Episode 117

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Published on:

1st Nov 2019

How to Raise $8k Quickly and Bring Scriptwriting Principles to Your Documentary Film

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

 

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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The Documentary Life
Documentary filmmaker & host, Chris G. Parkhurst, inspires & informs you on how to best live and lead your own doc life.
Have a passion for making documentary films? Want to learn how to best lead a documentary life? Join award-winning commercial and documentary filmmaker, Chris G. Parkhurst, and special industry guests as they candidly share their filmmaking stories, insights, and experiences, for all to learn how to best lead and live their own documentary dream lives.

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