THE CHANNEL 4 FIRST CUT SHEFFIELD PITCH 2014
ENTRY DEADLINE: on Sunday 29th March 2015
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ABOUT YOU
We would prefer applicants to answer the following three questions via a personalised YouTube video, but written submissions will also be accepted.
1. Describe your TV career to date
2. What has been your favourite television documentary of the past 12 month?
3. Which documentary directors have inspired you with their work?
Once you have uploaded your YouTube clip it is important that you mark the video as 'unlisted' in your privacy settings and paste to the application here: xxxxxxxxxxxx
Please note that we do not expect high production values regarding your clip; quality is not important, we don't care what camera you use (it can be recorded on your mobile phone), we are only interested in your answers to the three questions above - Your YouTube video must be no more than 3 minutes long (approx 1 min per question) or no longer than 1000 words in total if written.
4. Please submit a one-page treatment for a ‘fantasy’ First Cut, 1 x 60’ post-22:00 documentary. The idea should respond to the specific needs of the strand and be realistic for the £100k budget – you don’t need to have negotiated access to an organisation or cast contributors, just seek inspiration from the world around you and demonstrate that you know what a great First Cut would look like. Make sure you read the First Cut brief in the link below.
Please note that this is NOT what you will be pitching at Sheffield Doc/Fest at the pitch event and should not be an idea generated by an independent production company or already have been pitched to C4 or any other broadcaster.
We want to ensure that applicants understand the editorial needs of this specific slot and can demonstrate how they would approach it – please consider things such as narrative arc, potential casting, story structure, tone and visual style.
Information on the First Cut strand can be found here:
http://www.channel4.com/media/documents/commissioning/First%20Cut%20Website%20Copy%20FINAL.pdf
5. Please attach your CV.
Completed applications, treatments and CVs must be sent via email to