3 Steps: Turn a Character into a TV Show

You’ve discovered an amazing, real life person that you are sure could be a reality TV show…now what? Today, we give you 3 concrete steps to greatly increase your odds of selling a character-centered show. One Awesome Character = Not Enough… But worry not, oh faithful listeners! We’re going to give you the tools to take your one character and build from there, creating a concept that can turn into a successful reality TV show or documentary series. Just a few things we cover today: * Why one great character is not enough to sell a show. * Discovering archetypes in your character’s life and using them. * Working to communicate how characters fit together in your show. * Defining the hook of your cast. * Knowing which networks your characters are right for. * Will Joke ever actually give birth to this baby? Hit the giant PLAY button above to learn how to sell a show with your great character! Transcript coming soon! Helpful and Related Links Great Characters for Reality TV Shows and Documentary Series — the must listen episode to know if your characters can really carry a TV show. Great Reality TV Worlds — is the world your characters inhabit really interesting enough for a network to get excited about? An ep worth reviewing. Start Here: 7 Steps to Pitch Reality TV to Joke and Biagio — everything you need to know about pitching to us, wrapped up neatly in one, easy-to-listen episode. Subscribe to Joke and Biagio on Youtube. Seriously, subscribe. Biagio has talked Joke into going on camera. A minor miracle. Come on, you know you want to click this sexy subscribe button: Come Make a Show With Us! So you found a great character, and now you’ll take these 3 steps to put together a rock-solid TV show concept. Then what? Pitch it to us! Here’s how:

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*Named "New and Noteworthy" across all podcasts, as well as TV & Film, Arts, and Education. Subscribe now. Ready to create, pitch, and sell documentary series, unscripted TV shows or reality series and specials? From creating pitch tapes to meeting with TV networks, developing your ideas to discovering reality TV stars, this podcast features tips on working in unscripted film and television that you won't find anywhere else. Get top-industry secrets and even pitch your shows to Award-Winning Documentary Filmmakers and Unscripted Television Producers Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina. Recently, the duo have helped both new and experienced producers bring projects to television on MTV, BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL, INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY, A&E, and CNN/HLN. Your show could be next. Subscribe now. ABOUT JOKE AND BIAGIO: With over a decade of experience in unscripted film and television, this married couple has made TV shows, specials, and pilots for CNN, HLN, A&E, The CW, Biography Channel, NBC, CBS, Discovery, Investigation Discovery, Discovery+, E!, IFC, Logo, Oxygen, Style Network, VH1 and MTV. Their feature length documentary DYING TO DO LETTERMAN played in theaters across America, was invited by the International Documentary Association to qualify for Academy Award® consideration, and named “New and Noteworthy” on iTunes alongside The Dark Knight Rises, Brave, and Beasts of the Southern Wild. Subscribers to this podcast will learn the secrets of the Unscripted TV and Film worlds, and how to apply them toward career success. Subscribe today.