Templates for Project
Development Applications
Feature Film
INDEX
TemplatePage No.
- Feature Film - Market Overview ...... 2
- Feature Film - Script Analysis ...... 4
- Feature Film - Next Stage Notes ...... 7
- Feature Film - Project History ...... 8
1. Feature Film - Market Overview
There are no prescribed lengths for each answer. Be as succinct/detailed as you feel the question requires.
Project title
Applicant name
Main target audience for this project
(Note: Any target audience is acceptable, however small; the key is that it is applicable to the project you are planning on making)
Gender
Age
Note: Please do not list ‘all ages’
Level of Release
What level of release do you envisage for this project? (for example, 120 screens, multiplex nationwide or international film festival release)
Development to production strategies
What are your strategies for securing market support and/or financing the project? Please include examples of the companies, organisations and agencies you are/will be working with.
Marketplace
Why do you feel the marketplace would be interested in this story? What are the unique selling points of the project?
1. Feature Film - Market Overview … cont’d
Marketplace comparisons
List a minimum of three films that demonstrate the potential success of this project. Please include a description of why your project would be considered similar in the marketplace.
Budget
Rough estimated budget in Australian dollars.
2. Feature Film - Script Analysis
There are no prescribed lengths for each answer. Be as succinct/detailed as you feel the question requires.
Who is the protagonist of this story?
If there is more than one protagonist, explain what unites the group of protagonists
What is the goal of the protagonist?
What does the protagonist want to achieve or overcome in this film
What does the protagonist ultimately need (which may or may not be related to the goal)
2. Feature Film Script Analysis … cont’d
Who or what is the antagonist
ie who or what threatens to stop the protagonist from achieving his/her goal?
What is the story’s central dramatic question?
What is the story’s thematic premise?
What issues, ideas or truths does this story explore
What are the stakes for the protagonist?
What does the protagonist stand to win and/or lose?
2. Feature Film Script Analysis … cont’d
How is this story structured (3 Act, 6 Stage, 8 Step etc) and what are the key turning points for each act/stage/sequence?
What subplots are developed in the story
How do these reflect/relate to the main story?
3. Feature Film – Next Stage Notes
Please analyse (in 1-10 pages) the current strengths and weaknesses of your project, and outline the critical work you feel is needed to address the project’s weaknesses in the next stage. The strength and breadth of your analysis and insight at this development stage is critical to your project’s assessment for funding. Your analysis should include, for example, problems with narrative structure, issues with character development, the source of antagonism, passive protagonists, motives, ambiguities, payoffs, suspension of disbelief, and the internal logic of the story world.
4. Feature Film – Project History
There are no prescribed lengths for each answer. Be as succinct/detailed as you feel the question requires.
Project title
Applicant name
Where did the original inspiration for this story come from, and what drew the different members of the team to this material?
Please provide a summary of the key story changes to date on your project
(e.g. structural changes, introduction of new characters, changes in tone or genre)