The travel show for you and your pet.
By: Susan Allor & Ken Paul
Registered with WGA September 2008
We plan to shoot the pilot in Chicago - Billy Does the Windy City!
Local shooters and talent are encouraged to contact me.
If you're interested in working with Ken and me or providing financial support to get this pilot made, please e-mail me.
Have you and your pet ever wished you could go on vacation together–even when you’re staying at a 4-star hotel?
Then Travels with Billy is the show for both of you.
This 30-minute show uncovers non-traditional, pet-friendly vacation and recreation destinations—exploring them from both human and a pet perspectives.
Like critics-at-large, Billy (an Australian Shepherd mix) and his human traveling companion, Dad, explore hotels, resorts, and B&Bs around the world—ultimately giving each travel spot or city a score based on: comfort, pet amenities, human amenities, and cost.
Production:
Through BillyCAM and DadCAM (on-harness remote RF DVCAM cameras ) we see what Billy and Dad see as they sample the cuisine...interact with the staff…meet other 2-legged and 4-legged guests…and explore everything the location has to offer its human and animal guests.
Dad and Billy will provide running VO commentary (and panting and barking) recorded in post that will be intercut with synched audio/video of poignant moments.
BillyCAM and DadCAM will be differentiated from real time footage by pulling color out, muting color down, or blurring focus to achieve a specific aesthetic/editorial texture. (e.g., While running through a field, BillyCAM may view everything in black and white except for purple flowers OR after Dad has a couple beers, DadCAM may read through blurred focus.)
While BillyCAM and DadCAM are clever acquisition devises that add personality, humor, and visual texture to the series, we recognize that a significant percentage of the audience for Travels with Billy will not necessarily be attuned to Dutch-angles and MTV editing. Therefore, the show will be produced using classic shooting and editing styles, inter-cut with short BillyCAM and DadCAM segments, where appropriate.
To further enhance viewability, Travels with Billy includes layers of support text and graphics and a strong interface design that both establishes a show brand and translates visually to other media (give-away items, T-shirts, a Travels with Billy partner website, etc.)
Safe, Happy Travels:
Travels with Billy will also include “Tips for Traveling with Your Pet” to make pet/human travels safer and more enjoyable.
When Billy and Dad spend the weekend at a B&B in San Francisco, they’ll have to fly. That means we’ll briefly take viewers through the process of crating, sedating, and loading/unloading Billy from the plane before Billy and Dad arrive at the B&B.
When Billy and Dad go to a Club-Med resort in Cancun, they’ll fly and Billy may need vaccinations before entering Mexico.
When Billy and Dad visit a ranch in Quebec, Dad will need to bring a special harness for car travel and find out what documentation he needs in order to take Billy across the border.
Show Segments:
1. Intro & Pre-travel preparation
2. Overview of our destination to find out what’s in store for Billy & Dad
3. Traveling to our destination (BillyCAM & DadCAM)
4. Checking in (with BillyCAM & DadCAM).
5. Going with Billy and Dad to see the sights, do the activities, eat, meet other guests, etc. (Billy
and Dad give each activity a score based on their enjoyment.) In the end, Billy and Dad
each render a final score on a scale from 0-4.
6. Bumpers and fillers will impart interesting information and fun facts.
Each show will focus on:
· A different pet friendly experience
· Highlights of activities at the location
· Travelogue of how and where to find and reach the location.
· Each show will provide valuable travel information: How to travel to Europe with a pet.
Travels with Billy Team:
The Travels with Billy team will include a cast of recurring, on-camera talent and animal experts and visiting animal experts and other professionals.
The core on-camera team:
· Dad/Narrator
· Billy
· Andi ( Billy’s little sister cat who checks out the feline comforts via Bad Kitty CAM)
· Various travel or animal behavior specialists
Pilot: Billy Does the Windy City
10/1/08
Travels with Billy
The travel show for you and your pet.
By: Susan Allor & Ken Paul
Registered with WGA September 2008
We plan to shoot the pilot in Chicago - Billy Does the Windy City!
Local shooters and talent are encouraged to contact me.
If you're interested in working with Ken and me or providing financial support to get this pilot made, please e-mail me.
Have you and your pet ever wished you could go on vacation together–even when you’re staying at a 4-star hotel?
Then Travels with Billy is the show for both of you.
This 30-minute show uncovers non-traditional, pet-friendly vacation and recreation destinations—exploring them from both human and a pet perspectives.
Like critics-at-large, Billy (an Australian Shepherd mix) and his human traveling companion, Dad, explore hotels, resorts, and B&Bs around the world—ultimately giving each travel spot or city a score based on: comfort, pet amenities, human amenities, and cost.
Production:
Through BillyCAM and DadCAM (on-harness remote RF DVCAM cameras ) we see what Billy and Dad see as they sample the cuisine...interact with the staff…meet other 2-legged and 4-legged guests…and explore everything the location has to offer its human and animal guests.
Dad and Billy will provide running VO commentary (and panting and barking) recorded in post that will be intercut with synched audio/video of poignant moments.
BillyCAM and DadCAM will be differentiated from real time footage by pulling color out, muting color down, or blurring focus to achieve a specific aesthetic/editorial texture. (e.g., While running through a field, BillyCAM may view everything in black and white except for purple flowers OR after Dad has a couple beers, DadCAM may read through blurred focus.)
While BillyCAM and DadCAM are clever acquisition devises that add personality, humor, and visual texture to the series, we recognize that a significant percentage of the audience for Travels with Billy will not necessarily be attuned to Dutch-angles and MTV editing. Therefore, the show will be produced using classic shooting and editing styles, inter-cut with short BillyCAM and DadCAM segments, where appropriate.
To further enhance viewability, Travels with Billy includes layers of support text and graphics and a strong interface design that both establishes a show brand and translates visually to other media (give-away items, T-shirts, a Travels with Billy partner website, etc.)
Safe, Happy Travels:
Travels with Billy will also include “Tips for Traveling with Your Pet” to make pet/human travels safer and more enjoyable.
When Billy and Dad spend the weekend at a B&B in San Francisco, they’ll have to fly. That means we’ll briefly take viewers through the process of crating, sedating, and loading/unloading Billy from the plane before Billy and Dad arrive at the B&B.
When Billy and Dad go to a Club-Med resort in Cancun, they’ll fly and Billy may need vaccinations before entering Mexico.
When Billy and Dad visit a ranch in Quebec, Dad will need to bring a special harness for car travel and find out what documentation he needs in order to take Billy across the border.
Show Segments:
1. Intro & Pre-travel preparation
2. Overview of our destination to find out what’s in store for Billy & Dad
3. Traveling to our destination (BillyCAM & DadCAM)
4. Checking in (with BillyCAM & DadCAM).
5. Going with Billy and Dad to see the sights, do the activities, eat, meet other guests, etc. (Billy
and Dad give each activity a score based on their enjoyment.) In the end, Billy and Dad
each render a final score on a scale from 0-4.
6. Bumpers and fillers will impart interesting information and fun facts.
Each show will focus on:
· A different pet friendly experience
· Highlights of activities at the location
· Travelogue of how and where to find and reach the location.
· Each show will provide valuable travel information: How to travel to Europe with a pet.
Travels with Billy Team:
The Travels with Billy team will include a cast of recurring, on-camera talent and animal experts and visiting animal experts and other professionals.
The core on-camera team:
· Dad/Narrator
· Billy
· Andi ( Billy’s little sister cat who checks out the feline comforts via Bad Kitty CAM)
· Various travel or animal behavior specialists
Pilot: Billy Does the Windy City
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