Rewriting Your TV Pilot and Crafting Your Pitch
The Sundance Institute Founder Series: Celebrating Robert Redford’s Vision for the Sundance Institute
The Sundance Institute Founder Series: Celebrating Robert Redford’s Vision for the Sundance Institute
10:00AM - 11:30AM (PDT)
TV Writing: Core Elements
TV Writing: From Idea to Pilot
Includes 2 courses:
- TV Writing: Core Elements
- TV Writing: From Outline to First Draft of Your Pilot
You’ve got a great idea for a TV series. Now, it’s time to start writing. In this sequence of courses, you will learn a set of tools and go from idea to outline to completing a first draft of your original pilot (<60 pages).
Building Your TV Writing Career
Includes 5 items:
- Advisor Studio: Josh Goldenberg on Breaking into the Business and Building Your Career
- Master Class: Breaking into the Industry as a TV Writer with Rae Benjamin (THE WITCHER), Diane Ademu-John (EMPIRE), Janet Lin (BRIDGERTON) and Jelani Johnson (EVP of Macro) | Presented by In the Cut
- Master Class: Jumpstart Your TV Writing Career with Kelly Edwards (OUR KIND OF PEOPLE)
- Master Class: Succeeding in the Writers' Room with Niceole Levy (THE BANKER)
- Conversations from the Sundance Labs | The Business of Buying and Selling TV with Carrie Gillogly & more
There is no direct, linear path to becoming an artist, which can be at times liberating, daunting, or sometimes both simultaneously. Where to start? In this curated collection from our video library, we asked TV writers, executives, and a partner at a management company to offer their perspectives and strategies for breaking into the industry.
Writing for Animation
Includes 3 items:
- Master Class: Writing for Animation with Julia Cho (Turning Red)
- Spotlight: Pushing Boundaries in Episodic Animation: A Conversation with ARCANE Creators Christian Linke & Alex Yee
- Spotlight: Creating Your Artistic Process with Morgan Neville (PIECE BY PIECE)
Much more than a visual style, animation is a powerful and dynamic language for storytelling. In this video bundle, award-winning creators share how to bring animated worlds to life through writing, collaboration, and personal voice. From crafting emotionally resonant scripts with Julia Cho (Turning Red) to exploring creative processes with Morgan Neville and expanding the limits of animated TV, these Spotlights and Master Class offer inspiration and tools for storytellers working in animation and beyond.