Request for Proposals

South Sudan Awareness Video

OBJECTIVE

Action Against Hunger seeks a videographer to storyboard, shoot, and edit a 2-3 minute awareness building film to convey the current humanitarian emergency in South Sudan. Selected videographer must be available to travel to South Sudan in early October, 2014 and carry liability insurance. Previous work experience in South Sudan a strong plus.

CONCEPT

We are looking for a video that will:

●Utilize high production value to tell a rich, emotionally compelling story.

●Focus thematically on the life saving work of Action Against Hunger in South Sudan.

●Succinctly introduce the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.

●Highlight at least one beneficiary in South Sudan who has been helped through the life saving programs currently being implemented by Action Against Hunger in South Sudan.

●Raise awareness in the US about the consequences of war on the people of South Sudan and the food security crisis in the country, and raise funds for our life saving programs in the country.

PROJECT BUDGET

The budget available for this project is $18,000. For the selected vendor, this fee would be inclusive of time for storyboarding, shooting, editing, delivering a final product, and all travel costs.

MAIN TASKS:

●Produce a full-length (2-3 minute) and truncated (60-90 second) video.

●Target US donors as a key audience group, showing them that their support is saving lives in South Sudan.

●Provide full usage and distribution rights to Action Against Hunger.

●Capture still images along with the video.

●Provide full access and distribution rights to all project B-roll and photos to Action Against Hunger.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCESS:

●RFP release: July 29, 2014

●Video proposal submission due: August 12, 2014. Proposals must be sent via email and include:

○Proposed video concept

○Budget

○Sample of work (website link acceptable) from previous projects that involved humanitarian aid, preferably in South Sudan or Africa

●Submit proposal to:

○Ryan Head:

A decision on selected vendor will happen by August 15, 2014. For selected vendor:

●Develop video storyboard with Action Against Hunger: August - September, 2014.

●Coordinate logistics and travel for video shoot.

●Five day video shoot will take place in South Sudan in early October.

●Post-production and editing will occur in October, 2014, with the final product to be delivered no later than end of October.

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