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Tips on navigating the rocky waters of animation development. ‘The main mistake I’ve made is not being thorough enough. Not having every single question answered.

That’s a big no-no. Always have as many answers about your project as possible.’ ‘Butch Hartman, creator of Nickelodoen’s The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom What do you have to do to sell an animated series pitch? Gosh, if we could answer that with one definitive answer for every creator and every project, there probably wouldn’t be a need for this book. That would mean I’d have a lot more free time this year and a lot less trees would have had to donate their pulpy papermaking goodness. Unfortunately, there is no single universal answer to this question. However, we can assume that a well-connected and established creator has less to prove than a newcomer or a relative unknown to the industry.

An easy formula here is; the less grand your reputation the more heavy lifting you’ll be expected to do in the pitch process. Recently there was a major backlash on an animation blog when it was leaked that the creator of a new animated show got picked up straight for series because the creator simply told his pal (who happened to be a top network president) that he wanted to do a series about music or something. Thus a series was signed, sealed, and soon delivered, completely bypassing the rigorous development track that other creators are left to navigate.

On the bright side, the multi-season series order created employment for a lot of people. Development stories like this one are not reasons to give up. It would be na’ve to think that all projects are carefully selected by merit and that all creators are welcomed equally. In another example, Cartoon Network’s [adult swim] series Assy McGee was greenlit after its co-creator, Carl W. Hp Deskjet F2180 Windows 7 Driver here. Hp Keyboard Sdm4700p Access Buttons.

Adams, showed a one-minute test film of the project to Mike Lazzo (senior executive vice president in charge of [adult swim]). Give us 20 of these,’ was Lazzo’s response. Adams was temporarily dumbstruck.

He had neither bible nor a concrete plan for additional episodes. The strength of the test film and Adam’s ample experience as a key creative on such series as Cartoon Network’s Home Movies was enough to warrant a pick up. Subsequently, Assy McGee proved itself to be worthy of a series, quickly earning a cult following, a high-profile sponsor, and even eventually employing this author as an animation director. Hp Compaq Dc7800 Cmt Pc All Driver Download. There are lots of nontraditional success stories out there. One that comes to mind is how Fran Krause’s killer Rhode Island School of Design student film, Mr. Smile, caught the attention of then Cartoon Network development executive Linda Simensky.

The two first met at an animation festival in Sweden and soon Fran was invited to pitch at Cartoon Network. At the time I was working with Fran on Nick Jr.’s Blue’s Clues. I’ll never forget the day that Fran told us he’d be leaving to make his own pilot, with co-creator Will Krause, for Cartoon Network. He was not even a year out of school! In Fran’s development story, his student film became his most important pitch element, helping to pave the way for his early pitching success.

Subsequently, Fran and Will Krause went on to score two more development deals with Cartoon Network over the next five years, culminating in a second pilot, which could lead to a series. The three success stories above all show the importance of building reputations and relationships, which factor in to any development success story I can think of. Reputation and relationships are intertwined because both come from one’s work history; the projects one has worked on, one’s role on those projects, and how effectively one built and preserved healthy relationships with others in the industry. Creator Etiquette and the Common Mistakes of Pitching According to Linda Simensky, many people who pitch are either not that great at representing their property, or don’t seem to know it well enough to make the pitch completely sound enticing. Simensky advises, ‘Creators should know their properties and be able to talk about them, rather than reading from the pitch or doing an unfocused pitch that doesn’t really represent the idea. Hp Advanced Docking Station Drivers on this page.