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Community TV of Santa
Cruz County, Inc. is a nonprofit organization charged with providing public,
educational and government television access to all residents of Santa Cruz
County.
Intentions:
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To enrich the lives
of the public by offering education about health care
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To introduce easy, doable methods to
expand personal self health care options using alternative health
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To educate the public about how to
use alternative and conventional health care in partnership
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To strengthen the bond of the
medical aspects of the country by fostering communication through public
media
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To produce a series of educational
videos to offer to organizations and individuals who would benefit from
them
Who is our audience?
Community TV viewers are everyday
people who obtain a membership through AT&T Cable TV. Presently, as of May
2001, there are 52,000 members according to the figure stated in the Producers
Class I took. The cost of membership is 68 cents per month.
Community TV viewers are a wide
variety of people representing all ages and socioeconomic groups.
Our Proposal:
To produce and air a 12-month series
of 4 half-hour shows per month as follows:
| Month 1 |
Navigating Health
Care for Yourself - Alternative & Conventional |
| Month 2 |
Intentional Touch
Model of Health Care |
| Month 3 |
Natural Eye Care |
| Month 4 |
Care of the
Skeletal - Muscular System |
| Month 5 |
Care of the
Respiratory System |
| Month 6 |
Care of the Immune
System |
| Month 7 |
Care of the Spirit
& Soul |
| Month 8 |
Care of the
Digestive System |
| Month 9 |
Care of the
Cardiovascular System |
| Month 10 |
Depression |
| Month 11 |
Arthritis |
| Month 12 |
Recovering from
Abuse |
This is an enthusiastic, optimistic
proposal and I understand that it can take many hours just to produce one half
hour show. My idea is that the first show will teach us how to be efficient
and that we will develop a protocol that will allow us to produce each show in
a shorter and shorter time.
Steps to produce:
- Solidify the material and talent
for the first two half hour shows
- Plan the show
- Procure the crew
The crew will consist of a
minimum of crewmembers:
Director
3 Camera operators
Director
of Photography
Lighting Technician
Sound Recordist
Editor
Floor
Manager
Floor
Assistant
- Procure underwriters for
the first shoot
- Complete and hand in the proposal
form to Community TV. We will have 6 months from the date they recieve it
to finish our first half hour
- Set up a date for the first 4
hours in the studio
- Give the films to the editor
- Finalize the editing
- Community TV will air the show
To Proceed:
- Planning is in process
- Two crew members are taking the necessary classes to be
lighting technician and sound recordist
- Plan a strategy to procure underwriting (see Underwriting
page)
- Contact UCSC Film department to set up internship for
senior film student/s who would be interested in working on this project
next year
- Is there money available for this that I don't know
about? Grant money?
Underwriting Ideas Underwriters
are individuals or organizations that demonstrate support by contributing
product or money to our show. In return Community TV provides them a 15 second
spot before or after our program each airing. We
will invite potential individuals or businesses to underwrite us for any part
or of the whole series. Securing
underwriters assists us in:
- Obtaining community support from individuals and business
- Obtaining donations of product, service, and or money for
the following:
- Film & VHS tapes
- Professional editing
- Professional directing
- Other expenses that we have not yet thought of, but
we know are there
- Props
- Food and bottled water for our crew and talent at
meetings and shoots
- Supplies for public informing of the upcoming shows
(such as flyers, mailings, etc.)
In order to obtain underwriters, we need to do the following:
Create a package with a cover letter of request to send to
each potential underwriter
Create a list of potential underwriters with addresses,
e-mails and phone numbers
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