People are always asking me how to pitch their ideas for animated TV shows. Although it’s not 100% necessary depending on your reputation as a content creator, for those starting out it is absolutely vital to have a GREAT animation pitch bible. So I have compiled the best content from all across the web and posted and/or linked to it here. Here you’ll find the best advice on animation pitch bibles that I’ve ever heard as well as an awesome sample animation pitch bible available as a free download! Basically, this is the animation pitch bible motherload. Download A Sample Pitch Bible: Click The Image to DOWNLOAD a Sample Pitch Bible for “The Red Mullet” by Andrew “Doc” Chandler Animation pitch bibles are visual.
Skin Sade Mp3 Download here. Or at least, in my opinion, they should be. So it only makes sense that I should offer some sort of sample Pitch Bible for you to look. My friend Andrew “Doc” Chandler has made his pitch bible for The Red Mullet available as a FREE download for your educational pleasure:.
This is the actual Animation Pitch Bible that Doc and his team send out to studios in hopes that they can sell the show. You can see more of Doc’s work. Thanks, Doc, for helping us out! How To Create An Animation Pitch Bible (From CTN-X 2010): Heather Kenyon’s presentation How To Create An Animation Pitch Bible is great in many ways: It’s concise (only about 40 minutes long), it’s informed (she’s an experienced, credible source) and it’s current..
From the CTN-X Page: Heather Kenyon is the Vice President of Project Development and Sales for Starz Animation, a Division of Starz Media. She is the former senior director of development, original series at Cartoon Network, where she focused on the development of animated comedy, comedy adventure, action adventure and live-action series for children 6-11 years old. Prior to joining Cartoon Network, she was editor-in-chief of Animation World Network, a leading Internet publisher of animation news, information and resources, and was responsible for managing the site’s editorial and writing efforts. Filmed at the CTN animation eXpo 2010. Thanks to the forward-thinking leadership at, they have made many of the CTN-X presentations freely available on their. Pitch Bible Wisdom From Paper Wings: Many of you are familiar with Paper Wings – a community of visual storytellers focused on or, more specifically, creator-owned comics.
Watch video Join Rick Schmunk for an in-depth discussion in this video Editing pitch and note. Learn real-world production skills that can be. MS Word, PDF. Introduction to the Game Industry. Phases of the Production Cycle Film Development. How will the animation work for the characters.
But when we first started out we covered animation, children’s books and comics. In the second episode of The Paper Wings Podcast, we shared our top 5 tips for developing an animation pitch that sells itself. How to elevate the content of your pitch bible to a level where it simply sells itself. Topics Covered In The Episode: • What does it take to make a successful animation pitch? How To Install Avast Antivirus Without Internet Connection. • What is a pitch bible, and what should it include?
• What should you really be thinking about when pitching an animated series? • Insider tips on how to successfully navigate the process creating a winning animation pitch. Recommended Reading To Extend Your Learning: Check out these great books about Animation Pitch Development! By David Levy: This book covers all aspects of a career in animation. Not only does it share many stories about how current TV cartoons got made, it guides you through the process of developing your own Animation Pitch. (Affiliate Link) by David B. Levy: This book picks up where ‘Your Career In Animation’ left off.
It provides an in-depth look at the entire process of developing your own Animation Pitch. (Affiliate Link) Do YOU Have An Idea For An Animated Series? Check Out My Tutorials For! Hey Chris, great lecture by Heather Kenyon. I watched it all and typed notes throughout to create an outline to follow and remind me of all of her suggestions. A couple of quick things if you have time to respond.
I am the ideas guy. I have come up with the characters and initial storyline, as well as how I could ideally see an animated series playing out long term. What I am not is a formally trained writer and certainly not an animator. We have hired an illustrator/animator who is working on developing what my ideas may look like.
Say I successfully pitched this thing and a studio decided to option it. Do I just hand it off and they take it from there with their teams of professionals who will write everything based on the concept, and their artists do all the animation? Is that how it works? And what kind of remuneration is typical for a successful option? And, is there such a thing as a compendium of U.S. Cartoons that is searchable?
I would like to confirm for myself that I haven’t reinvented the wheel and there is already something out there like what I have come up with Or, how would you suggest I best go about this? I am a 5 year old Canadian with a 3 yr old, so know the range that is on our Treehouse channel here for kids his age and a bit older, I know of some of the newer and older stuff out there, but definitely know that I don’t know much of what is out there in that world. Thanks again, great stuff, and I hope to hear from you. Kerry • Kerry says. I have been in the children’s music and post production business for 30 years. My company was TAJ Productions. It’s biggest success has been the Pokemon franchise.
Have since sold my company and together with 2 associates have created well done pitch bibles for 3 different shows. I currently have a contract with NBC digital for first right of rejection on one of the shows.
Unfortunately it has been quite difficult to get these pitch bibles to the right people. Any suggestions? They would be greatly appreciated. If you google “Larry Juris” or “TAJ Productions” you will see I am not new to this business. It seems all of my contacts have now left the industry.