大象传媒

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大象传媒 Arts is looking to commission 6 x 45 minute single films for a new strand featuring leading British cultural figures looking back at their life and career. In My Own Words (w/t) will feature intimate, unmediated first-person interviews mixed with archive and actuality, taking us closer to major arts figures than ever before.

We would expect films to feature unseen personal archive (both still and moving footage) combined with publicly available material to enable the subject to reflect on their life and output more deeply.

Subjects must be suitable for a broad and mainstream 大象传媒 One audience with real cultural prestige. You鈥檒l need to have genuine access to the talent/subject and we鈥檒l need to be confident that there鈥檚 a wealth of rich archive available before we commission.

We鈥檙e looking to work with directors with a proven track record creating contemporary, blue-chip and stylish films which stand the test of time and offer an intimacy and psychological revelation that brings new insight to their subject.

We鈥檙e looking for single down the lens interviews with the subjects and limited actuality filming. We do not need proposals to include multiple extra contributors, locations or format points.

How to pitch

Please note the deadline for submissions was Friday 1 December at 5pm.

We would expect you to name your preferred director(s) in your pitch.

We will commission strategically across the strand, considering the mix of titles across a year. Where we have multiple ideas with the same subject, decisions with be based on the quality of access and approach.

Commissioning decisions will be communicated by the end of January 2024.