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To kickoff the launch of a new offering for marketers, Roku Ads Manager will be hosting a kickoff event at the Classic Car Club Manhattan in New York City on Wednesday, September 18th from 1-4pm, where there will be a number of live presentations. Roku is looking for an agile, local film crew that can capture both video and audio for a particular series of panels and fireside chats at this event. After the event, all of the raw assets will need to be handed off to Roku and their editing team, so no post-production will be needed here.

All of these presentations that Roku wants to capture will take place on the same day, and at the same location, and they will run back to back over the course of 3-4 hours. We'll need each event to be covered with a few different camera angles, so you'll need a two camera set-up. You'll only be responsible for capturing the speakers and presenters themselves, and you should avoid including any of the crowds as much as possible. Around the events, you should plan to capture some B-roll of the event venue (without featuring the public), as well as some footage of the speakers interacting with people outside of the main presentation. 

You may need to hang filming notices to act as a crowd releases, and these will be provided by Roku, but you won't need to obtain individual releases from the panel participants. Although you're not responsible for any post-production, you should know that the content will likely be used for social assets later on, and therefore should be captured so that it can be utilized in both 16x9 and 9x16 formats. You could achieve this through maintaining center framing, and/or even having dedicated cameras for each aspect ratio. For audio durign presentations, Roku can patch you into the sound board provided by their AV vendor. Immediately following the event, you'll need to deliver the assets to our post team. While a digital delivery is preferred, we recognize that the file size may be too large for that to be practical. In the case of shipping a hard-drive, we'd need to receive that as soon as possible, and no later than the Friday morning following the event. 

For your pitch, you should focus on your general approach to physical production, your proposed camera setup(s) to capture multiple angles (i.e. wide, close-up/follow, and audience view), your audio capture preferences (i.e. patching into the sound board or providing your own mics), and whatever team you'd put together to make it all happen.

We're expecting production to be run by a more local team, so no additional travel budget will be provided. For any questions or other project updates, check out the Project Forum.

DELIVERABLES: A hard-drive with all raw video footage and audio captured at the event.

EXPECTED TIMELINE: HERE

EXPOSURE: We expect content that's created from your footage will be used on the platforms below.

• LinkedIn
• TikTok
• Instagram

EXECUTIONAL MANDATORIES: 

• Must be able to film on site in New York City on Wednesday, September 18th. 
• Crew must be professional and dressed appropriately for live event coverage (i.e. dark/black jeans or khakis, button downs or sweaters, no t-shirts).
• Must be able to capture multiple angles of a panel and more intimate fireside chats (4-8 speakers and an audience mic).

OPEN BID:

• This is an open bid project, so you'll get to submit your own budget proposal up to $4,800. If it makes sense, you may submit multiple versions of your bid at a budget, target, and reach price point.
• By participating in this open bid project, creators acknowledge that the Sponsor is under no obligation to greenlight a bid. Though most open bid projects do move forward, we'll notify you in the event the Sponsor decides not to fund any bids via the Project Forum. Regardless of the result, all open bid submissions will be reviewed and evaluated by the Sponsor and project team.

In order to be considered, include the below materials in your submission. For examples of effective pitches, check out this gallery. All Pitches remain private, even after a Pitch is selected, and Tongal strives to have Pitch selections made by the end of the Evaluation period, but additional time may be required by the Sponsor, depending on any number of factors.

• TEXT (REQUIRED): Up to 500 characters synopsizing how you plan to approach and produce the content listed in the Deliverables.
  
  
• TREATMENT (REQUIRED): A more detailed and specific description of how you propose to execute all of the content listed out in the Deliverables. Explain what we can expect to see, and how you'll make it. If it's helpful, we've provided a treatment template HERE.
  
  
• LINKS (REQUIRED): To your previous video work. Please specify your role (producer, director, editor, artist, etc.) but do not include links to your showreel. Please link to individual videos.
  
  
• BID (REQUIRED): This is an open bid project, and the Sponsor would like you to create ALL of the content listed in the Deliverables within a budget total of up to $4,800.
  
  
• PITCH VIDEO (Optional): This is your opportunity to be face-to-face with the Sponsor and show what you're capable of. Consider a video in which you tell the Sponsor what they can expect, or consider test videos, proof-of-concept edits, animatics, etc. For examples of effective Pitch videos, check out this gallery.

1. In addition to the standard Tongal W-9, Winner Affidavit, and IP Assignment, greenlit Video creators MUST also provide Talent, Location, Music (or other) Releases for all assets appearing in their Videos, as well as a photograph/headshot OR copy of a photo ID for all On-camera Talent releases. You must also provide all project files, editing sequences and a 1080p .mov master file, using a ProRes, Animation, or Uncompressed Codec to claim your earnings. Tongal also reserves the right to request all raw files associated with the project.
   
   
2. Unless provided otherwise, all work must be your own original creation and free of any copyrighted material. You shall provide detailed information of your work regarding the source, the creator and background information as requested by Tongal.
   
   
3. In the event you utilize any third-party materials, such as music provided by a third-party music provider not provided by Tongal, you must obtain full written license and consent from the owner of such third-party materials and provide such license and consent forms to Tongal.
   
   
4. The Sponsor will be entitled to reasonable revisions on the finished Videos without providing additional compensation. Remember it's easier to re-edit than re-shoot so try to get as much coverage as possible.
   
   
5. Preferred format for upload to the Tongal website is HD 720p and formatted for the aspect ratios listed in the Deliverables (e.g. 16x9). Acceptable file formats are .mov, .avi, .mp4, .wmv. Acceptable codecs are H.264 (MP4), MPEG-4, H.263, MPGV, WMV, DivX. Should your submission be greenlit, you will also be required to provide a 1080p .mov master file, using a ProRes, Animation, or Uncompressed Codec.
   
   
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7. You may not contact any employees or members of the Sponsor's organization, their affiliates, or any of their partners. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in disqualification of your entry in the project.
   
   
8. In addition to the judging criteria stated in the OFFICIAL RULES, Pitches will also be evaluated on that member's ability to execute the final Video based on their prior work and experience as a creator.
   
   
9. Videos must be in the English language or subtitled.
   
   
10. Submissions must not portray Sponsor in a negative way, the determination of which will solely reside with Sponsor, nor can Submissions contain any profanity, offensive language, nudity or otherwise objectionable material, the determination of which is solely at the discretion of Sponsor.
    
    
11. You must be at least thirteen (13) years or older to enter.
    
    
12. The Sponsor reserves the right to repost the contest.
    
    
13. See OFFICIAL RULES for additional contest information, terms and conditions. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between these requirements and the Official Rules, the terms and conditions of these requirements shall prevail.