What is a proposal?

A proposal for a product is where one person comes to a company with an idea of a product I want to sell and they have to pitch this to the company and sell them on the idea they have for a product.

For example, the director of the film Thor Ragnarok (Taika Waititi) pitched his the idea for the film by showing pictures of what the film would look like through storyboards (which is very important when it comes to a proposal) with the song immigrant song by Led Zeppelin in the background to Marvel. They loved it so they let him direct the third film in the Thor franchise which ended up becoming the best movie in that series of films in terms of sales and reviews.

Erik Swann . (2020). Thor: Ragnarok’s Taika Waititi Explains How ‘Immigrant Song’ Helped Him Nail The Movie’s Tone. Available: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.cinemablend.com/news/2550627/thor-ragnaroks-taika-waititi-explains-how-immigrant-song-helped-him-nail-the-movies-tone. Last accessed 09/02/2021.

First you will need a logline for your proposal and you will only have 30 seconds to describe captivating and interesting way what your product is and why they should be interested.

AJ Unitas. (2020). How to Write a Logline Producers Won’t Pass On [with Logline Examples]. Available: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/write-compelling-logline-examples/. Last accessed 09/02/2021.

For a proposal you will need to have relevant characters In the story that you are presenting and possibly actors to Play the characters with a solid script and screenplay to go with it so you can show that the people that you're trying to pitch to that you can create the film or product you are promising you can make for them.

Screenplays are a essential for proposals as choose the idea that you are trying to pitch and along with screenplay structure, screenplay structure for example is how many chapters are there and more specifically how many acts there is as most films have three acts.

MasterClass. (2020). Proposals and Treatments: Why Are They Necessary for Filmmakers?. Available: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/why-are-proposals-and-treatments-necessary-for-filmmakers#quiz-0. Last accessed 09/02/2021.

Film treatment is something you will need as it in a way is like a logline With our 30 second timer as you can speak about the story and the characters and the ending of your story can you can talk more in detail about the directorial style of your film and what plot points there are and what are the names of the characters in your story.

MasterClass. (2020). How to Write a Film Treatment in 6 Steps. Available: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-a-film-treatment-in-6-steps. Last accessed 09/02/2021.

Demonstrating your target audience is also an essential as it shows what you are targeting your product towards such as age groups like teenagers or people that are fans of specific genres of films.

Neil Patel. (2020). How to Find Your Target Audience.Available: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/neilpatel.com/blog/target-audience/amp/. Last accessed 09/02/2021.