Pitch deck for a TV show
Write your logline first, then make the cast and a one-minute trailer: they are the two things a reader will remember from the deck.
The ten slides, and what SceneMixer can supply
| # | Slide | Put on it | SceneMixer can supply |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Title | Show title, tagline, format (8 episodes of 3 minutes) | A promo cover: three poster options with your title painted in |
| 2 | Logline | One sentence | Nothing: you write it |
| 3 | The world | The place, its rules, why it is fresh | Location images drawn from your descriptions |
| 4 | The characters | Three to five leads and what each wants | Full-figure character sheets, downloadable |
| 5 | Tone and look | Three words and a reference look | Frames from the trailer in the look you chose |
| 6 | The pilot | One paragraph and its hook | The pilot episode itself |
| 7 | Season arc | What changes by the finale | An episode outline from the read, as a starting point |
| 8 | The engine | What repeats every episode | A second episode that repeats it |
| 9 | The trailer | A link to a one-minute video | The pitch trailer |
| 10 | The ask | What you want the reader to do | Nothing: you write it |
AI movie pitch generator · Logline examples · Story bible template · Make a promo cover poster.
Sample slide text for an original show
THE NIGHT COUNTER — a series about a 24-hour pharmacy in a harbour town.
| # | Slide | Text |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Title | THE NIGHT COUNTER. 8 episodes of 3 minutes, vertical. Everything that matters happens after midnight. |
| 2 | Logline | A pharmacist working the 24-hour counter in a harbour town learns that every customer after midnight is collecting something nobody prescribed. |
| 3 | The world | One pharmacy, one harbour, one night shift. The door is never locked, the till is never empty, and no one comes twice with the same story. |
| 4 | The characters | INES CALDER, 38, night pharmacist, wants to leave and cannot. TOBIAS, 19, her trainee, wants to stay. THE REGULAR, who has never been seen to enter. |
| 5 | Tone and look | Deadpan, warm and cold at once. Neon on wet streets. |
| 6 | The pilot | Ines fills a prescription with no doctor's name, for a boat that left the harbour a year ago. |
| 7 | Season arc | From Ines trying to leave to Ines taking over the counter. Episode 8 answers who the Regular is. |
| 8 | The engine | Each episode: one customer, one unfilled need, one small cost. |
| 9 | The trailer | A one-minute video of the five best moments. |
| 10 | The ask | Read the pilot; a development meeting. |
Make the pieces in this order
- The cast. Draw the leads and the main place; the first 15 setup images on an account are free.
- The trailer first. A one-minute script of five to eight moments with the same cast is the cheapest thing that sells the show. A pilot or pitch trailer · A movie trailer · A sizzle reel.
- The pilot, if the pitch calls for an episode. Set the type to TV Series; an episode runs up to 300 seconds.
- The cover. Open the Cover art tab in Step 2 and generate three options.
- The deck, in your own tool, with the character sheets and cover downloaded from the asset library and a link to the video. The asset library.
Showing the video in the deck
A finished episode can be shared by a link that opens a real page with no sign-in and no expiry, or downloaded at full quality and embedded. A video shared through a SceneMixer link always shows the AI label, even on a paid plan; your own download is unaffected. Compositing and sharing · Share links.
Say plainly what it is
- Call it previs or a proof of concept, not a finished broadcast. What is previs? · AI drama clips as previs.
- No famous faces. Real people cannot be depicted, so there is no casting a known actor in the trailer.
- Say it is AI-made. Do AI videos need a label?
- Follow the recipient's rules. Whoever you pitch to has their own submission format and their own view of AI-made material; check before you send.
Make it in SceneMixer, start to finish
- Script: paste your own on Upload Script, or write the brief above in AI Create and let it draft the episodes.
- Step 1: Type TV Series; Scene Style Street Life, Neon Nights; Costume Style Smart Casual, Professional Uniforms; Visual Style Shot on Film, Digital HD; Target Region; dialogue language; 9:16 Portrait. Then read the script.
- Step 2: Draw Ines, Tobias and the Regular, and the pharmacy and the harbour street as locations; they are reused in the pilot and the trailer. The first 15 setup images on an account are free.
- Storyboard: generate episode 1 first (free on your first drama) and read it before you render anything. One place per segment.
- Video: render on the default tier at 10 credits a second, fix single shots instead of whole episodes, then put the episode together and post.
| Piece | Length | What it proves |
|---|---|---|
| Pitch trailer | About 60 seconds | The tone, the cast and the hook |
| Pilot episode | Up to 300 seconds | That the first episode works |
| Cast sheets | A page of images | That the characters have faces |
| Promo cover | One image, two shapes | That the show has a title and a look |
FAQ
How do I make a pitch deck for a TV show?
Write about ten slides: title, logline, world, characters, tone, pilot, season arc, engine, trailer and ask. SceneMixer makes the pictures and video that go on them.
Does SceneMixer make slide decks?
No. It makes a cast, a pilot episode, a one-minute trailer and a promo cover. You write the deck in your own tool.
How do I pitch a TV show?
Lead with a logline you can say in one breath, show the cast and a one-minute trailer, and send what the recipient asks for, in the format they ask for.
How long should a pitch trailer be?
About a minute, with five to eight moments.
Do I need a pilot episode?
Not always. A trailer proves the tone; a pilot proves the story works. Make the trailer first.
Can I use famous actors in the trailer?
No. Real people cannot be depicted.
Can I download the character sheets?
Yes. Every sheet, scene image and video can be downloaded from the asset library.
Is it broadcast quality?
Treat it as previs: tone, cast and pacing. Higher resolution is available for the best clips.
Make the trailer, write the deck
Draw the cast once and use it in the pilot and the trailer.
Updated November 2, 2026