VISIONS, REGIONAL VOICES
Do you have a trailer that is not bringing you money?
Or worse, no demo at all?
Are you stuck with hours of footage and no idea where to start?
http://nalip.org/nalip/NALIP-Programs-DYD.html
If you are trying to figure out your documentary story or fundraising demo this is a great opportunity to do so and meet the funders in person in Durham, NC October 14-16:
• Two full day workshops:
how to structure your doc story and make your fundraising sample
by internationally renowned author, speaker and story consultant Fernanda Rossi
• Two lunch lectures with funders and outreach experts
• Evening screening with director present for Q&A
• mentorship one-on-one with industry professionals and funders
$100 for the entire weekend, hand outs and lunch included!
Presented by NALIP, (and list all other organizations including yours)
http://nalip.org/nalip/NALIP-Programs-DYD.html
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“Fernanda Rossi knows how to talk to filmmakers and,more importantly, she knows how to listen to them. Her approach to story structure is anything but formulaic and it was exactly what I needed to tell the story I wanted. It was lot of fun too!”
Scott Hamilton Kennedy, The Garden, 2009 Academy Award Nominee, Best Documentary Feature
“We had a trailer and lots of opposing comments from different people. Fernanda not only understood the different layers of our story and our voice within it, she also provided us with a method to enhance our storytelling while keeping our creativity flowing. We won the funds of ITVS and we’re now thrilled to be working with her on our rough cut.”
Maya Stark, Sun Kissed, ITVS winner
About the key speaker:
Internationally renowned speaker and story consultant Fernanda Rossi has doctored over 300 films, including two Academy Award nominees® The Garden, by Scott Hamilton Kennedy, and Recycled Life, by Leslie Iwerks; as well as hundreds of trailers, many of which received funding from ITVS, NYSCA and NFB.
Fernanda has given presentations and seminars for major world conferences and organizations such as HotDocs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, and SilverDOCS. Her columns and articles have been published in trade publications like The Independent in the US and DOX in Europe. She is the author of the book that, according to industry professionals is the bible on demo production: Trailer Mechanics: A Guide to Making your Documentary Fundraising Demo.
Detailed Program
http://nalip.org/nalip/NALIP-Programs-DYD.html
FRIDAY, October 14
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Orientation & Program overview
Documentary Case-Study Screening and Filmmaker Q & A
SATURDAY, October 15
9:00 am – 5:00 pm DOCTORING YOUR DOC: How to Structure Your Documentary
Do you have lots of ideas and even footage but no clue where to get started? Or maybe you are stuck in the cutting room? A solid understanding of story structure is as necessary to your documentary as a strong script is to a fiction film. With hands-on exercises, this full-day workshop is for producers, directors, writers and editors, and can give you the guidelines you need to find solutions that are true to your documentary’s style. You will:
• Learn story development techniques
• Learn story structure templates in an innovative and easy way
• Identify common pitfalls that waste your time and money during production and post, and how to avoid them
• Analyze a film as practice for your own project
• Analyze works-in-progress from the audience
1:00 pm Special Lunch presentation on public television funding, and navigating the Consortia System
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Private Mentoring Sessions w/ Guest Filmmakers and Funders
Have your idea, proposal, trailer, pitch or concept evaluated and discussed for the next best steps to realize your project and documentary production.
SUNDAY, October 16
9:00 am – 6:00 pm TRAILER MECHANICS: How to Make Your Fundraising Trailer
“Can you show me something?” usually means “can you show me a fundraising trailer?” Today, a short work-in-progress tape or demo is the essential tool every filmmaker needs to raise the funds needed to make a documentary, whether from grants, crowdfunding or private investors. Stop guessing what works and what doesn’t work – and why – in this one-day, hands-on workshop with Fernanda Rossi, the internationally known author of Trailer Mechanics.
“Can you show me something?” usually means “can you show me a fundraising trailer?” Today, a short work-in-progress tape or demo is the essential tool every filmmaker needs to raise the funds needed to make a documentary, whether from grants, crowdfunding or private investors.
Stop guessing what works and what doesn’t work – and why – in this one-day, hands-on workshop for producers, directors, writers and editors. If you have already read or about to read the book by the same name, this workshop is a chance to see all that theory in action with real life examples.
At this workshop you will:
• learn the foundational story structures for fundraising trailers.
• learn the most common mistakes filmmakers make when crafting their trailers and how to avoid them (not the filmmakers, the mistakes).
• learn what type of sample tapes are more appropriate for different markets and venues.
• view demos before and after Fernanda’s doctoring.
• view successful fundraising trailers.
• view fundraising trailers from the audience followed by discussion.
Trailer Mechanics: A Guide to Making your Documentary Fundraising Demo will be on sale at the seminar.
Venue Address:
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
1317 W. Pettigrew Street
Durham, NC 27705
Register at http://nalip.org/nalip/NALIP-Programs-DYD.html
Vanessa Gonzalez
Membership Coordinator
National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP)
1323 Lincoln Blvd., Suite 220, Santa Monica CA 90401
Office: 310.395.8880
Fax: 310.395.8811
Find out more about grants and funding in the grants and funding category.
To purchase a download of the Funding Your Dream Documentary seminar, click here.
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