A Game Of Two Halves Aalyan Ali

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Plot
Follow storyline of 15 year old brown male
Raised in an a abusive and drug addicted family
Football as an escape route
PE teacher gives him opportunities to showcase ability
Opportunities don't work out initially
Loses faith and falls into depression and poor mental health
Turns to drugs to escape as it drugs are easily accessible for him
Meets Girlfriend who drags him out of this bad state
Regains faith in his ability
One last trial and he succeeds.
Plot twist at end of season as drugs are found in his bag in the dressing room before a cup final.

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Pilot Episode
Panning shots of Tyrone's area in which he grew up
Done so to set the scene
Switches to him playing football on the streets
Takes the ball to his midsection causing him to grunty this which makes the screen fade to black and switches to a black and white shot of him getting verbal abuse from his parents.
He storms out the house and meets a dealer who supplies him with cocaine
Fades into school shot of him in the playground, and being spotted by pe teacher
PE teacher tells him he has ability to make it far with football
Pilot episode ends on a cliffhanger with a football trial

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Target Audience
Age group 16 -25 ideal for bbc3 as they enjoy transgressive show
Also to target those who suffer domestic mental abuse to make them feel that they aren't alone. Further transgressive issues.
Provide helpline at end of each episode

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Production Companies
Red Production company - specialise in uk drama series
Big ballsmedia / copa 90 - specialise in uk football content and small online docu series.

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