I'm starting to build a Pitch Bible for Goliath Odyssey as a television series.
After meeting David Levy and reading his book "Animation Development: From Pitch to Production", I realized I needed to make some changes to the characters and story. I thought about what inspires me now and which television shows I enjoy the most. And among those shows were Avatar the Last Airbender and Samurai Jack. Those series are beyond amazing and have stuck with me since I was a kid. This made me consider my audience, which I initially thought was geared toward people like me 18 to 24 year olds, but which I now see is the 10 to 14 crowd. The amazing thing about shows like Airbender and Jack were the fact that they were exciting and easily accessible to any crowd, especially kids, but also because they were layered with concepts that would understood by an older audience. The messages and character development in Airbender were deep and could appeal to any number of viewers, which was another aspect of its magical influence.
So in relation to Goliath Odyssey, I decided to age down the protagonists, which in turn threw their personalities and back stories into sharp relief making them far more interesting to me. This change opened up lots of potential doorways for character development and episode ideas.
After meeting David Levy and reading his book "Animation Development: From Pitch to Production", I realized I needed to make some changes to the characters and story. I thought about what inspires me now and which television shows I enjoy the most. And among those shows were Avatar the Last Airbender and Samurai Jack. Those series are beyond amazing and have stuck with me since I was a kid. This made me consider my audience, which I initially thought was geared toward people like me 18 to 24 year olds, but which I now see is the 10 to 14 crowd. The amazing thing about shows like Airbender and Jack were the fact that they were exciting and easily accessible to any crowd, especially kids, but also because they were layered with concepts that would understood by an older audience. The messages and character development in Airbender were deep and could appeal to any number of viewers, which was another aspect of its magical influence.
So in relation to Goliath Odyssey, I decided to age down the protagonists, which in turn threw their personalities and back stories into sharp relief making them far more interesting to me. This change opened up lots of potential doorways for character development and episode ideas.