Terms of Reference for Consultancy Producing a Video Documentary on LRC Foundation’s Agricultural Entrepreneurship Incubator Project 'Telephone Farmers Project’ at LVCT Health

Objective: The overall objective of the task is to produce a video documentary on the Telephone Farmers Project focusing on the impact of services provided to the farmers in relation to food security issue in Kenya, impact on the lives of the farmers who participated in the project, achievements and more especially some of the lessons learned.

The specific tasks are;

• Develop a narrative concept and scenario for the video documentary
• Interview selected interviewees for the film who will include the farmers and farm managers, MSM staff involved in the project, coach trainer, Latia staff involved in the implementation, suppliers and partners
• Visit the project sites and interact with beneficiaries impacted by the project
• Develop the documentary script and take footage
• Present a short, precise and informative draft documentary to LRC Foundation for review
• Produce two short documentaries of 9 minutes and summary promotional for 1 minute long in high definition (HD). The 1 minute documentary trailer shall be an edited down version of the same footage to spark viewer’s interest to watch the longer version.

Deliverables

1. Submission of final high quality video in HD, AVI and MP4 formats
2. Raw footages captured in project areas.
3. Provide at-least 50 pictures of LRC Foundation activities/beneficiaries with name of subject in picture, brief description of activity, location, and the date picture is captured

Timeframe

The consultancy shall be for duration of 20 days from the date of signing the contract.

The consultancy will be undertaken during the period 15 Nov to 20 Dec 2018

Required Qualifications & Experience

The consultant/consultancy firm will be required to have:

• 3 and above years of experience working in similar field.
• Extensive experience in producing development work related documentaries for international organizations with the aim of reaching both local and international audiences.
• Experience in working with local and international organizations.
• Local Knowledge of the all regions in Kenya particularly LRC Foundation project areas.
• Excellent technical capacities (state of art filming equipment preferably High Definition) to ensure smooth and high quality production.
• Experience in development communication will be an added advantage.

The following must be included in all submissions:

• Technical financial proposal, budget, and expression of interest;
• Work plan including proposed timeline;
• Detailed budget of costs; and
• CV of lead and team evaluator
• Sample of previous work done