The pitch

## Target Audience

**Children (ages 5-9)** and **Teenagers (age 11-13)**, **9-12** being the age to engage the most with the show. Chiquititas is a show for the **entire family** to watch together.

## Format

**24** **30-40 minutes episodes** per seasons (**4 seasons** tell the **first story**, **3 seasons** tell the **second story**, with the triunfal return of Mili). It should be aired for **6 months in the second semester**, every consecutive year, so a tight production schedule, with special episodes, some extra and/or apart from the main story. We exploit the climate seasons and fit into the school calendar.

### Special Episodes

* **Summer special** - A trip episode exploiting vacation set during summer. - usually an action/adventure episode.
* **Halloween special** - usually a soft horror episode.
* Thanksgiving episode.
* **Holiday special** - Christmas/Hanukkah episode (generally ending the season) - usually a fantasy inspired episode.

## Characters

8 original girls:

* Milly, Georgina, Cindy (Cinthia), Laura, Vera (Veronica), Mary (Mary), Sandy (Sol), Julian, Lina (Carolina), Matias.
* Mosca, Dirt (Ronã), Corky (Corcho), Will (Guille), Xavier, mecha,
* Carol (Caro), Tamara, Daisy (Flor), Jimmy (Santiago), Pollyana (Pilar),
* Nadia, Patty (Pato), Nick (Nico), Paul, Leo.
* cheerleaders: Barbie, Britney (Delfina), Lily (Lila), Courtney (Quela).
* Cuda, Matthew, Francis, Alan (Rana), MicKEY (Marquitos), Julian,
* Tina, Miki (Micaela), Luna, Nacho (ignacio), Yago, Patricio, Katy (Catherine - Catalina).
* The Johns John Edward, John Arthur, John Angus, John Anthony, John David, John Alec, John Henry.

More involved in school activities.

## Goals

"*"To provide kids with a model that gives them an idea of where to go, and the way in which to handle the problems and opportunities that come up."*"
— Joseph Campbell

What the myth does in to provide a field (a map) in which you can locate yourself. For kids to remain connected to their inner child, to pursue and cultivate their affections, hope, dreams, and imagination as a guide your wills, so that anything is possible to be built.

## Overall theme

You can't make people see or believe in magic but magic is all around us, it is the miracle of life, and we can co-create magic (trigger term), manifest it. We can do wonderful things if we set our hearts and mind to, if we believe and allow ourselves to see deep within our hearts. We can do it together.

* They don't need a perfect family, they can create their own family.
* You can't wear another person't hat. You've got to find the wisdom of your own ways, not the clothing of it.
* Embrace diversity. People are different.

## Inspiration

* The Little Princess
* Mary Poppins
* The Secret Garden
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
* The time of secrets

## Assertions

* First romance and curiosity about growing up and coming-of-age is a fact about childhood and teenagers, so embrace that.
* Honest reactions that resonates with the public and kids nowadays.

## US Adaptation

* Set in Savannah, GA, or San Francisco, Sausalito, Monterrey, CA.
* Diversity, inclusion, without making that a theme, just focus on the struggles of these characters so it's not panfletario.
* Cities that resemble dollhouses. Either in California, exploiting natural parks such as the Yosemite, with victorian houses, or in the homely south, with it's old architecture and warm culture and accents.
* Needs to resemble a fairy tale
* Set in the 90's.

### Ideas

* In the beginning, when the HBO logo appears, a carnavalesque Lingua de Sogra, confetti, and serpentine bursts onto the screen, like it's a party, the countdown and turn of the new years or end of a birthday moment as an apex.
* The Institution os so rich because it's supported by wealthy people and benefactors, such as Henriqueta Liñares Pinto.