Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Rrrr?

Q. What is the difference between a bible and the television business bible to submit to producers? Our writing community has been great supplying templates but it's to the point, they are all different. What is a writer to do for television?
Can you clarify the question?
What is the differences in the outline format for creating a television series bible (creative) as compared to a television series business bible?
What is a television series business bible?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you, What is the differences in the outline format for creating a television series bible (creative)as compared to a television series business bible?

Anonymous said...

The Business bible, what I've been told, covers the tv series financial aspects and overview from pilot to completed season of 13 shows. As of today, I wrote a pilot and trying to determine, what's in an appropriate Bible to submit to a network. Thanks for your consideration...

Peter said...

I've never heard of a business bible, but it sounds suspiciously like a financing plan your producer would put together for the project...

Anonymous said...

Thank you, Peter. Great I can leave that for a Producer. What would be a table of contents for a TV Bible for drama with comedic elements for a pitch to Showtime, HBO, IFC any ideas?

Graham said...

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'd love to see an example of the pitch materials for a show... Like, when you first pitched Naked Josh (or whatever) to a producer/network, what exactly did you send them?

Thanks for the great blog, Alex!