COUNTRY PROGRAMS BEING PROFILED:
Philippines:
Guatemala:
Zimbabwe:
Nutrition is a pivotal part of leading a fulfilling life, and it's easy for most us to take for granted the readily accessible resources that available in most of the world. Still, even in today's connected world, there are still many places around the globe that face real limitations when it comes to food accessibility and nutrition. To help make a difference, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints runs special nutrition programs for children in different regions around the globe, and now they're looking to amplify the impact that those programs can have by creating a documentary series that sheds some light on the larger problem, while simultaneously highlighting the progress that they've been able to make in addressing it.
The goal of this project is to produce a series of seven different 3-6 minute documentary videos that showcase the transformative impact of The Church's child nutrition programs in three countries - Guatemala, The Philippines, and Zimbabwe - by looking at how the program has affected specific families or leaders in each country. We're looking for a strong and agile documentary filmmaking team here that can travel to these countries and capture footage with those families, which have all be identified and pre-selected. The videos that you create will need to show how The Church's nutrition program has helped each family fight off malnutrition, and the stories that they tell should help The Church to build local systems (whether in the home, community, or both) that can make nutrition a more sustainable standard for generations to come.
One of the balances of this project will be carefully planning pre-production with Tongal and The Church producers to establish a unified look across all of the videos, while at the same time collaborating with each specific regions' local Church leaders to capture an authenticity and creative approach that feels true to each video's singular location. Even for the Philippines, where you will be traveling to multiple locations within the region (laid out in the Background), you'll need to ensure you can work with each family's preferred languages and/or dialect (Bicol, Ilocano, Tagalog, etc.). There's certainly a lot to consider here, and you will have help from The Church in getting connected with the right folks, but it would be a good idea to lay out in your pitch any experience you have working abroad, especially with non-English speaking subjects, and how your team's able to adapt and problem solve.
All of production will need to happen in a relatively tight window, so it would also be great for The Church to hear in your pitch how you plan to execute post-production with efficiency. For example, an editor that can receive the footage remotely to begin putting the cuts together during production would be a great way to streamline the process. Whichever approach, you intend to take, this will be an important consideration that will need to be decided upon early.
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DELIVERABLES: There are 14 total video assets.
EXPECTED TIMELINE: HERE
EXPOSURE: We expect content will be used on the platforms below, but if casting talent, be sure they review our required Talent Release before they're cast, as we CANNOT guarantee that usage is limited to these platforms. You should also review our Music providers in the Project Requirements, as well as the platform best practices.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Young adults & adults, ages 16-35, who want to make a difference.
TONE/FEEL: Inspiring, hopeful, resilient
EXECUTIONAL MANDATORIES:
AI USAGE: You may not use AI generated visual or audio assets in your final content. However, for the purposes of your pitch and pre-production materials, you are welcome to use generative AI to create visuals, storyboards, animatics, proofs-of-concept, etc. that might help the Sponsor understand your vision for creating the final content. Additionally, assistive AI tools (e.g. object removal, compositing, color grading, sound mixing, subtitling, etc.) may be used in post-production to supplement your workflow. Please keep record of any AI usage deployed in your submissions in the event that the Sponsor requests AI disclosures. If you have questions about any specific usage or tool, please ask your Tongal producer.
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