Writing the Press Release. What’s your angle? Reporters are always working an angle. But, you may be asking yourself, “What […]
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The Art of Shameless Self Promotion II
So what do you need for an electronic press kit. Here’s the lowdown: Press Releases. Short posts on what’s happening […]
The Art of Shameless Self-Promotion
(A filmmaker’s guide to getting their project noticed) So you don’t have the money to hire a publicist, but you […]
Film Lingo
Here are some terms that are thrown around a lot by documentary filmmakers. They’re useful for tossing into casual conversation […]
Will it fly? Testing your documentary idea.
Everyone’s got ideas. But how do you know if your idea will make a good video project? Well, there are […]
A Few Film Festival Do’s
Go to film festivals and ask questions. Make yourself known. Get your marketing materials together. Make sure you have great […]
Documentary History: The Super Short Course.
The documentary film form has a long tradition that dates back to the beginnings of motion pictures, when Thomas Edison […]
Basic Dramatic/Narrative Structure
There was this guy, Joseph Campbell and he went around and studied the myths and folklore stories of a whole […]
Know Your Market
Knowing your market and the demographics of your market is a driving force behind story selection. To help you make […]