Bob Levy

Television Development (eBook, ePUB)

How Hollywood Creates New TV Series

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the process by which the Hollywood TV industry creates new scripted series. Written both for students and professionals, it covers all facets of the development process: the terminology, timelines, personnel and industrial processes that take a new TV project from idea to pitch to script to pilot to series.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429013430
• Artikelnr.: 56846169

Autorenporträt

Bob Levy has worked in television for more than 30 years and has been practicing development at the highest levels of the television industry for 25 years. He is best known for developing and executive producing the hit shows Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars. He also currently serves as a lecturer at UCLA, teaching TV development in the Producers Program of their graduate film school.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
CHAPTER 1: Development and the Structure of the Hollywood TV Industry
CHAPTER 2: The Industrial Process of TV Development (From Pitch to
Upfronts)
CHAPTER 3: Format, Genre and Concept
CHAPTER 4: What Make Series Go: "Story Engines," "Franchises" and "Series
Drives"
CHAPTER 5: Concept Ideation, "Areas" and "Takes"
CHAPTER 6: Assessing the Marketplace
CHAPTER 7: Pitching New Pilots and Series
CHAPTER 8: Developing the Pilot Script
CHAPTER 9: Packaging and Politics: The Role of Agents in TV Development
CHAPTER 10: Other Development Strategies
CHAPTER 11: Case Study: The Tortuous 5-Year Development of One Hit Show
CHAPTER 12: The Culture of TV Development
CHAPTER 13: Preparing for Careers in TV Development
CHAPTER 14: Applying TV Development Strategies to Other Forms of Filmed
Storytelling
CHAPTER 15: What's Next? TV Development in the Age of Media Disruption
APPENDIX: Glossary of TV Development Terminology
Acknowledgments
Index