Last video pitch

Working title: Healing New Jersey One Toke At A Time

High-concept summary: Montclair is the only place in New Jersey that has a medical marijuana facility, we will detail exactly what they do, how they were chosen and where the business going. Marijuana is a drug that is used to help terminally ill patients but many others could benefit by its use. With several states legalizing pot, we will explore why New Jersey is falling behind.The growing business of Medical Marijuana

Brief description:The growing business of Medical Marijuana

Genre: Documentary

Estimated runtime: Two Minutes

Producer: Anthony Bartlett, Laura Spina, Andrew S.

Writer: Anthony Bartlett, Laura Spina Andrew S.

Talent: Doctors, Growers, and patients

Locations: Montclair, NJ

Rights, permissions, other notes: Still working on the permission and rights, emailed and called but have yet to get a response.

Group Video Pitch

Working title: Behind the scenes: Bollywood Dance

High-concept summary: A new perspective of making a video that depicts behind the scenes look by capturing video of a production. Documentary style of a talent and their dance through interview and them working behind the scenes and showing them at work.

Brief description: 60sec documentary of of production on a talent working on a set.

Genre: Documentary

Estimated runtime: 60 secs

Producer: Khusboo Patel, Ivette Cordero, Michelle Trainor

Writer: Khusboo Patel, Ivette Cordero, Michelle Trainor

Talent: Khusboo Patel

Locations: Lifehall

Rights, permissions, other notes: permission of talents, music, permission to use studio.

“How we will make sure this video gets noticed”:  Links given to us by professor on classwebsite (websites that will allow us to upload video) also other social media, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter etc.

 

60 Second Documentary Pitch

Working title: Find Your Passion

High-concept summary: My sister, Chelsea, is a 20-year old college student who, like many others, is confused about her major.

Brief description: My sister’s story is interesting because it appeals to many college students or high school seniors who soon have to make a big decision about which career to pursue. My sister will discuss the pressures she felt from society to become trained for a “real job” as opposed to following her passion and pursuing Acting. She will also provide the deciding moment when she realized she could only be happy doing something she loved.

Estimated runtime: 60-90 seconds

Producer: Caitlin Imbimbo

Write: Caitlin Imbimbo

Talent: Chelsea Imbimbo

Locations: Our Family Home

Rights, permissions, other notes: Royalty free music by Kevin MacLeod will be used. Chelsea would sign a release form. Will be shot with a Canon T3i DSLR and a Rode VideoMic Pro. Edited in Final Cut Pro X on a MacBook Pro.

60 Second Story: Love In a Hopeless Place

Working title: Found Love in A Hopeless Place

High-concept summary:  I will share a story about meeting my current girlfriend, Melanie.  I would consider a history class with a unenthusiastic professor to be a hopeless place.  Somehow I managed to find love there.

Brief Description: I met my current girlfriend in the most random and unlikely of situations.   I didn’t expect to find that special someone in the middle of an absolutely terrible European History class.  I will provide a brief review of the rather comical events that took place while talking to her for the very first time.

Estimated runtime: 60 seconds

Producer: Andrew Guadagnino

Writer: Andrew Guadagnino

Talent: Andrew Guadagnino

Location: Dickson Hall

Rights, permissions, other notes: N/A

60 Second Story of Make-Up

Working title: 60 Second Story of Make-Up

High-concept summary: a 60 second story about being a make-up artist

Brief description: My friend Kristin is a make-up artist and graduated from a highly recognized make-up artistry school. The story would be about her passion for make-up and her reasons for why she chose to do this for her career. Other than focusing on her reasons for this career choice I’d like it to also focus on her talent.

Estimated runtime: 60 seconds

Producer: Michelle Trainor

Writer: Michelle Trainor

Talent: Kristin Binkevitz

Locations: Somewhere where she is doing make-up whether it be at a client’s house or studio

Rights, permissions, other notes: Kristin’s consent

Sixty Second Story Pitch

Working title: Sixty Second Story.

High-concept summary: My best friend Jocelyn sharing a story about her life.

Brief description: My friend Jocelyn is deaf and I’d like her to share a story about herself because she is really funny and has a lot to say. I would use subtitles and focus on her hands and facial expressions.

Estimated runtime: 60 seconds

Producer: Casey Coleman

Writer: Casey Coleman

Talent: Jocelyn Schneider

Locations: Somewhere on campus.

Rights, permissions, other notes: Jocelyn’s consent and somewhere to film. Need to make sure people can follow along to her story.

 

60 second documentary pitch

Working title: Dance

High-concept summary: how dance and music inspire us

Brief description: I knew I wanted to do an inspirational story. I’m thinking of having either myself or a talent perform a dance and have them explain what specific style of dance they are passionate about and the history of the dance form and how inspiring it has been in their life. I’m thinking to present it in a documentary style by having close ups of the talent as they explain their story and having their audio play in the background while they are performing and showing clips of them dancing.

Estimated runtime: 60 seconds

Producer: Khusboo Patel

Writer: Khusboo Patel

Talent: To be determined

Locations: Talent’s house or MSU’s dance room in life hall

Rights, permissions, other notes: Talent’s consent and music permission.

1 Minute Story

Working title: 60 seconds.

High-concept summary: Asking two people how they met.

Brief description: My goal is to sit down with both my parents at different times and let them tell the story about how they met. I would intertwine their answers in post production, cutting back and forth between the CU shots of them. To end the video I want to have them sitting next to each other and show them holding hands.

Estimated runtime: 60 seconds

Producer: Laura Spina

Writer: Laura Spina

Talent: Alfio and Zulmira Spina

Locations: My house

Rights, permissions, other notes: The people in the video consent.

60 Second Story Pitch

Working title: Mystery Girl

High-concept summary: A story about a girl and a boy.

Brief description: A story about a boy and a girl who meet but are then separated, only to find each other later in the story. Narrated by many different people, who will be shot with close-ups on their face as they each read a line or two.

Estimated runtime: 60 seconds

Producer: Andrew Siwczak

Writer: Andrew Siwczak

Talent: To be determined.

Locations: Different rooms.

Rights, permissions, other notes: The people in the video will give their consent.

Video #3 Pitch 60 second Documentary

Working Title: Fight Night

High-Concept Summary: I want to do a sixty second documentary on amatuer MMA fights. It was sponsored by a company called Dead Serious, and featured twelve fights. I wanted to do a series of cuts of them walking in, approaching the cage, fighting, winning, losing, then leaving. Sort of like highlights but more like piecing similar moments together.

Genre: One Minute Documentary, Sports, MMA

Estimated Runtime: 60 seconds

Producer: Anthony Bartlett

Writer: Anthony Bartlett

Talent: Anthony Bartlett

Locations: Brookdale College: Collins Arena

Rights, Permissions, Other Notes: I filmed it already, got permission from the owner of Dead Serious; Frankie Perez

Guadagnino Interview Pitch

Working Title: Inside My Mind

High-Concept Summary: I decided to think a little outside the box.  I wanted to let my Twitter followers interview me in a sense.  You could also say I’m interviewing myself.  I’m choosing three relatively simple questions from them and answering them as a way to give a little background about myself.  The questions will focus on my passion for Mixed Martial Arts.

Genre: Interview

Estimated Runtime: around 60 seconds

Producer: Andrew Guadagnino

Writer: Andrew Guadagnino

Talent: Andrew Guadagnino

Locations: On campus in Montclair.

Rights, Permissions, Other Notes: N/A

Interview Pitch

Working Title: What it’s like to have a career in Broadcast Journalism.

High-Concept Summary: I’m going to be interviewing a friend who is a radio jockey and has her own radio show. The interview may be just her on the camera or two people including me – (depending on the equipment available.) It will be focused on questions about her interests in Broadcast Journalism leading up to the creation of her show and any upcoming projects she may be working on. Also, I may reach out to her fans to get them to have a chance to ask her questions through twitter.

Genre: Interview

Estimated Runtime: around 60 seconds

Producer: Khusboo Patel

Writer: Khusboo Patel

Talent: Trisha Arora

Locations: Audio studio (where her radio show takes place) in Edison, NJ

Rights, Permissions, Other Notes: Trying to get Dumont TV Center cameras/ a tripod / background music (if any).

Interview

High-Concept Summary: My interview will be with Casey Coleman and whats its like to be one of the busiest people at MSU. He is part of SLAM, is an Ambassador as well as a CA and is involved with numerous other campus activitues. Casey will talk to us about being so involved as well as being a devoted student, sharing what its like and giving us some tips on how he manages it all.

Genre: Interview

Estimated Runtime: 1 minute

Producer: Joe Bavazzano

Writer: Joe Bavazzano

Talent: Casey Coleman

Locations: Schmitt Hall

Rights, Permissions, Other Notes: n/a

Interview Pitch

Working Title: Everybody’s Gotta Believe in Something

High-Concept Summary: My interview will be with Joan Wenzel, my grandma. She will discuss how faith has driven her through some recently hard times like becoming a widow and having a stroke. She will also give suggestions based on her life experience about how to find your own inner peace.

Genre: Interview

Estimated Runtime: Estimating around 120 seconds

Producer: Caitlin Imbimbo

Writer: Caitlin Imbimbo

Talent: Joan Wenzel

Locations: The Wenzel Family Home – Butler, NJ

Rights, Permissions, Other Notes: Using a Canon T3i, a 30mm Sigma lens, a Rode VideoMic Pro for audio and royalty free music by Kevin MacLeod

Interview Pitch

High-Concept Summary: My interview will be with filmmaking student, Claire Fishman, and a her journey to become a full fledged filmmaker. She will talk about what she has done and what she will plan on doing and what one would need in order to accomplish their idealistic goals in the world of film.

Genre: Interview

Estimated Runtime: 1 minute

Producer: Wil Exavier

Writer: Wil Exavier

Talent: Claire Fishman

Locations: Freeman Hall Lounge

Rights, Permissions, Other Notes: n/a