Cinematic Documentary Filmmaking: Shoot, Edit, Launch
Writing a Proposal
A course by Chloe White , Documentary Filmmaker and Director
About the video: Writing a Proposal
Overview
“Many people assume that documentaries are unscripted. But in fact, this can be an important part of the process. This isn't to say that you should shape events into an outcome that you would like for your film. Rather, due to your research, you may be aware of certain events coming up and might even be able to predict changes that will occur. Gaining the ability to summarise your film is useful when it comes to applying for funding, getting commissions, securing contributors, and telling others what your film is about. It's also useful in helping you to organise your own ideas into something concrete and condensed. ”
In this video lesson Chloe White addresses the topic: Writing a Proposal, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cinematic Documentary Filmmaking: Shoot, Edit, Launch. Learn how to make a documentary by creating a short film on a subject of your choice, from the initial research to the post-production process.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to explore the fundamentals behind writing a proposal. Of course, documentary is real life, and we don't know exactly what's going to happen. but we can anticipate certain events as we've discussed. And so in this lesson, we're going to discuss writing a proposal which is really important in terms of being able to collect your own ideas about your film, but also being able to sell your idea to other people. you might want to try to get funding for your film or get it commissioned. And this is a really good way of starting that process. A proposal is just a writte...”
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Course summary for: Cinematic Documentary Filmmaking: Shoot, Edit, Launch
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Audiovisual Post-production, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Video
Chloe White
A course by Chloe White
Chloe White is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and photographer and director of Whalebone Films. Her films are intimate, considered portraits, focusing mainly on the female experience. Chloe lectures in Documentary Film at the University College London and London College of Communications, and lives in Hastings, UK.
Her clients and partners include the Guardian, Topic, Al Jazeera, Nowness, BBC, Channel 4, Oxfam, Save the Children and the BFI. She has had films screen at festivals internationally including at Camden International Film Festival, Open City, and Sheffield Doc Fest and is a winner of the prestigious Macdowell fellowship.
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