Spin-off - is the continuation of successful works of art

Spin-off - a word that is virtually unfamiliar to a wide range of people. Only the most avid movie fans, perhaps, know what it is. From this article you can find out what is hidden behind this term.

Origin of the term

Spin-off - this offshoot from an already existing popular artwork - a book, a movie, a series, a computer game. This is an attempt to use the product already known to viewers, readers or users to obtain even greater commercial benefits. Simply put, spin-off is the exploitation of an already untwisted series, film, book or computer toy.

The name of the term is an abbreviation from English commercial spin-off, which means literally "commercial extra income".

What kind of work can spin-off life give?

What can become an object for spin-off? Only that artistic work, which has a long and constant success. If this is a series, then it should be at least 3-4 seasons on the screen. If it is a question of the book, it should be an incredible popularity bestseller. But most often it's a series of books. The same rules apply to computer games. The most common phenomenon is the spin-off series.

The difference between spin off and sequel

The sequel is an artistic continuation of any story told in a book, series or film. There are many examples: a series of books about Harry Potter, Alexandre Dumas trilogy about musketeers, space star "Star Wars". Here there is a direct continuation of the events that happen with the protagonists.

Spin-off - this is a continuation of the story is not the main characters, and secondary. Also the main theme of the events in the original work will not be the theme of the spin-off. It is assumed that the commercial continuation should become better and more interesting than the original, because viewers are already familiar with the characters and are roughly aware of the events that will be told in the sequel. Practice shows that this does not always work.

Spin-offs of popular TV shows

The most successful series can have several side branches. "Doctor Who" in this respect broke all records. He can boast that he gave life to four new series. However, only one of them was successful - "Torchwood", telling about Captain Jack Harkness, one of the companions of the doctor.

However, there are examples of successful spin-offs. This is the series "Ancient", a by-product of a very successful project "The Vampire Diaries". Despite the fact that the original of the series continues to successfully go on screens, his spin-off came out on October 3 and was in demand with the viewer.

From domestic branches of well-known serials the most successful were "Sasha Tanya" and "Univer. New hostel. "

They have given rise to other works of art and such recently popular TV series as "Supernatural" and "Walking Dead", as well as a series of films about the adventures of Harry Potter. As for The Walking Dead, the success of the first series was so high that the creators of the project decided to use it as quickly as possible and announced the launch of a new series on the same topic of the post-apocalyptic world populated by zombie zombies. So far we only know that in the series absolutely new heroes will be present, and not secondary characters of "Walking Dead". Announcement of the pilot series is planned for 2015.

Spin-off of "Supernatural" - name and heroes

A veteran of fantasy detectives - the series "Supernatural", released in 2005, - this spring ended his 9th season. 10 years on the screen did not diminish the popularity of the Winchester brothers, the main characters. Already signed a contract with the actors to continue shooting 10 season. And for the fans of the series was prepared a surprise: 20 series of the season 9 was a pilot show of the spin-off "Supernatural." The heroes of this series, telling about the war of two clans of monsters in Chicago, will become the main characters of the new series. Will the Winchester brothers themselves appear in the new film, is still unknown.

There are problems with the name. Initially, it was decided to name the series "Supernatural: Clans". But now there was information about another supposed name, under which it was decided to promote a new project, "Supernatural: Kinship." On the release date of the series so far nothing has been reported, although there was information that in the broadcast network of the CW channel, there were no places for spin-off "Relatives" yet. Perhaps, the producers considered the new series not as promising as its original. What will happen next - time will tell.

Spin-off of Harry Potter - the return of the fairy world

For 2016, it is planned to branch out from the series of Harry Potter films. As you know, Joan Rowling gave a vow no longer to write about the boy with the scar. But the writer could not part with the fantastic universe created by her. She wrote the book "Fantastic Beasts and Their Habitats". This is a textbook of magical creatures, in which Harry and his friends were engaged.

It was decided to name the series the same as the book. Events in it will occur long before the birth of Harry and his main enemy. This will be a completely different story based on the works of Rowling. It remains only to wait for the release of the new series, which promises to be interesting.