Day 10 Assignments

[Megan Schemenauer]

Megan’s Episode Titles

What I learned doing this assignment is…it’s like I always tell my students: titles matter! I found that as I was brainstorming titles, I was also reconsidering pacing, episode content and organization within a season, and the episode descriptions.

I’m still unsure whether I should have complete episode descriptions for all five seasons in my TV Pitch Bible or just for Season 1. Can anyone clarify?

[Tom Minier]

Hi Megan,

It’s my interpretation that we only needed to complete episode descriptions for the first season. I believe the rationale is that by the time the first season is fully scripted, there will likely be significant changes to future seasons, so therefore it’s acceptable to simply explain the essence of each season as an overview. Additionally, I applaud your ability to set the pace and stay on target with deadlines lesson after lesson!

[Dave Arena]

What we learned during this assignment was that it’s worth thinking more about the titles so that they are intriguing and stand out. We considered the episode titles more of an afterthought but again every line, every word matters!

[Sharilyn Kyle]

Sharilyn’s Episode Titles

What I learned doing this assignment is…episode and season titles are just as much as part of the story as the summary.

EPISODE1

• Conflict: Fat Shame

• Journey: Losing Weight

• Dilemma: Blood Bath

• Issue faced: Outted

• Irony: Cookies & Filth instead of Cookies & Milk

• Hero’s challenging situation:

• Threat to hero:

• Discovery: It’s up to me

• Metaphor: I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!

EPISODE2

• Conflict: Baby Ruth

• Journey: Remember when

• Dilemma: F.A.T. phone home

• Issue faced: Exposed

• Irony: Pee-nut Brittle

• Hero’s challenging situation:

• Threat to hero: Freak show

• Discovery: I-cee Me

• Metaphor:

EPISODE3

• Conflict:

• Journey:

• Dilemma: Wash Me Clean

• Issue faced: Guilty Pleasure

• Irony: Trick or Eat? instead of Trick or Treat

• Hero’s challenging situation:

• Threat to hero: Pay Day

• Discovery: Clean-up Crew

• Metaphor:

EPISODE4

• Conflict: Egg on your face

• Journey: Can’t just eat one

• Dilemma: PLOP! PLOP! FIZZ FIZZ! Oh, what a relief it is

• Issue faced: Communion Bread

• Irony: Eat one, teach one

• Hero’s challenging situation:

• Threat to hero: I-cee Me

• Discovery: Slide in my DM

• Metaphor:

EPISODE5 Bangers and Mash

• Conflict: Food fight

• Journey: Cravings

• Dilemma:

• Issue faced: Moment on the lips, lifetime on the hips

• Irony: Tit for fat instead of Tit for tat

• Hero’s challenging situation: Cheap meat

• Threat to hero:

• Discovery:

• Metaphor: Bangers and mash

EPISODE6

• Conflict: Moment on the lips, lifetime on the hips

• Journey:

• Dilemma: Don’t talking with your mouth full!

• Issue faced:

• Irony: Talking out of both sides of your mouth

• Hero’s challenging situation:

• Threat to hero: Walk and chew gum (at the same time)

• Discovery:

• Metaphor:

EPISODE7

• Conflict: Health = wealth

• Journey: Healthy snacks

• Dilemma: SNAP! CRACKLE! POP!

• Issue faced: Veggie sticks

• Irony:

• Hero’s challenging situation: Toppled wedding cake

• Threat to hero:

• Discovery: Food fuck

• Metaphor:

EPISODE8

• Conflict: Skinny Fat

• Journey: Eat to live

• Dilemma: Comfort Food

• Issue faced:

• Irony:

• Hero’s challenging situation:

• Threat to hero:

• Discovery:

• Metaphor:

3. Sequence the titles so you can see what story they tell. Replace any titles that create genre confusion.

SEASON1Snack Attack SEASON2 Cravings SEASON3 Acid Reflux SEASON4 Hangry SEASON5 Take-Out

EPISODE1 Cookies & Filth

EPISODE2 Baby Ruth

EPISODE3 Pay Day

EPISODE4 Eat one, teach one

EPISODE5 Bangers and Mash

EPISODE6 SNAP! CRACKLE! POP!

EPISODE7 Veggie Sticks

EPISODE8 Tit for Fat

[Tom Minier]

Tom’s Episode Titles

What I learned in this lesson is that the search for a good title is a fun yet challenging prospect. I don’t think I am done with my titles, but overall I like the direction they’ve gone. I tried to tie them together with a common thread so that they tell a story and offer a familiar yet unique level of intrigue.