Television pilot

A pilot film, also referred to as a pilot, is a film that has been designed for the introduction of a TV series. It serves to introduce into the history or prehistory of the series to introduce the main characters and to make the audience the other episodes of the series tasty.

Pilot films as " trial balloons "

The pilot is reacting to the actors and the concept of the series in general and the assessment, such as public, reviewers and audiences. Frequently changes between pilot and series start again the occupation, although the role names are usually maintained. Sometimes there then with the new line- a new 90 -minute film's release. Then the original film disappears into the " poison cupboard ".

Others

• In Star Trek two pilot episodes were filmed, with excerpts from the first pilot film The Cage in the double episode Talos IV - Tabu were integrated.
• In Babylon 5, the departure of the figures was part of the red thread. One of the characters later appeared as a regular character again, so were formed by the precipitation of the actor with the fans legends.
• The pilot episode of the series Buffy - The Vampire Slayer was filmed only as a promotion for interested transmitter and never aired. He was much shorter, had a different leader and instead of Alyson Hannigan played Riff Regan, the role of Willow Rosenberg. The plot was broadly in the first episode ( Welcome to the Hellmouth, original title: Welcome to the Hellmouth ) were used.
• For The Big Bang Theory 2006, a first pilot was produced, from which only the characters Leonard and Sheldon were taken.