Film Producer to Document SHIFT Campaign

1.      Background on Save the Children

Save the Children (SC) Vietnam is the leading global independent organisation for children. SC believes every child deserves a future. Around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Our mission: To inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Our values: Accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity and integrity.

We are committed to ensuring our resources are used as efficiently as possible, in order to focus them on achieving maximum impact for children.

2.      Background information/context

SHIFT is a campaign accelerator designed by Save the Children that supports young activists (aged 15 - 25) to design and deliver public campaigns for social or environmental change. Our focus is on utilizing emerging digital platforms that support young people to express their views and mobilize audiences. SHIFT uses a co-creation methodology designed through consultation with young people themselves – providing the tools, networks, resources, and skills required to effectively mobilize audiences on issues that matter most to them.

Beyond the change, we seek to bring about through individual campaign, SHIFT also builds the confidence and skills of young community activists. To do this we have adopted an experiential model, with a focus on learning while doing. A seed funding mechanism is also used so that SHIFT participants can step beyond campaign theory and implement the campaign they have designed.

This campaign is planned to be conducted in Hanoi city from August - December 2022.

3.      Objective

SC is seeking to hire a film producer to produce a short film for a SHIFT post- workshop, capturing the impact of SHIFT and the power of the youth campaigners involved. The consultant will collect footage including but not limited to (refer to the Film Brief [1]):

Videos

• B-roll (eg. workshop activities and atmosphere (input provided by SC staff), youth-in-action)
• Interviews (eg. youth on their experience of the workshop and their journey, learnings and ideas throughout their campaign implementation / relevant staff members)

Photos

• Portraits of workshop participants (input provided by SC staff)
• Activities of the youth
• Visuals to complement the brand and partnership (if possible)

Selected photos and raw videos of the co-creation workshop, meetings will be provided to the consultant for the purpose of footage production.

The consultant is requested to attend all the activities of the campaign and record it in various formats. The consultant must supply their own equipment. The consultant will work with the SC team to obtain the needed and appropriate footage. The consultant will also be responsible to take written consent of people being photographed, using SC’s Content Gathering Consent Form will be used. 

The consultant will also edit the final impact film with reference to the Film Brief [1] and Save the Children Brand Guidelines and ideas and inputs from the SC team. The final video will be adapted to fit various digital platforms.

4.      Expected Deliverables

The consultant is expected to be responsible for the following activities under the SHIFT campaign. In the entire process of this service, the consultant will receive technical and logistics support from Save the Children. Please note that the selected consultant must comply with Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy, Data Protection, and Safety and Security policies.

5.      Experience and qualities required

• The consultant should have at least 3 years of proven experience in filmmaking
• Experience of interviewing/working with youth is desired
• A local consultant is preferred
• Prior work experience with international organization is beneficial
• Inspire the youth to effectively tell their stories
• Able to share practical skills that youth can take home and apply
• Interactive, two-way learning
• An understanding mentor youth can feel safe around, share creative ideas with and ask guidance from
• Passionate, enthusiastic and creative
• Ability to work both independently and with diverse groups of people
• Open to feedback and collaboration with people from diverse ages, backgrounds and mindsets
• Punctual and organized but also flexible and adaptive to youth’s activity schedules

6.      Timeline ( projected )

The total duration of the SHIFT project is September 23 to December 24, 2022. The consultant is expected to submit the deliverables within the following timeframes:

• SHIFT Workshop edited and submitted: October 7, 2022
• First draft of impact film submitted for revision: November 1, 2022
• Revised edit of impact film submitted (number of revisions TBD): December 1, 2022
• Final edit of impact film submitted: December 24, 2022

7.      Status updates/Reporting

The selected service provider will provide the below status updates for the duration of the services:

• Weekly progress update with the project team through email/ online meetings during the campaign.

8.      Acceptance

Deliverables 1,2,3,4 are to be accepted by Advocacy and Campaign Advisor within 15 days of the delivery date.

9.      Payment information

The first instalment (40%) shall be made within 15 working days upon submission and acceptance of:

• Deliveries of activities 1,2,3 as mentioned in the work plan that are accepted by Advocacy and Campaign Advisor .

The second instalment (60%) shall be made within 15 working days upon submission and acceptance of:

• Deliveries of activities 4 mentioned in the work plan that is accepted by Advocacy and Campaign Advisor.

10.   How to apply

• Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the email address: [email protected] [2] by 12:00 AM on 22 September 2022 at the latest.

List of Documents to submit:

• Financial proposal (as following link format
  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uJK-WbhJsDWTw_XjQrp5nftzJTp-giDk?usp=sharing [3]
• CV of team leader and team members involving in this assignment
• Reference of similar films/videos (maximum 3)

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