Thursday, March 27, 2014

Nickelodeon Preschool Television Launches 2014 Animated Shorts Program

The animation news website Animation World Network (AWN) is reporting the exciting Nickelodeon News in the following article that, following the success of the Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program, Nickelodeon Preschool Television is launching a brand-new creative shorts program! Can you bring the funny? Nickelodeon is looking for concepts that make preschoolers laugh and giggle!


As part of the Nickelodeon Preschool Television 2014 Animated Shorts Program, Nickelodeon is looking for character-based shorts that are silly, whacky, loony and hilariously funny to its core audience of two-to-five year olds. Shorts should include strong characters that appeal to both boys and girls, and should avoid stereotyping of any kind.



Nick Preschool TV 2014 Animated Shorts flyer from Kidscreen

Creative Guidelines:

Shorts should be respectful of preschooler's development, gearing humor and content to the audience.

Shorts should be visually stimulating and push the conventions of design while working on a level respectful of preschooler's development.

Shorts should avoid topics and issues that date and link the series to a particular time and fad.

Shorts should have no more than 2-3 characters.

Shorts are limited to 2:00 (two minutes) in length and should primarily take place in one setting.

Nick Preschool is open to all animation styles.

Pitch materials must include the following:

* Concept treatment (two paragraphs about your idea)
* Character descriptions and designs
* 2-minute rough thumbnail storyboard OR 2-minute script/outline
* Resume and credits
* Link to online portfolio and/or work samples (if available)
* If available, you can provide a link to additional pitch content.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 28th April 2014. For more details, and to submit your concept, visit shorts.nickjr.com.

From AWN:
Nickelodeon Launches 2014 Preschool Animated Shorts Program

Nickelodeon launches a new creative shorts program aimed at preschoolers.

Nickelodeon Preschool Television is launching a new creative shorts program. Can you bring the funny? Nickelodeon is looking for concepts that make preschoolers laugh and giggle!

Nickelodeon is looking for character-based shorts that are silly, whacky, loony and hilariously funny to its core audience of two to five year olds. Shorts should include strong characters that appeal to both boys and girls, and should avoid stereotyping of any kind.

Creative Guidelines:

Shorts should be respectful of preschooler's development, gearing humor and content to the audience.

Shorts should be visually stimulating and push the conventions of design while working on a level respectful of preschooler's development.

Shorts should avoid topics and issues that date and link the series to a particular time and fad.

Shorts should have no more than 2-3 characters.

Shorts are limited to 2:00 in length and should primarily take place in one setting.

We are open to all animation styles.

Pitch materials must include the following:

Concept treatment (two paragraphs about your idea)
Character descriptions and designs
2-minute rough thumbnail storyboard OR 2-minute script/outline
Resume and credits
Link to online portfolio and/or work samples (if available)
If available, you can provide a link to additional pitch content.

The deadline for submissions is Monday, April 28, 2014. For more details, and to submit your concept, visit Nickpreschool/ShortSubmission.com.

Source: Nickelodeon

Tags: Nickelodeon, Preschool Animated Shorts Program, call for entries

In Call for Entries, Cartoons, Short Films, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

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