LEGO® City is a realistic LEGO world for kids to explore and stimulate their creativity.

• You can check out LEGO® City sets here.
• You can check out some previously made videos about LEGO® City here.

We're looking for someone who can write an adventurous and comedic interactive animated narrative where kids will be able to choose their own path in LEGO® City from a number of different branching narratives. You will be paired with another writer who already has experience with writing for The LEGO Group, and you'll work together with the Tongal team to craft an animation script.

For your pitch, you'll need to submit a writing sample (2-pages max) featuring an adventure in LEGO® City with at least a few different branching options. You'll also need to let us know if you have any interactive writing experience. 

For any questions or other project updates, check out the Project Forum.

 

DELIVERABLES: 

• The video that this script will be used to create will be a single 2-3 minute narrative, but with approximately 35 different narrative possibilities, it may require up to 15 minutes of actual original scripted content.

 

TIMELINE: 

• Writer's Pitch Phase: 10/13 - 10/18
• Writer selected: 10/18
• Onboarding Call: 10/20
• Writers Room #1: 10/22    
• Writers work on initial Story-Outline/Script: 10/22 - 10/26
• Story-Outline/Script outline Review: 10/26 - 10/29
• Writers Room #2: 11/01
• Writers revise Script: 11/01 - 11/04
• Script Review: 11/04 - 11/09

EXPOSURE: YouTube

 

TARGET AUDIENCE: Kids 5-12

 

TONE: Adventurous, funny, engaging

 

EXECUTIONAL MANDATORIES: 

• Dialogue may be kept to a minimum in the final script.
• We are looking for visual humor and engaging adventure, with clever use of the branching narrative format.
• Please keep the humor witty, but family-friendly, and geared for children
• Please do not mix characters from other LEGO® themes with LEGO® City.

In order to be considered for this project, you must include the below materials in your pitch submission. For examples of effective pitches, check out this gallery.

 

• TEXT (REQUIRED): Up to 500 characters letting us know a little about yourself and why you're interested in pitching for this project.
  
  
• WRITING SAMPLE (REQUIRED): Give us a sample of an adventure in LEGO® City with at least a few different branching options.
  
  
• INTERACTIVE WRITING EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED): Please let us know about any interactive mediums you've written for, such as video games, and your role.

1. Unless provided otherwise, all work must be your own original creation and free of any copyrighted material. You shall provide detailed information of your work regarding the source, the creator and background information as requested by Tongal.
   
   
2. In the event you utilize any third-party materials, you must obtain full written license and consent from the owner of such third-party materials and provide such license and consent forms to Tongal.
   
   
3. BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN ENTRY, YOUR SUBMISSION IMMEDIATELY BECOMES THE SOLE PROPERTY OF TONGAL OR ITS ASSIGNEES – SEE OFFICIAL RULES FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT OWNERSHIP OF ENTRIES. YOU MAY NOT PUBLICLY SHARE OR PUBLISH YOUR SUBMISSION IN ANY MANNER AND YOU MAY NOT POST OR UPLOAD YOUR SUBMISSION TO ANY WEBSITE OR VIDEO HOSTING SITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE OR VIMEO), WITHOUT THE PRIOR EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF TONGAL. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION OF YOUR ENTRY IN THE PROJECT.
   
   
4. You may not contact any employees or members of the Sponsor’s organization, their affiliates, or any of their partners. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in disqualification of your entry in the project.
   
   
5. Submissions cannot contain any profanity, offensive language, nudity or otherwise objectionable material, the determination of which is solely at the discretion of Sponsor.
   
   
6. Submissions must not portray Sponsor in a negative way, the determination of which will solely reside with Sponsor.
    
7. By submitting to this project, you acknowledge that your work may become subject to public voting on the Tongal site. Public voting may be used to help the project sponsor determine the final rank order.
    
8. Limit 5 submissions per member, per Phase.
    
9. You must be at least thirteen (13) years or older to enter.
   
   
10. The Sponsor reserves the right to repost the contest.
    
    
11. In addition to the judging criteria stated in the OFFICIAL RULES, Pitches will also be evaluated on that member's ability to execute the final Video based on their prior work and experience as a filmmaker.
    
    
12. The Sponsor will be entitled to reasonable revisions on the finished Videos without providing additional compensation. Remember it's easier to re-edit than re-shoot so try to get as much coverage as possible.
    
    
13. In addition to the standard Tongal W-9, Winner Affidavit, and IP Assignment, greenlit Video creators MUST also provide Talent, Location, Music (or other) Releases for all assets appearing in their Videos, as well as a photograph/headshot OR copy of a photo ID for all On-camera Talent releases. You must also provide all project files, editing sequences and a 1080p .mov master file, using a ProRes, Animation, or Uncompressed Codec to claim your earnings.
    
    
14. See OFFICIAL RULES for additional contest information, terms and conditions. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between these requirements and the Official Rules, the terms and conditions of these requirements shall prevail.