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

The Documentary Life

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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