Open Call

Application deadline

All materials must be received at the ITVS office by 5:00 PM PST on Friday, August 6, 2010.

All proposals must be accompanied by a sample of the applicant or co-applicant's previously completed work and a work-in-progress video of the proposed program. Please follow the instructions carefully. Use only 12-point font size. Applications submitted in smaller font size will not be accepted.

Required materials for Open Call application

1. Signed cover sheet (5 copies)

2. Program description (5 copies)

3. Resumes and list of Production personnel (5 copies)

4. Previously completed work and work-in-progress description (5 copies)

5A. Work-in-progress DVD (1 copy)

5B. Previously completed work sample (1 copy)

Send materials to:

ITVS Open Call 2010 Round 2
651 Brannan Street, Suite 410
San Francisco CA 94107

Part 1: Cover sheet

First you must fill out and submit the online cover sheet. Here is a list of all the information you will need to complete your cover sheet.

Once your application has been submitted, you will then be taken to a confirmation page with a confirmation number at the top. Print this confirmation page, sign it, and use it as the cover page for each set of written materials. Remember to save a copy for your files. If your confirmation page does not have a confirmation number at the top or you encounter an error in your online application, please contact Jonathan Archer at jonathan_archer@itvs.org for assistance.

Budget information instructions

Please provide estimated budget information only in the budget section of your application cover page. Do not include in-kind costs or support.

1. TOTAL BUDGET = the total cost of the completed production

2. TOTAL CASH SPENT TO DATE, IF ANY = money spent by the producer or other contributors prior to ITVS application

3. PENDING FUNDS = the total of funding sources that have been requested but not committed; do not include your ITVS request

   • PENDING FUNDS DETAILS: grants, foundation requests, etc.; do not include your ITVS request (e.g., applied for $25,000 from CAAM; applied for $10,000 from LPB)

4. CASH SECURED, but not yet spent = committed grants and funds

   • CASH SECURED DETAILS, but not yet spent: committed grants and funds. Please list the amounts, sources, and year received. (e.g., $5,000 received from the Film Arts Foundation in 2002; $8,000 received from the California Arts Council in 2001)

5. REQUEST TO ITVS = A (total budget) minus B (cash spent) minus D (cash secured).

   • For example, if your total budget (A) is $300,000, your total cash spent to date (B) is $100,000, and the amount of cash secured but not yet spent (D) is $50,000, your request to ITVS is $300,000 - $100,000 - $50,000 = $150,000. Do not subtract pending funds from your total budget when calculating your request to ITVS.
     

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Part 2: Program description (up to three pages total)

Communicate your program idea with as much detail as possible within three pages. Be sure to include the following:

• A synopsis of the program
• A treatment specifying how you will translate your story from page to screen
• A discussion of theme, format, structure, style, and point of view
• The anticipated audience for the program. Are there specific communities (for example, defined by geography, ethnicity, class, or generation) who are the target audience for this program? In what way is this audience not being currently served by public television? How have you addressed the needs and interests of this audience? What is your relationship and access to this community?
• Reasons the program is appropriate for public television
• The current status of the project

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Part 3: Production personnel (up to three pages)

Applicants and Co-applicants must each submit a résumé (including their filmography). No summaries or blurbs will be accepted. For key production personnel (additional directors or producers, advisors, editor, cinematographer/videographer, etc.), include name, position, and short bio only.

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Part 4: Previously completed work and work-in-progress description (one page)

• Describe the relevance of the previously completed work to the proposed program and the applicant’s role,
  as credited.
• Indicate if the work-in-progress is a rough cut, trailer, scene selects, etc. Specify the length of the
  work-in-progress.
  

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Part 5A: Work-in-progress materials

Note: Materials will not be returned.

All nonfiction proposals must be accompanied by a work-in-progress DVD of the proposed program of at least five minutes in length. Please note that only DVD-R format can be accepted. The video can be a full rough cut, a trailer, scene selects, etc.

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Part 5B: Previously completed work sample

All proposals must be accompanied by a VHS-NTSC tape OR a DVD of the applicant's previously completed work. Submit work in its entirety (no demo reels). Label the spine and case with the applicant's name and title of the program. Documentary applicants may submit a previously completed work in any genre and of any length.

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Assembling your application package

An application package is comprised of five sets of the proposal documents, one copy of the work-in-progress, and one copy of the completed work sample. Please do not bind, spiral or package your proposals in folders. Each set of documents should simply be collated and stapled as such:

1. Five sets of all written materials. Each set should be collated and stapled in the following order:

   • Part 1: Signed cover sheet (use as cover sheet for each set)
   • Part 2: Program description (three pages max)
   • Part 3: Résumés and Production personnel (three pages max)
   • Part 4: Previously completed work and work-in-progress description (one page)
     

2. Video Materials:

   • Part 5A: One copy of a work-in-progress of the proposed project (DVD-R format only)
   • Part 5B: One copy of applicant or co-applicant’s previously completed work (VHS-NTSC or DVD-R format)

Send materials to:

ITVS Open Call 2010 Round 2
651 Brannan Street, Suite 410
San Francisco CA 94107

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