MINI BOOTCAMP:
Create Your (Animated Series) Slate

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Course features
  • Author: Natasje van Niekerk
  • Level: Beginner to Advanced
  • Live class time: 40 mins/ day for 5 days 
  • Self Study time: Student dependent

STARTS TUESDAY TO SATURDAY - 
25 FEBRUARY TO 1 MARCH -
6PM UK

Course overview

KICKSTART YOUR ANIMATED SERIES DEVELOPMENT SLATE!!

Why have more than one series... if you are "just a creator"? Because you're not just a creator. YOU ARE A CREATOR!!

A slate of content shows you have range - ideas across age groups, across genres... it shows YOU ARE A STORYTELLER!!

But how to achieve this and where to start?

5 INTENSIVE classes.
5 ACHIEVABLE targets.
5 Series Ideas.... ready to level up!!!

It's not a deep-dive in series development, it's a KICKSTARTER!!

It's a 5 day brainstorm on steroids that gives you a slate of projects you can pitch and test against the market appetite that will form the the foundation for your creative process and deep-dive into the development of your animated series.

Benefits of Bootcamp

Live Classes 

Live classes offer an enhanced learning experience. Helps you engage with the content. Keeps you present, and accountable. 

A Quick Start

KICKSTART an idea by getting the bones on paper in high concept form, so you can test market appetite, before you INVEST time, money and energy. But get it down as a quality concept.

Discuss with others

Participate in our online forum, share thoughts and ideas, increase connection, get help with your own project as you feedback on your peer's projects.
INSPIRATION comes in many forms, collaboration is one.
the best way to catapult your idea to concept... and your concept to series.

Animated Series Development in your words

"Animated Series Development gave me the framework to go from a "barely-there" idea to a pitch-ready TV series.
I learnt a whole load and got to talk cartoons with a bunch of other big kids like me!"
alex english - published author
"The Series Development Bootcamp exceeded all my expectations.
Natasje is incredibly knowledgeable and supportive. I left with a solid series concept, which I used to apply for funding for further development. This course is a must for any aspiring series creator."
zainab balami - children's producer
“This is a great experience! Series Development demystified the how’s and why’s of how things work for young audiences with hands-on examples and a supportive class environment.”
CIARAN LUCAS - CONCEPT ARTIST, writer, show developer
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Facilitated by

Natasje van Niekerk 

SCREENWRITER - STORY EDITOR - SERIES DEVELOPER - YOUR COACH
With almost 20 years experience in TV and Film, and having spent significant time in development, Natasje brings her expertise to you, to help you develop your series.

Natasje van Niekerk started her career in the entertainment industry as an actress. After landing a job on SABC 2 on a children's show, acting soon became writing. Shortly after she joined the writing team on acclaimed South African Soap, Generations, and continued the soap track with Muvhango and Binnelanders. This was followed by a selection of sitcoms (Askies, Pottie Potgieter and few unproduced ones), magazine programmes and drama series.

Then Magic Cellar happened...The first multi-award winning African animated series Magic Cellar swept her off her feet and opened up the wonderful world of animated series. It also provided an opportunity to be mentored by Clive Endersby, acclaimed Canadian story editor.

20 years in television later and Natasje has a list of children’s TV shows, international animated series and PSA’s and many SAFTA nominations to her belt. She is most proud of her work on an animated series of PSA's for malaria awareness with Firdaus Kharas (Chocolate Moose Media) called Buzz and Bite that won multiple Aurora's most notably for Best use of Comedy. 

2015 she started The Storyteller Pod.

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