Game Plans for New Cartoons Wiki:Manuals of Style

Hello there, and welcome to the Game Plans for New Cartoons Wiki! We are very glad you joined us! This is the one-stop online arena where you can plan out your new cartoons, movies, TV shows, video games, graphic novels, anime and live-action motion pictures and more, and then actively create them! If you would like to learn how to submit an entry for our site and the type of standard format that should be used for the entry, here's how.

The Advantage of Keeping All Pages to Standard Formats
In order to help individuals best organize each page that has been created on this wiki and all other FANDOM wikis, we have established a series of standard formats. Notable editions that make each page stand out better include infoboxes, tables, brief summaries, fun facts and much more, all explained below.

Infoboxes
Infoboxes contain brief, important information about the work of art. The infobox should also list its box office budget and the total amount of money the movie grossed globally, as well as a cell that gives readers a selection to "Read the transcript", "Trailer transcripts", "Credits", "Home media", "Soundtrack", "Production", "Fun facts", "Gallery" and "Animation errors".
 * In order, the following details should be added into infobox:
 * The official title of the work of art.
 * An image of the work of art's logotype.
 * Its original creator.
 * What the work of art was based on.
 * Its original release date.
 * Its Motion Picture Association of America rating. ALL PG-rated, PG-13-rated, R-rated and NC-17-rated movies MUST include a brief explanation of why the movie was given its PG/PG-13/R/NC-17 rating. In example, a PG-rated movie should include a table stating that the movie was rated PG for "action violence".
 * Directed by...
 * Produced by...
 * Music by...
 * Editing by...
 * Running time...
 * Country of first publication...
 * Language...
 * Actors that were involved...
 * Its screenwriters...
 * People that wrote the story...
 * All film studios, production companies, video game publishers, video game developers that made the work possible...
 * And the film studio or video game company that handles the distribution rights.

Brief Summaries and Plots
A brief summary describes the storyline of the work of art created by an individual in a few simple but well-developed paragraphs. Brief summaries generally introduce us to your main characters, the setting, the time period, and, of course, the actual story and the year it will be released.

On the other hand, a plot describes the entire story of the work of art with as much detail as possible. As you write the actual plot of your work, think about the following points: What happens? How does it start? How does it end? What events, scenes and/or moments happen? Describe all this in this section. Pictures and video of your work of art are also appreciated and can be added to your page as well.

Cast
List all of your characters and their voice actors that you would like to hire in this section of your page, along with additional voices.

Production
Explain the production and development of the work of art in this part of the page in a few paragraphs. Describe the animation technique used in your movie/show/video game (for animated productions only) and/or special effects, the stages and years of production that were spent on making the movie, inspirations from other movies and/or the original source material, and the tasks that were completed by each individual involved in the movie. There should be sub-headings for "Development", "Casting", "Animation" and "Music".

Release
Briefly explain the premiere date of the movie/show/cartoon/video game. This may include its theatrical release date, the home video release date(s), and/or its debut(s) on national television. There may be many home video releases of your movie in the case of special edition issues being created. For video games, there should be a release date that states the series of consoles that the video game was released on. You should also state how much money your movie grossed in total against its original budget. To make this category stand out for movies, there should be a sub-heading titled "Home media".

Reception
Explain the box office performance of your movie, the number of viewers that watched your show, its rating, and reviews from critics. Also explain how the work of art performed commercially and critically. There should be sub-headings for "Box office", "Critical reception", "Wins", "Awards" and "Nominations".

Comparison
As a useful way to connect different projects, list all of the comparisons between your movie and its original source material, including differences in setting (ex: a snowy city in your movie vs. a rainy village in the original source), special effects, and style (your movie may be a punk crime/thriller/action title as opposed to the original's medieval fantasy title). All this should be completed in bullet points with well developed sentences.

Fun Facts
FANDOM contributors often place a bullet list of fun facts, also known as trivia, of their works of art that individuals would like to be taught about. Fun Facts generally include the number of days the motion picture takes place, how many years of production were spent on making the work of art, internet memes that originated from the movie, whether or not the movie was the first or last movie to be released by an identified film studio, scenarios of the movie that may happen differently in real life, comparisons between the movie and its original source material, and if the movie was released on the same day as another movie from the same company that released your movie and/or a movie from a different studio.

To find out which standard format should be utilized for each page, check out the following samples of our standard formats:
 * Our sample of standard format for video games
 * Our sample of standard format for movies
 * Our sample of standard format for television shows (under construction)
 * Our sample of standard format for episode lists (under construction)
 * Our sample of standard format for franchises (under construction)
 * Our sample of standard format for transcripts for motion pictures and trailers

That's it! Be sure to read our rules and each manual of style listed above before you contribute and have fun!