows format of having four teenage boys is something which we decided from the start would be a good idea to fit with our film. By having four instead of any other number means that there wont be too many in the group making it harder for the audience to familiarise themselves with the individual characters and also means there wont be too little giving a lack of range of character and personality. As with the success of Big Bang Theory and the Inbetweeners, we can be confident that the plotline of having four lead character will work and be recieved well by audiences. Below are extracts taken from character profiles (e4.com/inbetweeners) giving an insight into their personalities:
"Hello, i’m William McKenzie and i’m proud of how well i’m doing at making friends in my new school. So far i’m up to one real friend (simon) a sort of semi-mate, who’s really a friend of his (neil) and a person i sort of hang around with but to be honest i think is a dickhead (Jay Cartwright).
Acceptance isn’t all, i know that, but it is a nice thing and i understand it will take time. I could do with it taking a bit less time, but there you go."
-Academic, truthful, misfit, 'nerd'
Acceptance isn’t all, i know that, but it is a nice thing and i understand it will take time. I could do with it taking a bit less time, but there you go."
-Academic, truthful, misfit, 'nerd'
"Erm, hello. I’m Simon. My mates call me Si.
I go to a fairly uninspiring school in a fairly uninspiring town. What can I tell you about Rudge Park? Well last year one kid wrapped a bike chain around Tony Garner’s head because he tried to start a drama club. It’s fair to say it’s not a great school."
-Naive, clever, obsessive, bad hair
"Right, hello bitches. My name’s Jay. First off, this is not one of those blogs that twats write to make them feel like they’ve achieved something with their lives. “oooh this is what I think, isn’t it important, but also funny.” No, it’s not. It’s embarrassing. No one cares. Grow up. Stop clogging up the internet."
-Confident, cocky, self assured, obnoxious
"Alright? I’m not too bad, cheers. My name is Neil Sutherland and i’m in the sixth form at Rudge Park Comprehensive. I have no idea how i passed enough GCSEs to get in, but i’m well glad i did because it’s a laugh most of the time and a doss and beats the shit out of working i reckon. That looks well hard. A mate of mine is a panel beater and he’s always well knackered in the evening."
- Happy go lucky, dim, funny, easy to talk with





The crucial thing is to link this into what you are planning - how might you apply these ideas to your final project. In particular, how will you develop the characterisation in the short time you have for the opening sequence? You need some very clear and focused editing.
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