The Artwork for Babylon Beyond!
It took me a few days, but by goddess, I did it! I'm taking a class entitled "TV Animation Lab." The name explains itself. The objective is to write a pitch for an animated series for television. During the first class, I only had a vague idea of what I wanted to do. I have several ideas for feature length animated films, but television? This was a new challenge. Or maybe not. Maybe not so much. For years, I have been struggling to make a fantasy epic about a certain Sumerian goddess. I wrote many drafts of the script. I even had a reading live on stage, and it was received well. The actors enjoyed performing the roles. I was encouraged to go further. The problem was the logline, or the pitch. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to encapsulate the story into one sentence. There were so many characters, so many locations, so much story. I was completely baffled. If you stopped me in the street and asked me what was the script about, I'd proba