Professional Pitching for Documentaries
Start Analyzing the Story
A course by Marco Spagnoli , Journalist, Screenwriter, and Documentary Director
About the video: Start Analyzing the Story
Overview
“It's time to start analyzing the idea to create a point of view on it. I will explain how to frame the story and understand its points of originality.”
In this video lesson Marco Spagnoli addresses the topic: Start Analyzing the Story, which is part of the Domestika online course: Professional Pitching for Documentaries. Learn to draft a clear and effective pitch to present your documentary and tell a story from an original point of view.
Partial transcription of the video
“Start analyzing the story In this course I will teach you how to develop your own documentary starting from the experience that I myself have had to tell the story of the lawyer Giovanna Cau. A documentary I made a few years ago on the first woman in Italian cinema who was an agent, the film advocate of great actors, directors and actresses. Together we will develop the pitch of the story, starting from the questions that students ask me every time, but also from the producers I meet and to whom I propose my project. In this lesson, we will address an idea which in its embryonic state prese...”
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Course summary for: Professional Pitching for Documentaries
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Photography & Video -
Areas
Film, Film, Video & TV, Script, Storytelling, Writing
Marco Spagnoli
A course by Marco Spagnoli
Marco Spagnoli is a journalist, screenwriter, and documentary director. Although he studied engineering, through a series of events he ended up working in radio, which led him to film journalism and gave him an insider's view of the film industry, as well as the opportunity to personally meet famous directors and industry professionals.
He later began to frequent film festivals and in 2000 started writing for the magazine Giornale dello Spettacolo, eventually rising to the position of director. In 2009, he filmed the documentary Hollywood sul Tevere, which launched his career as a documentary director. Since then, he's produced over 40 projects, some of which have been featured on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
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