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SERVICES FOR PRODUCERS
You’ve got an idea for a show. I can smell it. Well BTV is here to help. So what can we do for you?
Equipment Rental
We’ve got two Canon XHA1 High Definition prosumer video cameras. They’re legit. In the way of audio,
we’ve got two Rode NTG‐2 shotgun mics with boom poles and windjammers. We have two wired
lavaliere mics and two wireless lavaliere mics. We’ve got work lights and a professional three piece Arri
lighting kit with barndoors, scrims, a reflector, gels, and a silk.
Rental procedures are straightforward. You’ll need a BTV representative or to become a member of BTV
staff yourself in order to gain rental priviliges. Rentals are scheduled on a google docs website. Contact
our Technical Director at tech@browntv.org for questions and additional info.
Cast, Crew, and Management Networking
BTV maintains a few relevant listservs: a staff listserv, a general audience listserv, and a production
listserv. Much of our staff is particularly skilled with BTV equipment, but if you are unable to find
technical assistance there, you should feel free to email the production listserv for assistance, which
addresses members of the Brown community interested in production, but not part of btv‐staff. This is
also a good way to get your project out in the open and get some people in management.
Also, on our website we’re developing a list of cast and crew and their contact information. Visit
http://browntv.org/memberdirectory to view or add yourself.
Some other talent resources are tapping into the Brown University theatre community. Email the
following listservs for talent: Sock&Buskin, Gilbert&Sullivan
We also know it can be incredibly helpful to talk to other producers to see how they’re doing their stuff.
A list of producers is available on the browntv.org website, and we maintain a listserv for group contact:
producers@listserv.brown.edu.
Online Video Hosting and Streaming
On Demand: All videos will be expected to be uploaded to a Vimeo account. Trust us, it’s much better
than Youtube and we have some individuals on staff who are skilled with it and can help you out there.
Once you have your final product, you’ll hand the highest quality file to our President of
BTVprogramming (programming@browntv.org), who will get it ready for air release on‐demand and on
broadcast for after your premier on our Livestream Premium player at www.browntv.org
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2. Public Relations and Marketing Partnership
We want people to watch your show so they know what BTV can do for them. You want people to watch
your show because you’re awesome. Our Vice President of Publicity and Marketing will sit down with
you and discuss strategy to get viewership. We expect you to keep in contact with the President of
BTVproduction, the Vice President of Publicity and Marketing, and the President of BTVprogramming
throughout the production process, so that we can plan our schedules, marketing, and production
updates around your show. Luckily, all of these can be reached at one address: release@browntv.org.
This collective is known as the release team, because they help you release your production into the
wild.
Ongoing Project Support
You have other stuff you’ve done? We want to host it. We’ll reference to your site, we’ll connect you
with more organizations and more talented individuals. We’re here to help you and advocate on behalf
of film and tv production and management at Brown. We even host alumni video, for when you leave
and want support from your old school.
The BTV Name
BTV has been a presence on campus since 1987, at one point the largest student group on campus, with
over 300 members. The BTV name gives you preference with filming inside local businesses and around
the Brown University campus.
WHAT’S THE PROCESS?
Production is no piece of cake, we’re warning you right now. It’s one of the most challenging things you
can do out there. Film is such a collaborative medium that you need to always make sure your resources
and talent are present and in good humor. Here’s how you start. This is mostly for series production.
1. Have an idea
2. Talk to us, read this sheet, agree to be a BTV production.
3. Use our resources to organize your production, set a timeline, rent equipment
4. Make the show!
5. Work with the release team to get your video in btv archives and to co‐publicize your premier
6. Co‐host the premiere with BTV (we just give a few words in the beginning, then it’s your show)
7. A week later, we air it on BTV and host it on our website. We ask that you allow a week for BTV
to harbor visits to watch your shows and other btv shows.
8. After one week, you may upload it online and spread it to the world!
9. From then on, we reference each other’s web pages and continue to work on projects.
For live shows, after step four of the previous process, you’re done, and we continually co‐publicize the
show week after week.
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3. WHAT DO YOU DO IN RETURN?
You didn’t think all of that was free, did you? Well you were mostly right. We just want a word at your
premiere (because don’t you want other people to know how cool BTV is?) and for you to credit us
properly in your videos so that way when you spread your videos around the world, people can know to
watch other great videos by other Brown students at www.browntv.org. This is more of an honor
system kind of thing. We do a lot here at BTV to make this all possible for you, so let’s be a team—even
when you leave Brown. We’ll always be here for you. Will you be here for us?
David Notis
President of BTV Production
Brown University Student Television (BTV)
production@browntv.org
Roman Gonzalez
President of BTV/Station Manager
Brown University Student Television (BTV)
info@browntv.org
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