I
have actually seen many character bibles from manufacturers around the
world in the past couple of years asking for co-production partnerships.
Having gotten several questions asked regarding what goes into a stories of the bible,
I've written this entry to offer some understanding on this topic.
Below are the different ingredients that should make up a great
character bible.
It is definitely important to have a synopsis in your character bible. Attempt to make this a one-pager if possible.
Include
the designs of the most essential characters in your character bible. A
character bible should be more visual than wordy, showcasing the
character develops to its max - with numerous poses and expressions of
the main characters. People reading the character bible need to be able
to feel the characters for who they are and get an idea of the program
through these character designs.
Ideally
text descriptions of the characters should not be verbose, because very
few people would really review all that text. The character
descriptions should outline only the most essential characteristics of
the characters to keep things short and quick to check out. The visuals
must pre-sell, and the text do the selling.
It
would be good to showcase certain key locations and also supply
illustrations or storyboards of how the world of the property looks
like.
Fundamentally,
it would be good to leave as little guess-work to the perspective
partners as possible, so that the brand identity and values of the home
is not compromised.
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for a property that is being topped for animation - you could desire to
include something called an 'episodic synopsis' - which outlines the
tales which might take place in an animated series. These are usually
done by a 'script doctor' - who can also help out in reconditioning the
whole story background and character descriptions. Please if you want to
read even more details through this link to see more!
