PITCH SEASON!!!

The first major milestone within your studio is getting your first big animation production Greenlit! Greenlighting a Production means "approving your idea and allocating the necessary budget (in this case, TIME) to your film!"

To have a pitch successfully greenlit, you need to put together a presentational pitch that helps sell us, the NETWORK, on the story idea you have!  Below is a list of tips to get prepared!

ON WEDNESDAY: Have your film storyboarded with every possible design element ready to pitch!

• The best thing you can do is showcase a timed animatic with your story, YOU WILL BE PRODUCING ANIMATICS FOR SPRING BREAK’S Homework. 
• However we can get a feeling of the story's flow if you produce, clean, easy-to-understand storyboards with expressive design elements!  You can show this in addition to walking through your storyboards and characters step by step.  
• Click this link for an example of a great pitch here. 
• Click this link for an example of great storyboards!
• Click this link for a great example of storyboards and video working together!

Have all production materials complete! These include:

• Expressive Character Designs (with tentative turnarounds)
• Environment Designs
• Additional art you have created to better flesh out the story. The more you show us to sell your idea the better!

Have your pitch 100% ready! We will start at 4:35, no exceptions.

• Properly package your materials in a folder on a flash drive, or on the server so you can pitch clearly and best showcase your story for green-lighting.
• ADVICE:  Practice your pitch! I am allocating 10 minutes for each pitch.  You probably want to complete your pitch in 7 minutes, so you have 3 minutes of flexible time. (You always take longer than you realize in the actual pitch)
• Have each person in your group present a piece of your film! No exceptions!

CREATE THESE MATERIALS

• Produce a sequence of storyboards to showcase on the screen for all of us to see!
• Print out any materials you want us to see closely in the middle table while we watch your presentation! This includes character designs, environment designs, etc!
• Create a design document for drawing your characters! I.E. a "how to draw guide."  This must be turned in by everyone on wednesday, and those who have approved stories will give it to their teammates for review.

A couple reminders:

1. You are already very busy this week. This is scheduled as such so you don't spend your time producing unnecessary content! Tell the full story enough to sell us on the idea, and make sure 

2. I'll be asking these questions on Wednesday:

• How feasible is your film?
• What is the estimated runtime? (how long will your film be?)
• Do you see any big elements you will need to produce? (Audio? Special Effects? Animated characters like animals and the like you've never produced before?)
• Other questions you don't know about!

3. You all have the potential to be great artists and storytellers. Everyone has a skill to lend to the animation process. GIVE IT YOUR ALL THIS WEEK!  This is your first foray into a professional career setting for animated short production!