PREVIEW DISCOP2011
The show:Stage The producer:Zodiak Finland The distributor:Zodiak Rights Concept: Entertainment format in which dif- ferent high schools compete to put on the best musical production Airing: Nelonen (Finland) Stage is a Finnish-originated format that pits different groups of school children against each other as they attempt to put on the best
musical.The winner puts on their production, under the guidance of local theatre impresa- rio Marco Bjurström,over a summer run a Helsinki theatre.Zodiak Finland made the show and Zodiak’s sales arm will be selling the format at Discop. “It’s one of those shows where you have to
put your cynicism to one side,”explains Paul Martin,VP,entertainment at Zodiak Rights. “On the surface it seems in line with other performance shows out there,but it is very different and sets out to be that
way.Some of the singers and dancers are not the best in the world,but it’s a show that is greater than the sum of its parts – it’s not about exploiting the kids taking part, it’s about empowering them.”
Six schools compete,each producing their
own show with an original storyline. “It’s like a real-life Glee,”Martin says.“
The show:The Substitute The producer: Embassy Row The distributor: Sony Pictures Television Concept: Fast-paced gameshow format in which a substitute teacher turns out to be a quizmaster Airing:MTV (US) Discop will be the first time that Sony has completed episodes of its new gameshow The Substitute to show buyers.Having been picked up by MTV in the US,Sony is shop- ping both the finished US version and the format,in which a class of students find out their substitute teacher is in fact there to present a high-energy quiz that offers the winner a cash prize. In the 20x30mins version for MTV in the
US,John Gabrus is the “teacher”springing the surprise on the room of teenage students. “The kids are sitting there bored and the
host,who is a comedian,actor and presenter, goes in as their substitute teacher. It’s a fun,
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high-energy, fast-paced gameshow – it’s an ambush quiz,”explains SPT’s Jane Dockery. The initial line-up of 20 students is whittled
down in head-to-head trivia challenges including stuff the kids should know (history, science and so on) and things they like (video games,music and so forth).This five then bat- tle it out over another round that includes a physical
challenge.The winner must then battle against another student chosen by the class in the final round in which they must match their answers against those given in a poll of 100 students. If the student that won the earlier rounds triumphs,he or she pock- ets the cash.If the challenger wins, it is shared among the class.
The show: Titanic The producer: ITV Studios,Lookout Point, Sienna Films,Mid Atlantic Films The distributor:ZDF Enterprises, ITV Studios Concept: Four-part drama about the sinking of the famous ship Airing: ITV (UK),ABC (US),Global (Canada), Channel Seven (Australia),SVT (Sweden), TVNZ (New Zealand),TV3 (Ireland) A number of international buyers will get the chance to visit the production set of big- budget, four-part drama series Titanic thanks to German and CEE distributor ZDF
Enterprises.Fred Burcksen,VP, sales,merchan- dising and coproductions says that it is
The Stage (top),The Substitute (above)
organising a visit on Tuesday 21st June as the series,which was written by Downton Abbey and Gosford Park screenwriter Julian Fellowes, is being shot in Budapest. “We picked up the German-speaking rights
and for Central and Eastern Europe so it’s going to be a highlight for Discop,”he adds. The series,which is produced by ITV Studios Global Entertainment,which is co- distributing,has already been picked up by US network ABC as well as broadcasters in Australia (Seven) and Canada (Global).
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