Our Sample Standard Format for Movies

Hi there, and welcome to the Game Plans for New Cartoons Wiki! We're glad you joined! If you're wondering how to submit a movie entry in standard format, here's how! The following is our example of what the standard formatting for upcoming movies, both animated and live-action, color and B&W, that you would like to plan and then create should look like.

To best introduce readers about your movie, type a well developed sentence that introduces its official title(s) (in bold, italicized letters), the year that the movie was originally released, the genre it belongs to, and what it was based on (especially in the case of remakes and non-theatrical productions); if this movie was not based on other movies, then do not state what it was based on. Be sure to write this first sentence as "(title of your movie) is a (YEAR) (American, Canadian, British, Irish, etc.) (type of animation style [traditionally-animated, computer-animated, etc.] or live-action) (genre) film that is based on (the original source materials that inspired this movie).

In a separate paragraph, explain BOTH the dream release date and its actual release date of the film, as well as the film studio that will be responsible for releasing the movie. This sentence should state, "This film premiered in theaters on (dream release date) in (name of your dream world) and on (actual release date) in your home country by (film studio)". You could also briefly describe a fun fact about this movie, i.e. whether the film will be the first or last theatrical production from your animation studio.

Infoboxes
As displayed at the very top of this page, infoboxes contain brief, important information about the work of art.


 * In order, the following details should be added into the infobox:
 * The official title of the work of art.
 * An image of the work of art's logotype (as soon as its logotype was created).
 * Its original creator.
 * People who directed the movie...
 * People who produced the movie...
 * Its executive producers...
 * People who wrote the screenplay..
 * People who wrote the story...
 * What the work of art was based on.
 * Actors that were involved...
 * Music by...
 * Editing by...
 * All film studios and production companies that made the work possible...
 * The film studio's parent company that handles the distribution rights.
 * Its original release date in your dream world in month/day/year format.
 * Its upcoming original release date on Earth in month/day/year format (you may write "TBA" only in the case that the film was not released yet.).
 * Running time...
 * Country of first publication...
 * Language...
 * 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".
 * Its intended budget in U.S. dollars.
 * Final worldwide box office gross in U.S. dollars.

If desired, your infobox may also include an additional cells that gives readers the following selections: "Read the transcript", "Trailer transcripts", "Credits", "Home media", "Soundtrack", "Production", "Fun facts", "Gallery" and "Digital coloring errors".

Brief Summary
A brief summary describes the story-line 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. A large amount of the best animated series, which include anime, consist of both a coming-of-age story and strong character development; examples include Marvel movies, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Naruto, Pokemon and the Dragon Ball franchise.

Plot
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. All of this should be completed in bullet points that contain well developed sentences, in this format: "(Name of voice actor) as (the movie's original character), (brief description of the original character)."

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 (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".

Development
Explain the film's development in this area.

Casting
Explain the film's casting in this area.

Animation/Special Effects
Explain the film's animation technique, special effects, etc. and all companies that were responsible for them in this area.

Music
Identify the type of music was present in the movie and each individual that composed the music/soundtrack in this area.

Release
Briefly explain the premiere date of the movie/show/cartoon/video game. This must includes its theatrical release date, the home video release date(s), and 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. 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" and "Critical reception". Sub-headings for "Wins", "Awards" and "Nominations" should also be included in this part of the page.

Box office
Explain the film's box office results here.

Critical reception
Explain the film's critical reception here. A few sources of critical reception include New York Times, Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB and Common Sense Media.

Wins
Explain the film's wins here.

Awards
Explain the film's awards here.

Nominations
Explain the film's nominations here.

Comparison between your movie and its original source materials
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 (i.e. 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 of their works of art that individuals would like to learn 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. All of this should be completed in bullet points with well developed sentences.