This document provides guidance on writing a proposal by outlining key elements to include such as the aim or purpose of the work, intended audience, plot or overview, length, title, production timeline and location, necessary research, major characters or narrator, format, and estimated costs. It stresses the importance of clarity and understanding in writing as well as speaking and reading to expand one's knowledge.
4. A. Aim – Is it to inform,
entertain, persuade?
B. Target Audience –
specifically what are the
demographics?
5. C. Plot – If fiction what is the
plot, if non-fiction what is
the overview?
D. Length – How long is the
production, is it one episode
or will it be one of several?
6. E. Title – Have a title even if
it is a working title
F. How Long to Produce and
Where – How many days or
weeks and what location?
7. G. Research – is it an original
story, and where will the
information be found?
H. Talents – If fiction who are
the major characters,
narrator if non-fiction?
8. I. Format – HD, Film, Audio?
J. Cost – Approximate cost if
produced: talents, location,
equipment, post-
production, etc.
