GUESS FIRST

conventions of sitcom

•  characters •  writing/script •  costume •  set(apartment,school,bar) •  emotion(romance,friendship,family)

CHARACTERS

Leonard Hofstadter

an experimental physicist

works in Caltech Although Leonard feels at home with his geek colleagues, he wants to be more social. Among the main characters, he generally has the least amount of difficulty interacting with ”non-geek” individuals.

Sheldon Cooper

an theoretic physicist

Works in Caltech Sheldon is logical and has an overly extensive general knowledge. He possesses an eidetic memory and an IQ of 187

Penny

waitress

Works in local Cheesecake Factory Penny has an aspirations of becoming an actress. She is not particularly intellectually gifted or savvy in a specific technical field, but she has great social skills and is very knowledgeable about pop culture.

Howard Wolowitz

an aerospace engineer

Works in Caltech’s Department of Applied Physics he has shown limited success with other women. Eventually, he found his girlfriend, Bernadette , An amateur microbiologist.

Rajesh Koothrappali

astrophysicist

Works in Caltech He is very shy around women and is physically unable to talk to them unless he drinks alcohol. However, he has had much better luck with women as opposed to his overly confident best friend Howard.

WRITING

Chuck Lorre works: •  Grace  Under  Fire  •  Cybill    •  Dharma  &  Greg  •  Two  and  a  Half  Men《好汉两条半》    •  The  Big  Bang  Theory

David  Saltzberga    Professor  of  Physics  and  Astronomy  at  the  University  of  California,  Los  Angeles.  

COSTUME

SET

comic book store

like a real store

lab

details to arouse resonance

apartment

details to make it a real scientist‘s apartment

ROMANCE

FRIENDSHIP

bromance基友情

FOR AUDIENCE

•  The show, ultimately, is a weaker(弱者) story. Whether you’re watching the show and saying, like,”That’s me!”or you’re watching it going, “What’s up with these guys?”everyone can relate to being a weaker at some point. People like to help or support weakers, because everyone, in their lives, has felt like a weaker.

•  j o y , v i sua l impac t ( co s tume , s e t deco ra t i on ) , emotion(friendship, romance)

Thank you!