Trend of 2014: Scripted Formats

According to TV market experts, scripted formats are on the top of their popularity in 2014 and the production of formats based scripted series moves into top gear. Special screening FRESH TV: SCRIPTED FORMATS held in the course of MIPTV content market in Cannes was another proof of the 2014 trend. Worth mentioning that the most of the scripted formats are familiar to the audience worldwide thanks to the success of the original series they are based on.

International conference and TV formats screening Format Show (September 15, 2014), will include screenings of scripted formats from across the globe as well. And the following is the overview of some of the scripted formats presented in Cannes.

Wentworth (Territory of Origin: Australia; Original Series Premiere: May 2013)

Distribution: FremantleMedia

Genre: Prison drama

Adaptation: Germany, Netherlands

Set in female Correction Facility, the lives of women in a world without men in an uncompromising and violent environment. Despite rivalries and power struggles, the inmates are forced to forget unlikely friendships and allegiances in a bid for survival.

Secrets and Lies (Territory of Origin: Australia; Original Series Premiere: March 2014)

Distribution: Cineflix

Genre: Thriller

Adaptation: USA

Ben, an innocent family man, finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect. Ben finds himself with no choice but to try and clear his name. As he scratches under the surface or his seemingly quite suburban street, secrets and lies will be uncovered.

The 4,400 (Territory of Origin: USA, Original Series Premiere: July 2004)

Distribution: CBS Studios International

Genre: Sci Fi

Adaptation: Russia

4,400 people previously presumed dead or reported missing over the past 50 years, reappear on Earth. They have not aged physically, but some of them seem to have supernatural powers. A government agency is formed to track the 4,400 people after one of them commits a murder.

Ice Adonis (Territory of Origin: South Corea, Original Series Premiere: February 2012)

Distribution: Eccho Rights

Genre: Mystery

Adaptation: Italy, Ukraine

Set in the headquarters of a major cosmetics company, the story of two step-sisters whose rivalry turns to hatred when one sister is framed for murder.

The End (Territory of Origin: Turkey, Original Series Premiere: January 2012 )

Distribution: Eccho Rights

Genre: Mystery

Adaptation: USA, Germany, Russia, France

A woman’s happy life is shattered one day when her husband leaves for a conference and the plane he is travelling on crashes, killing all on board. The nightmare takes a strange turn when the airline claims he never boarded the plane. The woman must find her way through a web of lies in order to save her missing husband.

Stories from the Hospital (Territory of Origin: Netherlands, Original Series Premiere: October 2012)

Distribution: Sony Pictures Television International

Genre: Scripted Reality

Adaptation: Russia, Belgium, Brasil

Inspired by the US drama series Strong Medicine (Lifetime), the stories of the five doctors whose patients are played by actors who are familiar with the diseases featured on the show.

 

Don’t waste the opportunity to be the first to see hit formats of the upcoming autumn, register for Format Show that will be held in the course of KYIV MEDIA WEEK on September 15^th, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine.