Big Cat Rescue for broadcast TV From: Kelly Lin Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 1:02 AM Subject: Potential documentary series To: [email protected] Hi Big Cat Rescue, I'm development producer with Infocus, a production company. We produce content for all the major broadcasters - Discovery Channel, Nat Geo, BBC, to name a few. We're the folks behind Monsterfish which is NG US #2 show currently. Our offices are in Asia but our work is global - we get commissioned out of the US, UK, and Asia Pacific. I think that there is huge potential in translating Big Cat Rescue for broadcast TV - it's definitely something our clients are looking for this year. I'm wondering if you're working with any production companies at the moment, as I'd love to talk further. Cheers, Kelly Lin Development Producer Infocus Asia Dear Kelly Lin, I'm not sure what you mean by "translating Big Cat Rescue for broadcast TV." Productions companies pitch us all the time, but usually what they want is for people to act irresponsibly toward wild animals for the shock value and we aren't interested in that sort of nonsense. We would be willing to work with a production company on a truthful presentation of what it means to run a big cat sanctuary day to day and you can find out more about the people involved and see some of the thousands of hours of high def video on our two YouTube.com sites: • http://bigcatrescue.org/about/our-staff/ • https://www.youtube.com/user/BigCatRescue • https://www.youtube.com/user/DailyBigCat Our mission is to end the trade and public contact with big cats so any show that we do would be primarily to aid in that purpose. - Carole Hi Carole, Many thanks for your reply. I'd like to see if there's any potential to feature the work at Big Cat Rescue into a format for TV. I get where you're coming from and I think that a look at our portfolio can assure you that we take a strong stand on factual programming rather than entertainment for entertainment's sake. We are the company behind Nat Geo's Monsterfish, which differentiates itself from all other fish shows in that the host is a fish biologist and conservationist, rather than an angler fishing for the sake of catching a big one. This is representative of the approach we take to our shows - we don't craft 'reality'. We've also filmed documentaries on the rescue of bears from bile farms. Our approach to Big Cat Rescue would be similar to our portfolio; it's about portraying the true reality of what happens in the day to day in an interesting and engaging way. I hope this helps to explain our approach - we take our factual programming seriously. If this piques your interest, I'd be keen to speak further. Many thanks for your time. Best, Kelly We swapped several more emails and tried to set up a Skype call that never happened. I explained that we aren’t able to film most of our rescues, and that’s what they really want. 6/15/14 Hi Carole, Many thanks for your emails and apologies for the delay - I was tied up in another production this past week. This is super helpful, thank you, let me share it with the team. As mentioned over our call, the fact that most rescues can't be covered is definitely a factor to the channels, but I'll see if there is any interest that combines rescues with the interesting day-to-day life inside Big Cat Rescue. I will be in touch if I receive favorable feedback from the channels. Best, Kelly I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views. If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story. The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/ I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story. My hope is that others will reco