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14 November 2010 @ 08:07 pm

Various four-legged things

Disneyland was fun yesterday! Got to hang with

hystericblue42, who I haven't seen in awhile. Did various things across both D-Land and DCA, even though we didn't do all of our staples. XD Still good times. Also, we managed to catch the end of Fantasmic, and they have the new dragon up, holy crap! It's pretty dang impressive. Not as tall as the old one, but less skeletal and a lot of movement on the dragon's neck and face.

Finished a second lineup for the reindeer story (dang it needs a title!) so here's a look at all the characters as humans...

Donner is still the tallest one out of everyone. 8Db

And there'll probably be more later, as I write things out...

CTN Expo is coming up this next weekend, and I've been thinking of possibly taking the reindeer story idea around to people and asking where/who would be good places to pitch to, or how to go about doing it. (Since dudes seem to like it enough). I'm definitely not in a position to actually pitch now; I don't have enough details worked out and no way can I get enough of that by Friday. But aside from being nervous about attempting to throw half-finished ideas at Big Name People in the first place, I'm nervous about it getting the absolutely inevitable put-through-the-shredder treatment that happens to everything in Hollywood. So...all in all I'm nervous, and not entirely sure what to do. 8(a

Drawing: LG pages, 10HAD, this reindeer stuff

Writing: More plotty things and another scene for reindeer story...

Tags: art, disneyland, reindeer

Current Mood:

nervous

Current Location: Lynxland

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bluejeans07.livejournal.com on November 15th, 2010 06:34 am (UTC)

Actually, most large studios legally are not allowed to take pitches at these kinds of events. In order to protect themselves and the people with the ideas, it's not a very good idea to pitch to a major company without having signed a contract. The best thing to do is to just tell them you have an idea that you'd be interested in pitching, then ask what the best way to pitch it to them is, like would they want a one sheet, or a meeting, and if so with whom and what department. Also, ask them if there's anything you need to sign and when you get it, READ THE ENTIRE THING. Do NOT tell them what your idea is without signing a contract.

If you want to get together sometime and chat about pitching, I'll happily tell you all that I know. I interned at the Nickelodeon Development/Production department so I learned about how to pitch, who to pitch it to, and what needs to be done. It's not easy but it's always something that's possible :D

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lynxgriffin.livejournal.com on November 15th, 2010 06:47 am (UTC)

I wondered about that, too. I figured if I did any talking around, it would be "I have an idea, what's a good venue to pursue?" as opposed to a real pitch. And yeah, getting the paperwork is definitely a good thing. @_@

That'd be awesome to do sometime! :D Who knows if I'll actually go through with it, but at least knowing some more on that would be real helpful. (I was actually told by another industry friend that I should poke Mark Simon; apparently he's at Nick right now too?)

Also, are you going to the con any days?

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bluejeans07.livejournal.com on November 15th, 2010 07:15 am (UTC)

I'd be hesitant to poke Mark Simon... this is just something I've heard but it sort of makes sense: despite everything he's done, he actually hasn't pitched a show that has gone on air. And I don't know if he's there now, I did a google search to see if he's been made a member of the Development department or currently at Nick in general, and I didn't see any sort of announcement. He's also profiting off of giving lessons on how to pitch... which makes me sort of wary. I've heard a lot of stories on how various tv animated shows had been pitched and not one of them was from having bought lessons on how to pitch. I'd hate to be so doubtful and negative especially about someone I don't know but something doesn't really sit right with me.

I'll be at the con on Saturday. And I want to go the Illusionist screening on Thursday. :D

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crysiana.livejournal.com on November 15th, 2010 06:35 am (UTC)

Well, I guess it comes down to whether your larger driving force is maintaining creative/quality control or getting your story out to a wider audience. Which is, I note in a completely unhelpful way, totally up to you. You could always make up the full story and keep it in a closed archive (like, people would only know of it if you told them how to see it) and then decide if you want to release it on the internet or shop it around.

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lynxgriffin.livejournal.com on November 15th, 2010 06:43 am (UTC)

Yeah, I guess it ultimately is down to that, which is always a difficult choice. (Man, in a buncha ways it's a lot easier to just draw what someone else wants than to try and sell your own thing...) I hear it is a lot easier to maintain creative control if you write out/draw out the entire story first and have it as a finished package, but it's still always gonna be subject to some level of Executive Meddling.

I'll probably keep posting stuff here as I come up with it, though, just 'cause feedback is nice. |D Maybe a closed archive could work with more extensive stuff.

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