Lazzard
Tuesday 19th January 2021 10:19pm
Ludlow
8,959 posts
Quote: playfull @ 19th January 2021, 9:56 PM
Sorry Lazzard, i was intrigued by Bible/deck ? Would you be kind enough to explain?
"Bible" comes from a term used for a book/ binder handed on to new writers on an established series that describes characters, arcs, storylines etc. These days, tends to be used to describe a document that might have an intro to your Series concept, character descriptions, setting, series arcs, maybe some target market info, Show DNA (what other shows it's a bit like)etc. Usually spruced up to look smart.
Deck is just a set of slides/pages doing roughly the same thing.
Other in vogue phrases include "Look Book"
Essentially you're aiming to provide an easy to digest, easy-on-the-eye summation of the show you're asking them to consider.
A really good one will get you a meeting - and shows you mean business.
All to no avail if you don't have the script to back it up, though!