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TV Pilot scripts?

  • 12-03-2009 03:00AM
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    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 23,277 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Was wondering if anyone knows where i could find a copy of a real TV Pilots script?

    ive written many a script aimed at TV, Film and even theatre before but recently moved in with a friend of mine that i used to write with when we were both in University doing a Media production course and we have both had this idea for a TV show for years. Ive started writing a pilot for it numerous times but tbh could really use a template for how its supposed to be presented. Ive seen Pilot scripts for shows available to buy relativley cheap on eBay etc although would prefer just to be able to find em online ideally.

    Obviously i dont wanna say too much about what our show could be about but style wise i can imagine something akin to a mix between Skins and Teachers so obviously anything along those lines would be perfect. The idea also has an in built minimum of 3-4 Seasons in it if wanted due to what its about and there are literally millions of different things that could happen with this down the line so much so that I think that should I actually be able to produce a real top quality Pilot the show could sell itself.

    Any assistance from anyone who could point me in the right direction would be much appreciated. We could have a brilliant story here but just not know how to convey it.


Comments

  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 633 ✭✭✭dublinario


    There are sample scripts (as well as other resources, including free script-formatting software) here:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/

    It's also somewhere that will accept your unsolicited script when you're done, and guarantee (so they claim) that it'll be read. Good luck with your idea.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    its easy enough to get one on google just enter the name of a tv. eg 'lost pilot script'

    I think that ifferent COuntries might have different formats. I believe the British and Ameriacan formats are different.


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