This Portal is not sponsored by YouTube.
Tongalers! Welcome to the Tongal Pilot Portal. This is a new type of Project that stays open throughout the year (there’s no deadline!) and lets you submit your Pilot on spec to be reviewed at any time. The reason we are doing this is twofold: We are looking to build out the Tongal YouTube Channel AND we want to give our creative community even more opportunity to make awesome content.
We’ll review submissions as they are received, and if Tongal thinks your pilot is the right fit for our channel, we’ll make you an offer to purchase your content or work with you to develop your series within forty-five (45) days after submission.
What you need to know:
We are building out The Tongal Channel with original video content & series created by Tongalers.
What is a Tongal Portal?
A Portal is an ongoing project that allows you to submit at any time throughout the year (The Tongal YouTube Pilot Portal will be accepting submissions through December 31, 2017). At anytime during the submission period, you can submit an original piece of content on spec for review. Within forty-five (45) days after submission, Tongal will either make an offer to purchase your piece of content or send you feedback letting you know that we are going to pass.
If an offer is made to purchase your piece of content you can either accept the offer or decline it.
If you decline an offer, or an offer is not made to purchase your content, all rights to the content will revert back to you after forty-five (45) days after submission.
WHAT TO SUBMIT:
Pilot Video: A piece of video content you feel would be a good fit for The Tongal Channel.
Budget Proposal (Optional): Outline the total budget you would need to make your series happen and how many episodes you want produce.
A Note on Budget: We want to make sure you have the finances you need to create the best Series possible, but we are also looking to build out Tongal’s YouTube channel. Please consider the most economical way to create the content for the Series you pitch when outlining your budget.
The goal of this project is to identify Pilot submissions and purchase them as a one-off or develop them into a Series for the The Tongal Channel by December 31st 2017. When submitting your Pilot consider the following:
Your content should appeal to one or all of the following audiences: People who LOVE to watch films, commercials, or entertainment and People who LOVE to create films, commercials and entertainment. This can be anything from (but not limited to):
Documentaries
Docu-style Series: A reality-based series that focuses on a specific real world subject, person, profession, lifestyle, etc.
Short Films & Features
Sketches
Monologues, critiques, or content that you want to share with people to be critiqued
Shows: A series of related productions that do not need to be episodic (but can be)
Topical Vlogs: A journalistic video documentation of a person’s thoughts, opinions, and interests on particular topics
Reviews, opinions, deep dives on the history of film, podcasts, etc.
This is a Portal Project where all Pilots are submitted on spec. You can submit a piece of content to be reviewed for purchase through December 31st 2017.
Ownership: Please note that, like all other Tongal projects, all rights to your submission will become the sole property of Tongal. However, for this project if your submission is not purchased or an agreement can’t be reached within forty-five (45) days, rights to your submission will revert back to you.
If you have questions please ask them in the Project Forum.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. BY SUBMITTING A VIDEO ENTRY, YOUR SUBMISSION IMMEDIATELY BECOMES THE SOLE PROPERTY OF TONGAL OR ITS ASSIGNEES – SEE OFFICIAL RULES AND PROJECT BRIEF 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.
4. Submissions cannot contain any nudity or otherwise objectionable material, the determination of which is solely at the discretion of Tongal.
5. Submissions must not portray Tongal in a negative way, the determination of which will solely reside with Sponsor.
6. By submitting to this project, you acknowledge that your work may become subject to public voting on the Tongal site.
7. Pitch Videos must be in the English language or subtitled.
8. Limit 5 submissions per member.
9. You must be at least thirteen (13) years or older to enter.
10. In addition to the judging criteria stated in the OFFICIAL RULES, pilots will also be evaluated on that member’s ability to execute the on their prior work and experience as a filmmaker.
11. Winners may be required to complete the standard Tongal W-9, Winner Affidavit, IP Assignment, Production Service Agreement, and/or other documentation.
15. 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.