HELPFUL REFERENCE VIDEOS FOR INSPIRATION/TONE:

• Parental Permissions Safety Video

It's almost summertime, and with the warm weather comes an array of fun, challenging, and exciting recreational opportunities for FSY groups (For the Strength of Youth) within The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Young members of The Church from different conferences and organizations are excited to dive in (sometimes literally), but some of these activities can be a little more high risk than others, and safety is always paramount. To help members better understand best practices and safety protocols for those activities, The Church is looking for YOUR help to produce a suite of animated videos to guide everyone through the process.

For this project, we need to create three different 5-7 minute animated videos that can be used to help train the senior missionaries and volunteers, with detailed information about the proper setup and protocol involved with popular high-risk recreational activities. The Church will be provide scripts for these videos, as well as key information about the activities. Creatively, they're looking for a more subtle style of 2D animation that's closer to motion graphics than to classic full frame animation, with illustrated static characters and props set against simple, clean backgrounds, and limited dynamic motion. You should check out the reference video in the Background, and apart from the visual style, pay close attention to how the movement has a slow, parallax effect, thus helping stretch the length of each visual. The messaging is really paramount here, so think of the animation as a rich and colorful but calming backdrop for the eyes, more a visual aid than the driving force, as voiceover leads the viewer through the instructions. 

The three subjects that will be covered in the videos are Archery, Tomahawk Throwing, and Waterfront Activities, and you can take that into account if you want to mock up any visuals in your treatment. The scripts themselves run about 2-3 minutes, but we anticipate that each video will actually be closer to the 5-7 minute range. Importantly, your team will also be responsible for handling the voiceover on this project, so you'll need to source and present options to The Church in pre-production, and execute the recording during production. You'll also be delivering in multiple aspect ratios, and ideally optimize your animation for each aspect ratio, rather than simply cropping the action in the 16x9. 

For any questions or other project updates, check out the Project Forum.

DELIVERABLES: There are 3 total video assets.

• Three 5-7 minute hero videos (16x9, 1x1, 4x5)

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 it is NOT limited to these platforms. You should also review our Music providers in the Project Requirements, as well as the platform best practices.

• The Church FSY Conferences
• The Church's FSY Website

TARGET AUDIENCE: Young Adults, ages 16-25

TONE/FEEL: Informative, Endearing

EXECUTIONAL MANDATORIES: 

• All videos should adhere to the Church's modesty standards and not feature drugs, alcohol, or any inappropriate content.
• All videos MUST follow the provided scripts, as these have already been approved internally amongst The Church.
• All animations & illustrations must be original creations; stock footage is not permitted for this project.

By participating in this project, creators acknowledge that the Sponsor is under no obligation to greenlight a submission. Though most projects do move forward, we'll notify you in the event the Sponsor decides not to fund any submissions via the Project Forum. Regardless of the result, all 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.
  
  
• 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.
   
   
6. BY SUBMITTING A VIDEO ENTRY, YOUR SUBMISSION IMMEDIATELY BECOMES THE SOLE PROPERTY OF TONGAL OR ITS ASSIGNEES - SEE OFFICIAL RULES FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT OWNERSHIP OF ENTRIES. YOU MAY NOT PUBLICLY SHARE OR PUBLISH YOUR SUBMISSION IN ANY MANNER AND YOU MAY NOT POST OR UPLOAD YOUR SUBMISSION TO ANY WEBSITE OR VIDEO HOSTING SITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE OR VIMEO), WITHOUT THE PRIOR EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF TONGAL. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION OF YOUR ENTRY IN THE PROJECT.
   
   
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.