Lesson 12

[David Thompson]

David Thompson’s Visually Appealing Bible

What I learned doing this particular assignment is that my work on a previous pitch deck for this project, when it was just a movie, is really paying off.

I’m a photographer and designer. I contribute to many stock sites. Using Photoshop, then Adobe’s Indesign, allows me to quickly design and layout the TV pitch bible.

So, that’s what I did. Formatting this for US letter size, spanning 12 pages, with a knock-yer-socks-off cover. Followed up by images which help tell the story of the Angels of Vengeance.

I’m still deciding if I should also format this with printing in mind, meaning a double-spread across the middle pages (assuming a saddle-stitched printing). I used to use Magcloud to print these pitch decks, so that’s definitely an option once I’m happy with what I have.

[David Wickenden]

Hi Dave

Just finished the ISA’s Pitching class, and they said that for the 90 second and 15 minute pitch, you only require digital bibles. With any longer meetings and when trying to get financial people, the printed bible or deck is used.

[David Thompson]

Awesome, thanks!

[David Wickenden]

David Wickenden Visually Appealing Bible

I plan on handing my bible to the graphic artist once the review is complete. As this series is an adaptation of my thriller series, I do own the artwork for two of my book covers. I will let the designer decide whether it is appropriate for this project.

What have I learned?

Being a visual person, I can definitely see the merit of using pictures which can add tone, substance, and content to the pitch without having to speak to it.

[Art Fox]

Title: The Genie’s Psychiatrist

Plot line: An innocent on a mission in a strange world.

Unique hero: He (or she, or it) is a Genie (yep, the “3 wishes” kind of genie)

Secondary hero: The psychiatrist, who has to upend his/her fact-based, scientific view of the world to believe in the genie’s supernatural world and that he can help the genie.

Transformational journey: The genie hates his life. He’s sick of granting wishes to humans he considers to be idiots and gets so fed up he repeatdly tries suicide. However, being immortal, he fails to kill himself, so instead resorts to visiting a human psychiatrist in hopes of learning to deal with his despair. Even though he is extremely powerful in our world, he is controlled by a system that keeps him a prisoner, unable to pursue his own life, so his ultimate goal is to break out of the system and stop being a genie. In the process of treating the genie, the psychiatrist must also deal with his fears of loss of control and completely rewrite his world view, along with his own core identity.

Conflict: Even though he tries his best, the genie becomes worse and worse at his job, screwing up wish-granting over and over. In addition, he is wrestling with the idea of stopping being a genie – but if he’s not a genie, what is he? Also, the psychiatrist has to deal with the real physical danger of dealing with a very angry, depressed, unpredictable and extremely powerful supernatural being while also trying to come to terms with the idea that there is a hidden, supernatural world, an idea he has rejected all his life and has based his identity on.

Sub-world: The world of chaotic, hidden supernatural power and beings inhabited by the genie crashing into the everyday predictable life of the psychiatrist – in unique and unpredictable ways.

[David Wickenden]

David Wickenden Title Formats

Wasn’t sure where to post this, but because it’s part of the bible, I figured I’d drop it here.

Titles

Currently: In Defense of Innocence

Hook: When the criminals have more rights than the victims, a PTSD psychiatrist starts hunting child abusers.

<s>Doing What’s Right</s>

<s>The Law, be Damned.</s>

<s>Justice for the Children</s>

Who will watch over me?

<s>Tipping the Scales</s>

<s>Protect the Children</s>

<s>Laura’s Lullaby</s>

<s>Hunting Predators</s>

<s>Rough Justice</s>

<s>The Pursuit of Innocence</s>

Unconscionable

Suffer the Children

<s>The Child Crusade or The Children’s Crusade</s>

<s>Laura</s>

<s>The Law of Innocence</s>

Slaying Monsters

<s>Slaying Dragons</s>

<s>Justice for White Lambs</s>

<s>The Children’s Champion</s>

<s>The Sentinel</s>

<s>The Child Advocate</s>

<s>Justice, My Way!</s>

Predators to Prey

[Wayne Petitto]

Wayne’s Edited TV Pitch Bible

What I learned doing this assignment is as efficient as I thought I’d written my first draft, there is so much more I can weed from each row and highlight.

Tell us what this process did for your TV Pitch Bible.

This has made my Bible much more readable and opens a lot more white space for a more inviting look.