Production Memo: Pilot Pre-Production Program (4P) – November 2024 – Asians in Animation
This month has been a whirlwind of creativity, collaboration, and, well, a lot of tea (you’ll see what we mean). We’re brewing up something special—let’s break it down!
About the Show, “TEA”
Logline: “When a society built on tea trade and consumption is threatened by a mysterious company, a young outsider must gather the exclusive Houses of Tea as allies to revitalize ceremonial tea magic.”
How it Started
Fresh off of the success of Asians in Animation’s inaugural talent incubator, the AIA Immersive Lab, the Asians in Animation Pilot Pre Production Program (4P) was greenlit at the beginning of September.
The goal? To expose talent to industry processes by taking a 100% original AIA-made series IP from concept to a ready-for-production animatic.
Running October 2024 to May 2025, participants will get hands-on experience in an animation industry simulation, ultimately working together to create a professional-level pilot animatic with a full production crew.
To pilot this new pilot program, Asians in Animation Creative Chair and incoming Chief Creative Officer, Saira Umar, stepped into the Showrunner/Executive Producer role and Asians in Animation Creative Director and incoming Head of Production, Alice Jiang as the Producer.
After two whirlwind weeks of preparing our production documents and templates, building the production calendar, opening applications and building an animation writers room, we were ready to launch the program!
