[FTT 10101] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (112 pages long)

• School: ND
• Department: Film, Television, and Theatre
• Course: FTT10101
• Professor: Becker Christine

Document Summary

Pilot: a single episode of television produced to entice a network to order a full series and to attract advertiser. March 23, 2016 powerpoint notes investment: a pilot: Must launch the story world in the premise who are the characters, what is the setting, what are the conflicts, what kinds of stories are told. Prove that the premise could generate stories for many seasons to come. Be entertaining on its own viewers must enjoy the episode idea that viewers will want to have this experience week after week after week: this shows how hard it is to have a good pilot. Traditional network pilot season annual cycle: summer and fall: development for next season starts. Networks hear as many as 1000 pitches: november: each network commissions 70-100 scripts, december: pilot scripts are submitted and read. Reasons do not need the pilot system: Netflix does not have advertisers to satisfy do not have to convince people for money.