Producer Packet Project Producer Packet Name Date Hour Treatment /Proposal Oscar Winning Golden Globe People s Choice Each question is answered Majority of questions area Difficult to understand the in a complete sentence and answered well but some concept of the show is easy to understand. are unclear or incomplete. because answers are incomplete or poorly written. Program Rundown Appropriately completed with event #, talent, slug, segment length and time. Correct number of commercials and segments. Majority of rundown is completed with a few errors. Not enough commercials or segments Incorrectly completed and not enough segments or commercials. AV Script Appropriately completed with event #, talent, slug, segment length and time. Correct number of commercials and segments. Majority of rundown is completed with a few errors. Not enough commercials or segments Incorrectly completed and not enough segments or commercials. Set Design Principals Aerial View and Front View are completed correctly, with an interesting design in full color Some color but design is flawed or not finished Set design is inaccurate and poorly done, lacks color and creativity. Storyboard Storyboard is correctly drawn with accurate script notes and is in full color with every scene used. Not all scenes used and not enough details or scenes given. Storyboard lacks creativity, is not complete or completed incorrectly with no color. Show Details All information is completed with specific and detailed ideas Some ideas are incomplete or inaccurate Details lack specific information or are incomplete. Graphics /10 Opening, middle, and ending credits in color. Easy to read, interesting and appropriate. Missing some graphics, not all colored, sloppy or unclear. Missing majority of graphics, no color or difficult to understand. 1
Each student is responsible for: Creating a Treatment / Proposal for the project Creating a crew list for the production Creating a set design Create a Rundown of the entire show totaling 30 minutes Create a Storyboard of the open Students can chose between several different types of programs to develop: Newscast 30 minutes - Develop a newscast with news, sports, and weather. It could include other segments as well. Sitcom -30 minutes- Develop a sitcom. Sitcom stands for situation comedy. Example: Seinfeld, Friends, The Office Reality or Drama -30 or 60 minutes- Develop a drama or reality show with recurring characters. Example: Law and Order, Real World. Talk Show 60 minutes- Develop a talk show with a host and guest (s). Example: Oprah 1. Graphics: The program must have an opening graphic, name identification, and end credits. 2. Length: The required length is 30 or 60 minutes. 3. Audio: Bump music must be included during open, before and after commercial breaks, and during credit roll. Voice over will be used a minimum of one time during the production 4. Sets: Use sets appropriate for your topic. BE CREATIVE!! 5. Commercials: The producer needs to allocate at least 8 minutes to the show or 16 minutes for an hour long show. 6. Shots: Three cameras must be on the set (One wide and two medium shots). 7. Content: Be original! Try to come up with your own idea or show topic. What would you like to see on TV, but it is not on yet? 8. Rundown: Create a list of events that the viewer is going to see. Include open, commercials, segments, credits, and any other elements or segments. 2
TREATMENT / PROPOSAL This worksheet is the initial steps in the Pre-Production Process. Each student is required to: Create their own program, indicate the objectives of the video, identify the Target Audience, create a short description of events to occur, and describe the outcome of the project. What is the name of your show? What is significant about the name of the show? What is your idea for your show? (Provide a brief description) What is your objective for your show? (Motivate, Entertain, Inform, etc...) How will your show be different than others show currently on the air? What type of network will this program appear? (Broadcast or Cable Network) List a potential network of which this show might be appropriate. Who is your target audience? Why? (Give exact age, and Male or Female from Business of TV Unit) What timeslot would this programs air? (Morning, Daytime, Primetime) Provide a specific time of the day. Using the shows on television today, who might be your competition? 3
PROGRAM RUNDOWN A half hour show must be at least 12 segments long and at least 24 segments long. Event # Talent (List the names of the actors who appear during each segment or tape for commercials Slug / Story / Segment Name Segment Length (add the time of each segment to the Overall time in the previous box) Overall Time Needs to add up to 30 or 60 min. 1. Actors Teaser (Example) :30 :30 2. Tape Intro (Example) :35 1:05 3. Tape COMMERCIAL BREAK (Example) 2:30 3:35 1. START HERE 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 4
12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 30 Minute Program = 22 Minutes of Content 60 Minute Program = 44 Minutes of Content 8 Minutes of Commercial 16 Minutes of Commercial 5
SHOW IDEAS FOR UPCOMING WEEKS Provide a brief description below 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Name Character or Cast List- Must have at least 3 characters Description-List characteristics of your talent 6
AV Script All audio will be on the left side of the page with the corresponding camera shot on the right hand side. Script the first 5 minutes of the first episode of your TV Show Audio Video 7
FRONT VIEW: (Include props, colors, walls, and furniture) Must be in COLOR AERIAL VIEW: (Include camera positions) Must be in COLOR! 8
STORYBOARD Create a storyboard for the Intro of the show. MUST BE IN COLOR! Last slide has to be the title of your show. Theme Song for Intro: Scene Plan Camera Directions and Script Notes Elapsed Time: Elapsed Time: Elapsed Time: Elapsed Time: Final Slide should display name of the program Elapsed Time: 9
GRAPHICS: Include Full screen name of the show graphic to begin and end commercial breaks, Lower third name of show graphic, and end credits. (Minimum 4 graphics must be used) MUST BE IN COLOR 10