Writing for TV Video Commissioning Bodies Commission To

Writing for TV & Video Commissioning Bodies

Commission To authorise or 'green light' the production of a creative idea In this instance, a company or organisation that gives a filmmaker the authorisation to produce a script into a film The 'commissioners' will provide all or part of the financial budget so that the filmmaker has the required resources to produce the final film

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Corporations Independent production companies Ways you may be commissioned… Organisations Independent directors or producers Competitions

Channel 4 BBC Writers Room Corporations Netflix Amazon Sky

Netflix – The Commissioning Process • Netflix uses its wealth of data to predict the viewing potential of an original idea, and sets producers’ budgets accordingly. • “We assess attributes around the series, including who is involved with it and what genre it is. We can predict a minimum audience threshold and from that we can assess what type of budget we can support. ” • Netflix took the opportunity to call for show pitches that have “authenticity, specificity and passion”, with Holland adding that the idea should be one “the storyteller is dying to tell”.

Netflix – The Commissioning Process • Develop a coherent script for, at the very least, the pilot episode of your show • You are then going to want to get in touch with a producer or agent that best matches the direction you see your show heading in • Your form of representation will assist in readying your project to be pitched to the network • If the pitch is successful, you will be able to sell your show to Netflix for a discussed sum of money, as well as negotiate a contract for an order number of episodes and compensation as per the terms of the agreement

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Independent Production Companies • Bedlam Productions Ltd. • Feelgood Fiction

Bedlam Productions Ltd. • Is an independent film and television production company based in Soho, London and has been in operation since 2009 • Bedlam was founded by Simon Egan and Gareth Unwin; the two met while studying film at Ravensbourne College • Bedlam's first major feature production was the award winning The King's Speech (2010)

Independent Directors/Producers Shane Meadows Ken Loach

Shane Meadows • Represented by Casarotto Ramsay & Associates • Casarotto Ramsay & Associates was founded in 1989 and represents many of the world’s best known writers, directors, literary properties, and below the line talent in film, theatre and television. • We are a fiercely independent boutique agency, and are proud of our personal touch. Our clients range from newer talents to very well established names, which means that we work across the complete spectrum. We are based in London but operate internationally.

Ken Loach • Ken Loach, (born June 17, 1936, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England), British director whose works are considered landmarks of social realism. • Sixteen Films, started in 2002, is headed up by film Director Ken Loach, and Producer Rebecca O'Brien. • Writers can contact Sixteen Films with new projects