Create an inspiring suite of docu-style videos about Geoff Foster and his business, Core Technology, to highlight his entrepreneurial journey and show how Bank of America has supported him along the way. This will require a 2-day shoot from 7/30 to 7/31 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
***Only U.S. Residents are eligible to submit for this project.***
The goal of this project is to create a 2-3 minute video following Geoff Foster and his business, Core Technology. Geoff started his plastic injecting molding company in 2006 with a mission of bring innovation in technology and operations to discover new solutions by fostering the creativity of their employees and their customers.
In telling Core Technology's business story, we're looking to put Geoff Foster and his entrepreneurial journey at the forefront and position Bank of America as a supporting role in the narrative. This will involve filming both an engaging on-camera video interview and b-roll footage that showcases both his business and his personal life. Bank of America wants this to feel cinematic and elevated, and they're looking for that perfect blend between polished commercial images and traditional documentary coverage. By the end of the video, audiences should feel inspired by Geoff's journey, while also understanding some of the services Bank of America has provided along the way.
Another key piece of Geoff's story is his commitment to empowering the next generation of engineers through his Molding Kids for Success initiative. Molding Kids For Success is a non-profit organization that strives to educate the youth of his community in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This is done by combining classroom experiments with real-world applications on the manufacturing floor. He hosts summer camps at his business where kids are exposed to plastics engineering and robotics, and we will want to capture b-roll footage of kids participating in one of these camps.
During the process of interviewing Geoff Foster, you'll also need to interview Bank of America's President of Business Banking. The executive will serve as the Bank's representative, and speak in further detail about Bank of America's commitment to supporting entrepreneurs and helping business owners grow and realize their dreams. You'll be required to have a two-camera set-up for the on-camera interviews. You will be responsible for providing a hair and make-up artist for the on screen talent and bank executive for both shoot days. The selected hair and make-up artist must be familiar and skilled with Black hair and skin tones. In addition, your production team must have experience lighting Black skin tones.
You should familiarize yourself with Bank of America's Center for Business Empowerment site to understand broadly the types of resources and insights that Bank of America provides to entrepreneurs to help their business prosper and grow.
To manage this suite of deliverables, we highly recommend that you either edit yourself or have a robust editing team that can handle quick turnarounds with all or most deliverables being flipped simultaneously.
During the pitch process, shortlisted filmmakers will be interviewed by the Tongal team about their creative process, interview style, and post-production capacities. These interviews will take place on Tuesday, May 20th or Tuesday, May 21st. Filmmakers will be notified if they made it to the interview round on Monday, May 19th.
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DELIVERABLES: There are 8 total video assets.
EXPECTED TIMELINE: HERE
EXPOSURE: We expect content will be used on the platforms below, but if casting talent, be sure they review our required Talent Release before they're cast, as it is NOT limited to these platforms. You should also review our Music providers in the Project Requirements, as well as the platform best practices.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Business owners and current Bank of America clients
TONE/FEEL: Inspirational and authentic
EXECUTIONAL MANDATORIES:
By participating in this project, creators acknowledge that the Sponsor is under no obligation to greenlight a submission. Though most projects do move forward, we'll notify you in the event the Sponsor decides not to fund any submissions via the Project Forum. Regardless of the result, all submissions will be reviewed and evaluated by the Sponsor and project team.
Due to unforeseen schedule changes, Bank of America has decided not to move forward with a Pitch on this project at this time. We were made aware of the schedule changes after the Pitch phase closed, and we were deep in the review process of the pitches by that point (all of which were incredibly thorough and thoughtful).
Though most Projects do move forward with a selected Pitch, we will always notify you in the event the Sponsor has decided not to move forward. Please note that regardless of the results, all submissions are reviewed and evaluated by the Sponsor and the Project Team. We sincerely appreciate your time and effort on this project.
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Creators who’ve been selected will receive funding upon completing the Winner Affidavit and the IP Assignment. Payment of the pitch funds is subject to a payment schedule determined by Tongal, typically included with the project timeline.
PRE-PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS: Prior to the commencement of actual production, creators MUST receive final approval from the Sponsor on the elements below. There may be multiple rounds of feedback until an element is approved.
If you begin production before you have received final approval, you may need to reshoot or reanimate at your own expense.
For convenience, we've provided some helpful templates that you can consider using for pre-production materials, and they can all be accessed here.
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REVISION REQUIREMENTS & RESOURCES: Once Content has been submitted and the initial Production Phase completed, greenlit creators will enter into Revisions. Creators will perform reasonable edits on their videos according to the Sponsor's feedback. Check out our Filmmaker Resource Portal to access helpful post-production resources like Text-Safe Guides for different platforms, Project File Organization Tutorial, Export Presets, and Captioning services.
MUSIC: If you use any music from a library for your content, you MUST use Bank of America's preferred partner, Universal Production Music. Music from this provider is available to registered Tongal members at no charge solely for their incorporation into submissions to this project, and will not require a Music Release Form. To learn more about this music provider, click on the provider's name above.
If you choose to use original music, you must fill out and submit our Music Release Form. Please ensure your composer reviews and signs this form BEFORE beginning their work.
STOCK FOOTAGE: Tongal has partnered with the stock footage library STORYBLOCKS, which can be used to source video clips, photography, and After Effects templates for your video submission to this project. Video or photo content from Storyblocks is available at no charge, solely for incorporation into submissions on this project, and will not require a separate Release Form. If identifiable people or intellectual property appears in a video clip or photo, you may only utilize assets that are clearly marked “Model released: Yes” or “Property release: Yes” on the clip description pages. You may not use any audio.
If you intend to use Storyblocks, inform your Tongal producer, and an account will be created for you to access the library. Once assets are approved for delivery, you must provide a complete list of all Storyblocks content that you used via our template HERE.
ASSET DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS & RESOURCES: You must also provide all project files, editing sequences and a 1080p .mov master file, using a ProRes, Animation, or Uncompressed Codec in order to submit final payment. You are responsible for any costs associated with the hard drive and shipping. Tongal also reserves the right to request all raw files associated with the project.
To ensure a smoother delivery, please review the Export Presets, Specifications, and Project File Organization Tutorial in our Filmmaker Resource Portal.