Little red riding hood script and “pitch” to publisher
Make sure you have read the assigned materials to prepare to complete this assignment.
- “Little Red Riding Hood,” from The Classic Fairytales, Ed. Maria Tatar, W.W. Norton, 1999, pgs. 1-17
- Jessica Abel and Matt Madden, “The One-Pager”, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures, First Second, 2008, pgs. 67-76
In this exercise you will be working to create a script, thumbnails, and a “pitch” for a one-page comic based on a version of the Little Red Riding Hood story. Sample one-pager comics and scripts are provided in this module for your review. To begin, you should read the selected versions of the Little Red Riding Hood story and decide which version of the story to work with, and how to retell the story as a comic.
As the cartoonist, you will be responsible for completing and submitting the following three elements:
- A detailed script for the comic. There is no set length for the script, but a written script is often longer (on paper) than the drawn comic.
- A 250-500 word “pitch” in which you describe your planned one-pager to a potential publisher reviewing several different Little Red Riding Hood stories for a special issue on fairy tales. Convince this publisher that your planned one-pager will be the strongest. In the pitch you should make the case for why you chose retell this version of Little Red Riding Hood story instead of another. You should also make the reasoning behind each of your authorial/artistic choices clear. What style will the art have? Why? What will the layout on the page be like? Why? How many panels will you use? Why? What features or episodes from the story will you highlight or play down? Why? What will the color palette be like? Why?
