I have been toying with the idea of turning my children's book into a series/film. I'd like to get the opinion of others who may have experience in this regard.
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Turning my unpublished children's book into a series/film
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Hi, Mohanjeet. Welcome to the community. I don't have any experience adapting children's books into shows/movies, but here's a webinar about it: "The Adaptation Journey: Adapting Existing Intellectual Property for TV and Film" https://www.stage32.com/webinars/The-Adaptation-Journey-Adapting-an-exis...
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Hi Mohnjeet! For sure we all know existing IP is a great way to go right now! What's the story about? Are you thinking of live-action or animation? I always feel like children's stories have such a great opportunity for different directions, it's exciting! Have you taken a look at our Adaptation Review + 60 Minute Call service? You can find it here if you're interested: https://www.stage32.com/scriptservices/consulting#adaptation_review_60_m...
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Welcome Mohnjeet! Nice to meet you. Glad you're here.
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Why not? You own the IP, you can put it to multi-use! You have nothing to lose and experience to gain
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I've done this with a short story. Something I did that was helpful was take a break for several months between starting on the adaptation and the last time I re-read my prose. When I started, it was simply thinking about ACTIONS: What were the key actions of the story? With that in mind, from memory, I did a basic Story Circle outline using ScriptOutliner - this was very helpful because the parts of the story which I didn't include in my outline were evidentially omitted because they were the most forgettable. That was a signal that the key info in those moments needed to get communicated in more visually memorable ways. Next, I started to do this as I added scenes in my beatsheet, fleshing out my story sections. In a few weeks I had my beatsheet/step-outline done and a few days later, a first draft.
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Hey Mohnjeet! I’ve got years of production experience in animation and brand/IP development. Do you have a link to your books?
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Rick Jay Glen No I dont have it online or have a link. But I can send it as a document if someone is interested and/or synopsis of each chapter.
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No. ppl in movie/tv business generally want sure things and one measure of a sure thing is book sales. What are the book sales, win any book awards?
i agree with first comment, you got nothing to lose to pursue your "dream" but Time, and Time is probably more important than Money. Are strangers willing to put in years of their own lives to make your dream come true.
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Mohanjeet feel free to email me: - contact@rickjayglen.com
While what Dan said is typically true, sales do greatly contribute to an IP’s interest, sometimes studios shop for new ideas. Amazon Prime Video did this when they first launched Amazon Studios. Anyone could submit a script, treatment, or show Bible, for a standard contract option if their concept was accepted by Amazon.
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Mohanjeet - go for it!! I found Blue Helmut of Disney+ - looks like such an endearing film, you've got a proven track record with a streamer.
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Agree with everyone saying go fo it!