NAME: Dracula’s Sons
Genre:
Horror/ Drama/ Supernatural/ Romance/Action
What
is it about?
A young
girl named April from Atlanta moves to a small town in America called Malville
(The name Malville was chosen because Mal translates to evil in Spanish, which
is what runs through the town.) to start her first year at college. As she got
the placement for the college late there are no dorms available so she signed
up to rent a room in the famous Darke Brothers House. The Darke brothers (Alec
and Draco) are famously known for renting this room every semester but every
person who rents that room out does not make it to the end of the semester.
Because April is new and does not believe in the rumors that she has heard
throughout the college she decided to go ahead and rent the room anyway.
The reason
behind this is because the two brothers are vampires, one who does not go to
the College but does night shifts at the town’s hospital, as he is much older.
The other brother does attend College and is currently dating a witch who made
him a dawn ring so he was able to go out during the day. Within the series we
are able to see a relationship develop between the evil brother Draco and the
young girl despite the fact that he is in a committed relationship this then
leads to havoc especially when his witch girlfriend Simone finds out. The other
brother Alec is a lot less quieter yet almost sinister, at the first impression
the audience believe that he is quite a shy and ‘nerdy’ character however he is
not, he has many secrets to hide which are portrayed in different ways at the
end of each episode. The most prominent one is that the hospital he works at
has an increasing number of deaths which is why patients do not wish to attend
it so often and this is because of Alec’s obsession, not with the drinking of
their blood necessarily but with torture.
Themes
Within the series we are able to see elements of Family, Friendship,
Love, Jealousy, Death, Betrayal and Fear.
Why
have I chosen to do this?
I chose
vampires as it clearly relates to my audience (which is teenagers between the
ages of 15-19). Shows like Vampire Diaries and movies like Twilight seem to
convey that teenagers are more inclined to watch shows about young adult
vampires as it will keep them intrigued with the storyline and stay up to date
with the show. What however makes my show different to The Vampire Diaries
is that I do not follow the point of view of one main character but instead try
to focus on all different types of characters. I also do not want to follow the
typical route of “Romance” to be the main storyline. Instead I want to add an
element of action for example in ‘The Walking dead’ to grasp a wider audience
as you are able to see the killing, the quest for freedom etc.
I am trying
to achieve this by making the humans that live in Malville fight against the
vampires and also along the series creating a strong feud against them.
