From big production houses to theatrical groups anyone with a camera can shoot a documentary these days. That's the beauty of  documentaries that can be filmed even with a low budget, a smartphone, and a good video editing software at hand.

 

However, if an excellent creative idea is married with state-of-the-art technical expertise, soul-stirring documentaries are born. Hence, intensive research and technological-know-how are crucial to filming powerful documentaries.

 

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To date, documentaries like Genesis, Fahrenheit 9/11, March of the Penguins, or this year’s Oscar winning, The Elephant Whisperers, are setting higher benchmarks for research and creativity.

 

The goal has always been to present the common, unnoticeable, and sometimes unraveling mysteries surrounding life in an extraordinary way that also ticks facts. Thus, ideators need visionaries with the technical abilities and expertise to bring their thoughts, intuitions, and research to life. If your company possess capabilities and technology to create dazzling motion pictures, we have the ideal documentary proposal templates to help you pitch.

 

Talk about your mode of working, timeframe, equipment, and expertise, discuss investments desirable for the filming projects along with other services with our documentary proposal templates. 

 

These are 100% editable and customizable, offering you the much-need starting point. Moreover, these presentation templates are compatible across all popular presentation formats.

 

Check out this complete deck of documentary proposal templates that is coincidentally, also, our most-downloaded. Let’s us explore!

 

Template 1: Cover Letter

 

A proposal submitted to any individual or organization is deemed complete with a cover letter only. Our cover letter design will act as a formal introduction of your documentary film production and help you pitch your business as a solution to client’s pain points. You can use the content-ready format as it is or edit it at will to create a powerful impression on your client. List the goals you will help your clients accomplish. Get started now by clicking on the download link below. 

 

Cover Letter for Shooting Documentary Proposal Template

 

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Template 2: Project Context and Objectives for Shooting Documentary Film

 

After submitting a formal cover letter, pitch your understanding of the client’s needs. Share your understanding of your requirements in a documentary film and point out the objectives that you will be targeting to get the best and satisfactory results for the client. Showcase both the project context and the project objectives you will achieve for the client. Do it now, by grabbing this complete deck from the link below!

 

Project Context and Objectives for Shooting Documentary Feature Film Services

 

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Template 3: Plan of Action for Shooting the Documentary Film Services

 

Share your solid plan of action for filming, processing, and producing with this PPT Template.These could be kick-off meets, pre-production, during, post-production, and final delivery. Highlight the key importance of these phases by mentioning highlights of each phase. Walk your clients through your action plan with ease by downloading it now.

 

Plan of Action for Shooting Documentary Feature Film Services

 

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Template 4: Shooting Timeframe

 

Offering a time-bound service is a real value-add that clients look for in a production service firm, as delays can be costly to them. Let them know how you plan to divide time in the primary five phases of your filming. Give them an estimate of how long it will take to wrap up the set using this diagrammatic PPT Template. Download now.

 

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Template 5: Additional Service Offerings

 

Aside from filming, showcase the other set of services that your company offers. These are related to the distribution, getting filming permits, talent casting, and equipment renting. Demonstrate your capabilities as an A-Z service provider. Grab it now!

 

Additional Service Offerings for Shooting Documentary Feature Film Proposal

 

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Template 6: Investment for Shooting Documentary Film

 

List general expenses of your shooting business to give a fair-enough, advance cost estimate to the client. Share the price list for all five phases of your filming so that the client is assured of their money being well-spent. Ensure that the taxes are clarified at this stage itself. Download it now.

 

Investment for Shooting Documentary Feature Film Services

 

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Template 7: Additional Expenses for Shooting 

 

For services beyond filming that your company offers, share the charge sheet for all expenses in it. From casting to advertising via distribution channels,share a transparent price list of all expenses involved with this content-ready PPT Chart template. Get it now.

 

Additional Investment for Shooting Documentary Feature Film Services

 

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Template 8: Why Us 

 

Showcase your business USP to motivate your clients into registering with your service. Highlight the strengths that your business would infuse in your client’s schedule and enterprise, along with the set of privileges that clients would enjoy after being associated with you. Download now.

 

Why Us for Shooting Documentary Feature Film Services

 

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Template 9: Awards for Shooting PPT Template

 

To win clients, you could also pitch in with the awards and recognitions that you have received over the years. Highlight the best and the most relevant ones to let the client know that their documentary project is in good hands. Download now.

 

Awards for Shooting Documentary

 

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Template 10: Our Team

 

Share the identity of the experts handling client business in this PPT Slide. With respect to shooting documentary, introduce the client to the film director, screenwriter, production designer, etc involved in the project. Add a few sentences about them to offer a crisp yet powerful intro of these professionals that would further bolster your proposal. Download now.

 

Our Team for Shooting Documentary Feature Film Services

 

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Template 11: Client Testimonials PPT Template 

 

Adding client testimonials to previously satisfied clients will also do its bit in winning the client. Briefly enter their remarks and words of affirmation to help the client get onboarded in this part of the documentary proposal. Download now.

 

Client Testimonials for Shooting Documentary

 

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Template 12: Statement of Work and Contract 

 

As you reach the end of your proposal,lay down the statement of your work and contract with this content-ready PPT Slide. List conditions of the agreement that the client must agree to. Add the date and correct, clear names of the client and company involved. Discuss terms of payments, confidentiality, and conditions that could lead to termination of contract. Add this valuable section to your documentary proposal now!

 

Statement of Work and Contract for Shooting Documentary Feature Film Services

 

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Template 13: Next Steps of Documentary Proposal

 

To wrap up the proposal, include this final slide to garner signatures and seal the deal with clients to create yet another successful documentary project. Include any additional terms that could be last-minute and sanctify the beginning of another professional relationship. Download this comprehensive documentary proposal template now!

 

Next Steps for Shooting Documentary Feature Film Services

 

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Download the key to booking clients which is our documentary proposal templates and stand a class apart from your competitors.

 

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