Language

As this tv pilot is aimed at teenagers aged 13-18, I need the language to be as update and relatable as possible. I have also decided to play on this idea and make it fun. If anyone has had a conversation with me for longer than 5 minutes they will know I use silly abbreviations for words, eg. soz= sorry and totes= totally. I want to incorporate these into my main character, Maisy's every day language. It is becoming increasingly popular for teenagers to be using these sort of words that have evolved from the idea of 'Text Talk.'

The program Sadie J that I mentioned in a previous post does just this and Sadie has some ridiculous but funny catch phrases. My favourite is:

This is a play on of the text talk phrase, OMG (Oh My God.)

I plan to use these abbreviations in Maisy's language to convey a sense of silliness and girliness that she has. I have also created a catch phrase that she says all the time which is - CRINGE O' CLOCK.
Maisy will say this when something totes (totally) embaz (embarrassing) has happened.