A family comedy proposal based on Jake
Characters:
Jake: He is fun loving and mischievous. He is able to articulate well on his ideas, and often produce youtube content for gaming, math, coding.
The interesting angle for Jake’s character is that he talks to himself a lot. The reason Jake is able to articulate is that he talks out loud to himself during gaming, study, and reading books. You can read Jake’s mind and creative articulation by just tuning to his self-talk. That builds an interesting character.
Jake's mom - Julie:
Jake's mom is an immigrant, her English is not the best, likes dance and exercise. She is charmed by Jake all the time. The script also plays off Jake "playing games" with her.
The drama plays off sometimes Jake speaks words that mom doesn't know, sometimes Jake shocks his mom with his words.
Jake's dad - Mark:
He is a macho and simple American who dreams to be an Ironman triathlete, brilliant. Jake very much respects his dad's mental and physical abilities. Mark is goofy. This drama plays off many Mark’s off-remark comments. Jake admires his dad, but also found it funny they read the same comic books and play the same video games.
Jake's older brother - El
An older brother to Jake, not bubbly like Jake, loves reading. He is casual, brilliant, good at school and soccer and video games. Jake often envies him and imitates him. Sometimes El is cynical with Jake. Sometimes El is insightful about life for his age. The drama plays off Jake trying to follow El.
Here is a draft of Episode 1. The “me” in story referring to Jake’s mom.
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