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Introduction1. Research: Choosing Your StoryArchive or Third-Party Materials2. Pre-ProductionInspiration / Early Analysis and PrepEquipment3. How to Choose Documentary GenresThe Essay Film 4. Budget Filmmakers' CostsProduction Insurance and LegalFinishing CostsExample Budgets 5. ProductionReleasesThe Look of the ProductionCrewFilmingBTSInterviewsTracking the DetailsEditing While Filming 6. FundingPersonRewardsNon-Profits and Other CommunitiesOur Goal 7. Social Media and Print AssetsSocial MediaKey ArtWebsiteTrailer 8. CrowdfundingThink of Your Strategy and What Crowdfunding Can Do for YouLead TimeOutreach/Reaching PeopleMaking Strangers Your Funders and Your Audience Then and NowPre-LaunchTeamMotivate Yourself as Well as Your TeamWhy Kickstarter over Other PlatformsPressKey Art - Postcards/Kickstarter Video/Kickstarter Page Crowdfunding HomepageVideoRewards and Funding LevelMetricsContent to ShareFacebook GroupsLaunchGoing LiveFirst-Week SharesDuring the CampaignEmailsTest ScreeningsCrowdfunding Platform UpdatesSocial MediaYour Twitter InfluencersFurther RewardsCross-Promoting ContentThanksLast Few DaysResultsWhat Would I Have Done DifferentlyThink Outside the Green BlobWell Done 9. The EditStory Beats and StructureVoice OverGood NarrationSay it Less, Say it Better, Say it in the Best Possible Way to Advance Your StoryMusic and SoundFinishing and Assembly 10. Case Study - Cartel Land Edit 11. Copyright Law, Third-Party Material, ArchiveMusicThird-Party MaterialsPublic DomainFair UsePrivacyReleasesWhen a Release Isn't PossibleEditors and Omissions InsuranceJournalismHidden Cameras, Phone Calls and Door SteppingSatirical WorksTrespassingRecreations12. Brain Trusts, Test Screenings, and Outreach 13. In Conversation with: Fork Films Funder; Women Make Movies Distributor; DOC NYC Festival; PBS POV Television Strand ExhibitorFunder: Fork FilmsDOC NYC FestivalWomen Make Movies DistributorTV Network - PBS and POVAmerica Reframed on The World ChannelIndependent Lens or POV or Both?Funders/Sponsorship/Advocacy, Etc.Shorts Digital Platform - POV Digital14. FestivalsApplying/PremieringPremier Night Distributors at Film FestivalsThe Festival CircuitPress at Festivals25 Tips for the First-Time Feature Director on the Festival Circuit 15. Distribution (or Selling and Income)NationalInternationalOur DealSemi-Theatrical/Non-Theatrical Distribution Educational 16. TheatricalTheatres in our Theatrical Run 17. Press and MarketingTheatrical Marketing and PressReviewersBlogsOverall 18. TV and StreamingDigital StreamingUS TV NetworksUS TV Network OpportunitiesEuropean TV NetworksBBC Storyville 19. In ConclusionSpecial Thanks Appendix Useful LinksFilm Festival Short List100 Documentary FilmsRelease FormsAbout the Author