TREATMENT:

GENRE- Crime Thriller

CONCEPT- Took idea from the infamous Jack the Ripper murder case during the
1888. As for my idea, I am retelling the story of Jack the Ripper but in the point of
view of one of the main detectives on the case but as the story, goes on the
audience will realise that the detective is actually Jack the Ripper himself.
NARRATIVE- Majority of the script is told from Detective R. Hardys perspective.
In my idea, Detective R. Hardy is the main character as it is from his point of
view. Throughout the script, you will meet many secondary characters like
Hardys wife Jolene, who is Hardys Detective Partner. My idea is going to be set
in 1888, In Whitechapel District of East End of London. The premise starts on the
3rd April 1888 on a normal day at work. Seemingly normal throughout the day
hardly any crimes to solve. When the day meets nightfall, the normality of the
day changes as Emma Elizabeth Smith was found dead causing an uproar for the
Detectives. R. Hardy realises Whitechapel will never be the same again whilst
trying to uncover the truth and the suspect in this case. As more and more dead
body count connecting the suspect to be under the alias of Jack the Ripper,
Hardy discovers his own secret and his link to the murders themselves. After
regaining, all of those lost memory as he goes mad causing another version to
come spiralling out- Jack the Ripper is his spilt personality.
CHARACTERS PROFILES- Detective R. Hardy/ Jack the Ripper: A 30 year old
man. Who is a hard working excellent detective as he has solved 20 cases before
the most gruesome case turns up on his desk. He has been in the police force for
12 years. He is well regarded and well respected among his colleagues. He is
married to Jolene. He has no recollection of memory of any of the Ripper like
states as he always in a zoned out/possessed like state when the murders were
committed. He always wonders why Jack the Ripper has never been caught as he
himself is Jack the Ripper and the main detective on this case. Throughout time
of murders occurrences he gets fragments of his memory during the possessed
like state he realises that Jack the Ripper has been him the whole time. After
discovering that he himself is the infamous murderer, Jack the Ripper he tries to
cover up his doings by blaming it on someone else. Over time, he gains a guilty
conscious and discovers that he has a split personality. At the end, he goes mad
and sees his alternate personality that maliciously killed women in a Ripper
state.
Jolene Hardy: She is Detective R. Hardys wife. They have been married since
they were 19 years old. She is a Detective too as she is R. Hardys partner. She is
also well respected among the police force. She is 29 years old and have been in
the police force for 11 years. She finds out about his spilt personality and that
the murders that they are investigating has been his other persona as he comes
back home from one of the murders all bloodied up and meets Jack the Ripper in
him. She finds out before R. Hardy does yet she keeps it a secret and helps him
through it, as she loves him unconditionally no matter what he has done even
though she does know it was not he it was his spilt personality.
TARGET AUDIENCE- For my project the target audience would be aimed at 25-
40 year olds as the theme is very mature and deals with the true story of the
gruesome murders that Jack the Ripper committed during that time. As it would
not be suitable for younger generations as you see an aspect of the murderous
reality and it features the theme of mental disorder as my main character
Detective R. Hardy discovers that he has a split personality, which is Jack the
Ripper. In addition, my script would be aimed at higher classes like A-B
demographic because the language used will be very sophisticated and at a high
level due to period of time it is set in and the status the Detective upholds.
WHERE IT WILL BE AIRED? - It will be shown on BBC 1 because similar projects
have been broadcasted on the Channel and BBC 1 has the majority of the
specific target audience that my project is targeted towards. As the context of
the series is very mature and suitable for audiences as the younger generation
wont be likely to be watching programmes on BBC1, Channel 1 type of channels.
I have taken inspiration from Ripper Street TV show and the actual case of Jack
the Ripper that took place in 1888.
BUDGET- On average, it would cost 2-3 million in production value per
episode. In addition, it would cost overall 20million to film the whole series. This
may change, as there are different factors that may contribute to the increase or
the decrease of the overall budget, such as how big the actors are in the
industry. I took slight inspiration of how much production value my TV series will
be from Ripper Street overall budget, which was 20 million. From two sources
it said that Ripper Street had employed a 5,000 Irish cast, extras and crew
providing 170,000 Irish work hours per series which was shot in Dublin. The
production budget had to include paid work for the cast and crew meaning that
huge section of the budget was to pay the workers. Although Ripper Street was
a commercial and critical success, it did lose 3.4million in pre-tax loss.
According to BBC tariffs, the TV series would cost 175-220k for tariffs per hour.
Independent.ie. (2017). 'Ripper Street' firm posts loss despite show's success -
Independent.ie. [online] Available at: http://www.independent.ie/business/ripper-
street-firm-posts-loss-despite-shows-success-30407623.html [Accessed 9 Mar.
2017].
Irishexaminer.com. (2017). Loss of 3.4m for firm set up to produce 'Ripper
Street'. [online] Available at:
http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/features/loss-of-euro34m-for-firm-set-up-
to-produce-ripper-street-274393.html [Accessed 9 Mar. 2017].
UNIQUE SELLING POINT- The unique selling point of my production is that this
version of the Jack the Ripper story is told from the perspective of the
killer/detective himself. As the infamous story of Jack the Ripper, has always
been told from an outside source meaning that my production will give the
audience a peek at the psychosis of the killers mind, which has never been done
before.