Documentary for Project “International Labour and Environmental Standards (ILES) Application in Pakistan’s SMEs”

Requirements

  1. The complete duration of agreement period between the documentary filmmaker and the ILES is of around 2 years (may vary according to project activities).
  2. The duration of the documentary should be around 20 minutes along with a short version of around 5 minutes.
  3. The documentary must be shot in cinematic quality 4k video format.
  4. The filmmaker must have prior experience of working with an international NGO, development sector or donor agencies, on a documentary film project.
  5. The documentary filmmaker must have a sample of previous work which could be shared with project team.
  6. The filmmaker must understand the gravity of the project and take consultation from the project team to make the documentary impactful, if needed, to guide the documentary project.
  7. The overall documentary project filming timeline must be a shoot coinciding with major project activities.
  8. The filmmaker must provide a proposed plan of action with regards to shooting the documentary with their proposal. The proposal should also include a financial proposal and a timeline of work.
  9. The filmmaker will be required to travel to or within Lahore, Karachi, Sialkot, and Faisalabad for shooting.
  10. The financial proposal should include but not limited to all the logistics, boarding, lodging, and any other expense that filmmaker may incur as per conceived work plan.
  11. The filmmaker must include appropriate music and sound-effects in the documentary and clear any copyright for both before finalizing the documentary.
  12. The filmmaker will be responsible for all pre-production, production and post-production work, which include, but are not limited to, research, story-boarding, scripting, shooting, editing and finalizing the film in partnership with the project team.
  13. The filmmaker will be responsible for following the branding guidelines of project implementation partners of the associated organizations.
  14. The filmmaker must adhere to hard-set deadlines for delivering the completed documentary project as it needs to presented at time bound events nationally and internationally
  15. The filmmaker must show availability for all the events and activities of the project.

Terms of Responsibilities

  1. The consultant/filmmaker will develop a project documentary of project International Labour and Environmental Standards (ILES) Application in Pakistan’s SMEs.
  2. Consultant/filmmaker will develop the documentary film’s overall concept and scenario.
  3. Consultant/filmmaker in consultation with the project team will develop a story line and schedule according to the tentative events, meetings and other activities of the project.
  4. Consultant/filmmaker will interview selected interviewees for the film who will include actual beneficiaries, government officials, Implementing Partners and other stakeholders in consultation with project team.
  5. Consultant/filmmaker will develop the documentary script and storyboard to be used in the film.
  6. Consultant/filmmaker will travel to or within Lahore, Karachi, Sialkot and Faisalabad, 4 project sites for shoot.
  7. Consultant/filmmaker will perform appropriate video filming and shoot to cover all events or activities in consultation with project team.
  8. Consultant/filmmaker will provide a draft documentary to the project team for comments about contents.
  9. Produce final documentary(around 20 minutes) long in DVD as well as a summary promotional DVD version of around 5 minutes long
  10. Consultant/filmmaker will perform other activities as per the requirements of the project team.