117 – How to Raise $8k Quickly and Bring Scriptwriting Principles to Your Documentary Film
Description
How can you raise a quick $8k in 18 days for your documentary film? Steph and I recently did this on our doc project, Elvis of Cambodia. We'd like to share a few things that worked well and one thing that we wished we'd done!
How can you bring feature narrative scriptwriting principles to my documentary film? World-renowned documentary storytelling consultant, Karen Everett, of New Doc Editing, has some great ideas on this!
Topics Discussed
tips for quickly raising $8k for your documentary film
how & why the three-act story structure can work for your documentary film
the importance of discovering your protagonist and their need
tips for accelerating the post production schedule for your documentary
why you should seriously consider a story consultant in both pre and post production
Additional Resources
Watch a documentary editing seminar led by New Doc Editing's, Karen Everett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v_oTwCUSmI
NEW DOC EDITING
To get a better understanding of how a story consultant can help your doc project, head on over to New Doc Editing and discover all that Karen has to offer you!
FREE DOCUMENTARY EDITING BOOK
Download a free copy of Karen Everett's book on Documentary Editing .
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