How To Make A No-Budget Documentary That Sells
Brighton Film Workshops
Duration: 1 Day
£100
(25% earlybird discount)
Detailed information
| Duration: | 1 Day |
|---|---|
| Price: | £100 (25% earlybird discount) |
| Type: | Training |
| Method: | Weekends |
| Prepares for: | A career in documentary film-making. |
| Geared towards: | All welcome. |
| Requirements: | No requirements. Age 16+ |
| Students per class: | 12 |
Do you need further information?
Contact the person in charge , free and at no obligation, for information on how to enroll, enrollment limit/availability and more.
Course program
This is a practical one-day workshop revealing the secrets to making a high-quality micro-budget documentary that makes real money.
Taught by award-winning filmmakers whose last micro-budget documentary sold around the world making many times its budget. This workshop is highly practical on how to produce direct, shoot, edit, market and distribute your film for a profit!
There’s an exciting revolution happening with documentary film-making right now. You no longer have to waste years sending out endless documentary outlines to funding bodies and broadcasters trying to get your ideas commissioned and funded.
Brighton Film Workshops
Now you can get out there and make your own high-quality documentary yourself for no money. I mean really for no money at all. And what’s more, you can sell the finished film at a profit. And if you do it right, you can make a big profit – enough to live on and pay for your next film!
This crash-course micro-documentary bootcamp teaches you the INSIDER SECRETS of making a high-quality no-cost documentary yourself – so you can produce, direct, shoot, edit and even distribute your film yourself for a profit!
This practical workshop is a whistle-stop introduction to the world of micro-documentaries. It covers everything from coming up with a concept, researching, scripting, directing, the practical techniques for operating camera & sound for self-shooting plus the basics of editing documentaries.
And what’s more, the workshop teaches you the marketing skills you need to build your film’s fan-base and presents a work-able distribution model including film festival strategy- so you can sell your film for a profit!
This isn’t about just whacking a film together quickly to make money (although you can do that if you choose). This workshop is about giving you an introduction, inspiration and some practical skills you need to make the highest quality documentary on a subject that you really care about – so your film gets shot, edited, finished, marketed, sold and distributed and that people see your work. And even better, done right, you could make money from selling your film to enable you to make the next one. We would love to turn everyone on this workshop into a sustainable independent film-maker!
We know it works. The workshop leaders’ last self-made documentary had a budget of £500 and it’s made back 60 TIMES ITS ORIGINAL BUDGET (I’ll let you do the maths!). This year, the workshop leaders are making 3 new documentaries using this exact same model with the same projected profit margins. And you can do the same. This workshop lets you into the secrets.
Workshop Leaders
Workshop Leaders: Alex Wakeford (left) & Toni Harman (right)
The workshop is run by award-winning documentary film-makers and industry professionals Toni Harman & Alex Wakeford both with nearly twenty years of film-making experience. They have made a feature film distributed by a Hollywood Studio, documentaries broadcast on television and distributed worldwide, short films that have won awards and been screened at top tier international film festivals – and now are running their own micro-budget documentary studio!
If you want to make money from making your own documentaries, can you afford to miss out?
Workshop Highlights
*Fast-paced, intensive, inspirational & really good fun (CLICK HERE to read what previous people said about our workshops).
*By the end of the day, all participants will have received practical hands on intensive training on how to use professional video camera (Sony Z7 HD camera) and sound equipment.
*All participants will be trained on how to direct documentary sequences and how to conduct interviews.
* All participants will be shown basic editing techniques including how to construct a compelling narrative.
* All areas of self-making a micro-documentary covered including the key elements of producing a documentary that sells: coming up with a hot concept, scripting, budgeting, schedules, research, marketing, distribution, film festivals, social media, building an audience & selling your film!
* The workshop is run by highly experienced award-winning internationally distributed micro-documentary film-makers.
* Held in a professional film studio in central Brighton using professional equipment (all equipment supplied).
* Coffee, tea, soft drinks & biscuits provided throughout but no lunch provided.
* Places are limited to max 10 people allowing for everyone to have as much hands on experience as possible.
* No previous experience necessary – just a desire to make films!
*PLUS - includes a bumper collection of handouts on everything covered in the workshop.
Taught by award-winning filmmakers whose last micro-budget documentary sold around the world making many times its budget. This workshop is highly practical on how to produce direct, shoot, edit, market and distribute your film for a profit!
There’s an exciting revolution happening with documentary film-making right now. You no longer have to waste years sending out endless documentary outlines to funding bodies and broadcasters trying to get your ideas commissioned and funded.
Brighton Film Workshops
Now you can get out there and make your own high-quality documentary yourself for no money. I mean really for no money at all. And what’s more, you can sell the finished film at a profit. And if you do it right, you can make a big profit – enough to live on and pay for your next film!
This crash-course micro-documentary bootcamp teaches you the INSIDER SECRETS of making a high-quality no-cost documentary yourself – so you can produce, direct, shoot, edit and even distribute your film yourself for a profit!
This practical workshop is a whistle-stop introduction to the world of micro-documentaries. It covers everything from coming up with a concept, researching, scripting, directing, the practical techniques for operating camera & sound for self-shooting plus the basics of editing documentaries.
And what’s more, the workshop teaches you the marketing skills you need to build your film’s fan-base and presents a work-able distribution model including film festival strategy- so you can sell your film for a profit!
This isn’t about just whacking a film together quickly to make money (although you can do that if you choose). This workshop is about giving you an introduction, inspiration and some practical skills you need to make the highest quality documentary on a subject that you really care about – so your film gets shot, edited, finished, marketed, sold and distributed and that people see your work. And even better, done right, you could make money from selling your film to enable you to make the next one. We would love to turn everyone on this workshop into a sustainable independent film-maker!
We know it works. The workshop leaders’ last self-made documentary had a budget of £500 and it’s made back 60 TIMES ITS ORIGINAL BUDGET (I’ll let you do the maths!). This year, the workshop leaders are making 3 new documentaries using this exact same model with the same projected profit margins. And you can do the same. This workshop lets you into the secrets.
Workshop Leaders
Workshop Leaders: Alex Wakeford (left) & Toni Harman (right)
The workshop is run by award-winning documentary film-makers and industry professionals Toni Harman & Alex Wakeford both with nearly twenty years of film-making experience. They have made a feature film distributed by a Hollywood Studio, documentaries broadcast on television and distributed worldwide, short films that have won awards and been screened at top tier international film festivals – and now are running their own micro-budget documentary studio!
If you want to make money from making your own documentaries, can you afford to miss out?
Workshop Highlights
*Fast-paced, intensive, inspirational & really good fun (CLICK HERE to read what previous people said about our workshops).
*By the end of the day, all participants will have received practical hands on intensive training on how to use professional video camera (Sony Z7 HD camera) and sound equipment.
*All participants will be trained on how to direct documentary sequences and how to conduct interviews.
* All participants will be shown basic editing techniques including how to construct a compelling narrative.
* All areas of self-making a micro-documentary covered including the key elements of producing a documentary that sells: coming up with a hot concept, scripting, budgeting, schedules, research, marketing, distribution, film festivals, social media, building an audience & selling your film!
* The workshop is run by highly experienced award-winning internationally distributed micro-documentary film-makers.
* Held in a professional film studio in central Brighton using professional equipment (all equipment supplied).
* Coffee, tea, soft drinks & biscuits provided throughout but no lunch provided.
* Places are limited to max 10 people allowing for everyone to have as much hands on experience as possible.
* No previous experience necessary – just a desire to make films!
*PLUS - includes a bumper collection of handouts on everything covered in the workshop.
Do you need clarification regarding the course program?
Contact the person in charge , free and at no obligation, for information on how to enroll, enrollment limit/availability and more.
Course location
- Brighton Media Centre Film Studio, 15-17 Middle Street, Brighton BN1 1ALEast Sussex (England)
Brighton Film Workshops
On our workshops, we take participants through the whole process of film-making and offer practical hands-on training in setting up and operating HD video cameras, shooting, directing, producing and editing.
Taught by professional film-makers whose credits include internationally distributed short films, documentaries and feature films including an independent feature film released by a Hollywood Studio.
Taught by professional film-makers whose credits include internationally distributed short films, documentaries and feature films including an independent feature film released by a Hollywood Studio.
