Workshop: Get Unstuck:
Producing Strategies to Move Your Film Forward

 
 

GET UNSTUCK: PRODUCING STRATEGIES TO MOVE YOUR FILM FORWARD

Thu, November 17, 2022 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm PT

Virtual Workshop

Co-Presented by Filmmakers Collaborative SF and Re-Present Media

You have an excellent idea for a documentary. You even have some stellar participants to tell the story. Now what?

Do you look for funding? Hire a film crew? Or film a proof of concept on your own?

This hands-on workshop will help you critically assess your ideas, create a development strategy to successfully secure funding, and how to produce your film to ensure momentum going forward. Topics will include how to: 

  • Align your filmmaking process with your film’s funding potential, 

  • Efficiently organize time and resources, 

  • Produce a compelling work sample, proposal and pitch deck, 

  • Leverage a team approach, 

  • and more.

This workshop is for those who are starting a new film project, as well as those who are in production but need to strategically obtain more support for their films. By the end of the workshop, participants will understand how to move their film forward with concrete next steps to secure resources and finish production.

Facilitated by Jennifer Crystal Chien and Kevin White.

Cost: Free for Filmmakers Collaborative SF members or sliding scale (pay what you can)

ABOUT JENNIFER & KEVIN

Jennifer Crystal Chien is a documentary filmmaker with a focus on personal storytelling from immigrants and people of color. In 2017, she co-founded Re-Present Media, a grassroots nonprofit that advocates for personal storytelling in documentary film and nonfiction media. In addition to presenting films with community dialogues by established filmmakers, Re-Present Media also offers professional development for emerging filmmakers and coordinates field-wide advocacy campaigns to support and elevate voices from underrepresented communities. Jennifer is the Board President of Filmmakers Collaborative SF.

 

Kevin White is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a focus on environmental and social issues. He has more than a dozen films that are in distribution, including his most recent film, Wilder than Wild: Fire, Forests and the Future, which has had 450+ community screenings and more than 850 broadcasts on PBS, plus educational distribution with Video Project. Kevin is the Co-Founder and Executive Director for Filmmakers Collaborative SF, and frequently consults with filmmakers on story approach, fundraising, and distribution. He is also on the Board of several media nonprofits.

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