A film proposal is used to attract key crew and cast to a film project. It includes elements like a synopsis, logline, screenplay structure, characters, treatment, production crew, mood board, storyboard template, target audience, and budget. A storyboard is a visual outline of a video consisting of thumbnail images and notes for each frame to help plan shots and communicate ideas to others. Creating a storyboard helps organize thoughts, plan the video effectively, and simplify the production process.
2. Film Proposal
A film proposal is for you to attract key cast and crew. The film poposal is a visual representation of how your film is going
to look, your vision as a completed end-product. You use it to excite key crew and cast to come onboard your project. A
film proposal includes:
- The synopsis (most critical element of the proposal)
- The logline (describe the plot in a captivating way)
- The screenplay structure (a brief summary of each scene that includes pictures. Many screenplays are organized into a
3-act structure)
- Characters / Actors
- Film Treatment (this part of the film proposal should read like a short story and be written in the present tense, t is more
detailed than the synopsis and may include details of directorial style that an outline omits)
- Production Crew (Include brief biographies of your key crew e.g Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography,
Sound Editor, etc)
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3. - Mood Board (Also called a Look Book, create a visual representation of the ambiance of your film giving the reader a
feeling of what your film will look like. It tells the story of your film in pictures.
- Storyboard Template (Storyboard to easily plan your shot list)
- Target Audience
- Abbreviated Budget (Add the top sheet created in your Film Budget that shows your proposed expenses and income
in abbreviated form)
4. Storyboards
The purpose of a storyboard is to visualise your ideas. A storyboard is a visual outline for your video. It’s made up of a
series of thumbnail images that convey what happens in your video, from beginning to end. It also includes notes about
what’s happening in each frame. A finished storyboard looks like a comic strip.
Storyboards can be simple or complex. They’re usually hand-drawn, although some people prefer to use storyboarding
software to create their images. A storyboard is similar to a script, but the two aren’t quite the same – storyboards are
visual, while scripts are text-based.
Why you need a storyboard?
- It helps you organize your thoughts (making a storyboard helps you condense all the ideas bouncing around your head
into one coherent, fleshed-out vision)
- It helps you plan your video more effectively (Video requires you to coordinate a lot of small but important details. The
more thoroughly you can plan your video, the better the finished product will turn out)
- It helps you communicate your ideas to other people (You might be able to envision exactly how you want your video to
look, but it can be hard to convey your ideas to other people using only words)
- It simplifies everything that comes later (Investing some time and effort up-front in a storyboard can save you much
more time, energy, and frustration later on. If you’ve got a good storyboard before you start shooting, you’ll be able to
bring your video to life more efficiently, and you’ll be less likely to make expensive mistakes or waste time on ideas that
don’t pan out)
5. Bibliography
Film Proposal information - http://www.filmdaily.tv/funding/film-proposal-template
Storyboard information - https://www.animatron.com/blog/what-is-a-storyboard/
