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Writing a film treatment

The film treatment or scriptment isn’t the only basis on which a production company or investors decide on going with the film or TV show. This is an important requirement and another base that has to be covered since a lot of money is involved in film and TV shows.

How to write a press statement

What is a press release?

A press release is a story that is big enough to become news that is delivered by the news media be it in a form of a product update, brand update, an announcement or an official statement.

Benefits of a press release

1) Control the story of your business and brand

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How to create a storyboard for a movie

Before bringing the film to life the order in which the storyboard is in help to see the idea clearly, bringing clarity to what scenes need working on or changing according to the budget. Storyboards show the scenes through illustrations, writing, photography, animation and colours to highlight something particular, an idea, the atmosphere of the scene or its background through the plot and the ending of the film, short film or animation.

The writing of loglines and taglines

A logline is 1 – 6 lines that carry the weight of a film proposal. It’s almost the first part of a film proposal that determines whether the rest of the film proposal is worth going through by production company representatives, or funders and investors.

How to write a script proposal

It requires as many details as possible to put in a concise and dynamic format so that the funders can envision the project clearly through all angles especially if the script proposal has many elements and details that are clear and well written influencing the investors.

What is your target audience?

Whether a person is writing a book, creating a product or a service they usually tend to have a story behind it. What is that story? Chances are, to find what is your target audience the answer lies in the story behind why you are affiliated to the product, service or why it was created in the first place.

How do I get a literary agent for my books?

Literary agents also negotiate the best interest of their clients such as book royalties, and publishing contracts, and are meant to be up to date on anything that pertains to their client’s writing projects and their relationship with publishers. Literary agents can be found in the book industry, screenplay writing, and theatrical writing. Literary agents submit manuscripts to the publisher on their client’s behalf.

Writing a resume or cv that lands the call for an interview

There are so many formats on the internet that can be used when writing a resume or cv that lands the call for an interview. Once, I created a CV/resume that was three pages long that had red borders. I tell you what, that CV/resume got me tons of calls from agencies and companies which later turned to me receiving calls for the first interview.

For anyone writing a cover letter with a resume

If the company does not want a cover letter with a resume it’s best to respect the application rules. If this is optional on the application requirements, I encourage you to submit a cover letter following these points so that you can stand out, be called for an interview and of course by learning about how to stand out in all the stages right to the interview, will impact greatly on you getting the position.

Writing an effective, compelling and professional email

Writing an effective, compelling and professional email keeps changing over time because of wording that can sound cliché and new buzzwords coming up with trends over time, however, these simple tips on writing an effective, compelling and professional email will ensure your written words have strong communication foundations throughout time.