Thread by @DisneyTVANews

Buckle Up Kiddos beacuse im going to do another Live Tweet of the Developing with Disney TVA Panel from CTN Expo

FAQ: Can I Send You My Pitch?

Disney dosn't accept unsolicited submissions (Basically DM the creators and tell them to make your show) due policy at The Walt Disney Company.

You have to get a representative or set a meeting with DTVA or Disney Junior to get a presentation

If you don't have a representative just tell DTVA to se a meeting to review you if you have the abilities and skills to manage a team

FAQ: "Do you need experience to pitch a show?"

You don't need a big experience like 5 or 10 years on the industry to pitch a show, it's all about individual experience, when you pitch a show, Disney looks at you to know if you can run a team.

If you have a great idea but you don't have skills of art,writting or directing, Disney will set you a experienced showrunner to help you on the development process.

Specially Disney Junior & Disney Channel accepts shows and characters and ideas with different dissabilities or spectrum syndromes since Disney wants to connect with all the demographics.

With Different World, Music and Magical Storytelling

At the moment Disney+ is not interested on moving Disney Channel Originals (Episodic Serialized and Episodic Comedic Driven) to Disney+ since for Disney, Disney+ is still brand new.

For the TVA department it dosn't matter where it ends since they are all Disney shows in the end.

Kitty's day on Disney Junior Educational Resource Group and Disney TVA consists on looking trought 20 Disney Junior projects on development.

Helping on how those Preschool Shows can come toys, and reading pitches and given notes and finding artists etc.

Meeting New Talent and Connecting With Old Talent to see what's new and see what Disney Junior hasn't done before to make really kids connect with them.

Emily's day is the same but on different phases from reading pitches,seeing pilots get greenlight, looking for talent and sometimes picking up new projects for development every day.

Emily reads 3 to 5 pitches a week and then meeting new talent (writters,directors,art directors) to put them on development.

What Development on Disney Junior and Disney TVA does is making the "Recipe" of a show

FAQ: "How long does it take to get a show greenlight?"

Depends on the project but the time is usually 2 to 5 years, sometimes is longer than that and sometimes is qucker.

Molly McGee was on development since 2018.

Disney Junior, Disney Channe does a Animatic and a Animation Test to showcase to focus test groups with kids and parents.

There two phases of development

-Pitching,Story Ideas, Charcter Desing to get to Pilot Greenlight
-Pilot Greenlight is the animatic of E1 and animation test

If you want to be a Creative Executive on Development, start as a Executive Assisant but you don't need anything, there's no right or wrong way for Development or Showrunning.

Another tip for pitching, if your pitch bible has a catchy logline that makes the Executives think about it all day, that executive will showcase it to other Executives and they will give you the pilot greenlight.

But most importantly is to showcase that you as a creator has the skills to run a team and showcase that you will have a sane enviroment.

What Disney is looking is what you're wanna say specially.

Disney TVA looks more for Original Ideas than IP Driven shows, since Disney TVA has to reach to the studio of the company or division and they need to give you the OK"

For example "i wanna pitch a Oliver And Company TV Show" then Disney TVA needs to call Walt Disney Animation Studios and WDAS needs to tell you : Ok Show Me The Idea and i will consider it"

But if you have a passion project or you have a favorite thing you would like to add for a Disney IP to expand the world and lore, Disney TVA will ask you what "Is Your Fave Disney Character" and if "There's Something you would like to add to that IP"

When the opportunity comes and WDAS comes and asks the department about making a "Oliver And Company TV Show"

Then TVA will tell you that you exist and that you love this IP and thay you have a great idea for a show.

For Dark Moments, Disney TVA tries to balance on that have a dark moment but fill it with likeable characters, funny moments.

This has been since Snow White days, in one scene we see the Dwarfs dancing and singing but in the other we see The Evil Queen Dying

Balance

There's NOT real example reason why a pilot or your pitch was rejected, there's always things happen on development, it can be internal or external.

Development makes everything to get your show greenlight, sometimes WDAS/Pixar releases a character who looks like yours and DTVA will ask you to change it.

Or Netflix,Nick,Cartoon Network,Dreamworks do the same thing and that can also be a problem but they try to help you

If you have a passionate vision and don't want changes then Development will try to make it work and not shift that creative visions.

Disney TVA & Disney Junior Educational has your back to get to greenlight to series.

On notes that some creators paint them as the bad guys well they aren't notes to tell you, your idea sucks, they are a conversation to talk what's not working with the pitch.

Be Nice

Thanks for joining us and keep pitching!