The Next Generation of Business Leaders

VISUAL: Fade up to a grey/white screen. Grey/white screen. Black text in the centre of the screen “Get Your Big Idea Off the Ground”. Smaller dark grey text underneath in centre of screen “Join the Next Generation of Business Leaders”. The RMIT logo is underneath the text in the centre, bottom of the screen.

VISUAL: The screen fades into a shot of 2014 Business Plan Competition finalists, Ms Perlin Chan and Mr Ken Ping Tan standing in a Library. They are located in the centre of the shot.

(Cheerful whistling & instrumental music playing)

Ms Perlin Chan and Mr Ken Ping Tan: Hi We’re team Fish Sh-nack.

VISUAL: Shot moves to a medium close up of Ms Chan. Ms Chan holds a packet of Fish Sh-nack’s in front of her face, and then lowers the packet to reveal her face (smiling).

VISUAL: Scene cuts to a medium close up of Mr Tan standing in front of an external graffiti covered wall. Mr Tan holds a packet of Fish Sh-nack’s in front of his face, and then lowers the packet to reveal his face (smiling).

VISUAL: Camera pulls back to reveal both Ms Chan and Mr Tan standing in front of the graffiti covered wall (image of a green dragon on a red, green and yellow background). They both hold a packet of Fish Sh-nack’s in front of their faces, and then lower the packets to reveal their smiling faces.

VISUAL: Scene cuts back to Ms Chan standing in the library, with an extreme close up of her hands, holding the packet of Fish Sh-nacks. The blue and white circle Fish Sh-nacks logo is prominent.

VISUAL: Scene cuts to a close-up side-on view of Ms Chan sitting in a café, talking and looking at a laptop computer.

(Cheerful whistling style/instrumental music playing)

Ms Perlin Chan: Fish Sh-nack came about because there was one night when I was having my family reunion dinner at my Uncle’s restaurant and I noticed that he was serving this, ah, product, fish skin, and I think that it could be a business opportunity that Ken and I could explore together. So I gave him a call.

VISUAL: Scene in café, as described above. Camera moves to a close-up shot of Ms Chan and Mr Tan, talking and looking at a laptop computer.

VISUAL: Image switches to a montage of close-ups of the Fish Sh-nack product, logo and packaging.

VISUAL: Scene switches to show a white and turquoise RMIT Student Development poster/banner, with black numerals on the left-hand side, and turquoise shapes, and a black circle with “Student Development” written in white text to the right. Ms Chan enters the image from the left. The shot pulls back as she moves around to the right of the shot. She looks at the numerals on the poster.

(Cheerful whistling style/instrumental music playing)

Mr Ken Ping Tan: I was thinking, “hey you know I could actually do something better with the product, make it healthier”. Healthy snacks were very difficult to find. Fish Sh-nack is packaged air-fired fish skin and yam shavings. The RMIT Business Plan competition helped us to expedite our pace of business.

VISUAL: Ms Chan stands in front of the poster/banner described above. She nods and turns to camera, and points to the text on the banner, which reads “Are you making the most of your time at RMIT?”

VISUAL: Scene switches to show Mr Tan in front of another section of the banner/poster described above. He is slightly left of centre. He turns to face the camera, and nods and smiles.

VISUAL: Scene cuts to a montage of Ms Chan and Mr Tan in a classroom with other students, shots of a lap-top computer, and shots of Ms Chan and Mr Tan talking with an older man at a table in RMIT grounds.

VISUAL: The scene cuts to a montage of various shots of Ms Chan and Mr Tan, sitting in a café, discussing the Fish Sh-nacks packaging.

VISUAL: The scene cuts to a montage of various shots of Ms Chan, Mr Tan and other people sitting at a table, eating Fish Sh-Nacks.

VISUAL: The scene cuts to a montage of various shots of Ms Chan, Mr Tan and another woman sitting at a table, in a bar/restaurant, talking and eating Fish Sh-Nacks.

(Cheerful whistling style/instrumental music playing)

Ms Perlin Chan: We are the first Singapore team that has entered into the final and we were flown to Australia and we were given the opportunity to be surrounded by like-minded entrepreneurs around the region. So being in such an environment gave us the motivation and new ideas on how we could execute our product better.  Operationally Fish Sh-nack is exploring preservation techniques. Ken and I, we have contacts in airlines and hotel industry and we will be putting Fish Sh-nack on a regional scale.

VISUAL: The scene cuts to an image of Ms Chan and Mr Tan in a room with a grey/dark tan wall behind them. Ms Chan is to the far left of the screen. She is sitting on the edge of a wooden table. Mr Tan is slightly right of centre and is standing. Both face the camera. Ms Chan turns her head and talks to Mr Tan.

VISUAL: The scene cuts to a medium-close up of Mr Tan eating a Fish Sh-nack.

(Cheerful whistling style/instrumental music playing)

Mr Ken Ping Tan: If you have a great idea. Why not join the Business Plan competition. It has great opportunities, great mentorship, and you can get to try your products out first hand in the market, giving you the extra confidence that you actually need.

VISUAL: The scene cuts to a long-shot of Ms Chan and Mr Tan walking past a row of shops/businesses.

VISUAL: Image returns to the originally described scene of Ms Chan and Mr Tan standing together in a library.

(Cheerful whistling style/instrumental music playing)

Ms Perlin Chan: Yes I do agree. I feel more confident taking our product into the market now.

Mr Ken Ping Tan: Yeah. So we can. Why not you?

VISUAL: Fade to a grey screen then fade up to grey/white screen with the RMIT logo in the centre at the centre-bottom of the screen

(Cheerful whistling style/instrumental music ends)

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