- Casting - ask long time before the shoot, meeting face to face before shoot, get a contract
- Locations - make this one of your first factors, be clear about what your filming, phone call
- Scheduling - establish clear shot list, establish secured dates for filming, establish shoot times
- Organisation - make sure all actors know where and when, make sure travel is covered,
- Paperwork - child actor permissions, public insurance
Research
- Begin researching online and relevant journals, publications and newspapers.
- Acquaint yourself with the broader picture and background to your story
- Establish key contacts
- Never make a call to any of these contacts until you understand the basis of the story you wish to tell and have an appreciation of the remit
Relevant background info
- Legislation/ regulations
- Organisations and experts
- Existing research - up to date as possible, if unpublished, better - exclusive
- Case studies
- Previous coverage on TV/ archive as appropriate
Factual Films require a "journalists nose"
- What makes your story interesting
- What is your angle
Research prior to pitching
- Enough to answer the basic questions about the story and to form your proposal
- Who/what/where/when/how
- Find your USP (Unique serving point)
Pitch
- Email Helen with summery of my pitch idea (working title, topline, and one paragraph synopsis) by 3 pm 21st of march
Ethics and representation
It is not just a topic for a project, consider how it will affect people with disabilities etc.
Disability
Income/ class
Values/ culture
Ethnicity
Race
Sexuality
Issues e.g. crime
Tokenism
Youth, middle aged, old aged
Representation
- A fair representation of the wider context
- Fairly treated and represented honestly
- Avoid stereotypes and reinforcing prejudice
- Avoid lazy journalism
- Treat people with respect
Finding characters/ case studies
- people who best illustrate your story and who are the best talkers/ characters
- Via relevant organisations - usually the press office
- Via experts - e.g doctors, police etc
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