Presentation: Research & Development: Finding and Organising

-Research and development- pre-production
-Production Meeting- setting and agreeing initial goals.

Research: Finding people
Typically you will need to find people to fulfil the following roles:
-Presenters/ actors
-Contributors
-Audience
-Artists/ guests

Research
Casting Talent
-These are our performers- presenters, reporters, contributors- anyone on screen we have cast.
-They may or may not be paid or have a contract.
Looking For?
-Relevant Skills/ experience
-Performance
-Charisma/ engaging character etc
-'Look' appropriate to brand/ style
-Representation and relevance to audience

Talent
-Own Contacts

Auditions
-Advertisements- calling for new talent to come forward in relevant press/ online
-Showreels- similarly can ask for shows reals to be seen in, or my request directly/ through agent.

Agents
-Often established or even new talent have agents managing their interests.
-Agents may represent 'experts'.
-Need to negotiate contract and payments with agent (take percentage).
-Scouting- visit talent performing elsewhere e.g. comedians or actors, check out other programming.
-Talent Websites/ journals.

Issues- Scouting
-You can look for new talent just about anywhere- theatres, pub performers, the internet etc.
-It will give you the opportunity to find new talent (may be cheaper- no agent!)
-Background research- get a few names and find out when you can see theme- ask around.


Finding Audiences:
As previously discussed, you need to decide what purpose your audience serves-
-Passive
-Active
-Representative.

Accuracy:
-Keep good records throughout pre-production process.
-Essential that all information accurate and correct.