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Last Day for FILMMAKING SEMINAR Sale
November 30, 2025
This Cyber Monday is the last day for my documentary filmmaking sale. Buy “The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary” seminar for $50, and you’ll get my other popular seminar for free! Read both seminar descriptions below. (But use this PURCHASE LINK for the sale.) The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary Editing the Character-Driven Documentary here for free (valued at $77.97). I’m also giving away two free recordings of actual story consultations I have done, so you can see how they are conducted: Gift 1: Story Consultation on Story-Driven Documentary Gift 2: Story Consultation on Essay-Driven Documentary In the unlikely…
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Black Friday FILMMAKING SEMINAR Sale
November 26, 2025
Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers! This holiday I’m giving away two of my “live” story consulting recordings when you buy my popular filmmaking seminars. Read about both seminar descriptions below. (But use this PURCHASE LINK to buy.) The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary Editing the Character-Driven Documentary here for free (valued at $77.97). Again, click on this PURCHASE LINK to buy both seminars for $50 and also receive two free gifts. These gift tutorials invite you into real-life story consulting sessions in which I help filmmakers craft two different kinds of documentaries: Gift 1: Story Consultation on Story-Driven…
Read More...Learn Story Structure in a New Episode of THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING podcast
July 22, 2025
Episode #4 of The Art of Documentary Storytelling is here! Listen in on an actual story consultation I did with film director Shannon Cohn. Episode #4 Verite Story Structure – “Below the Belt” “Below the Belt” is a well-directed, verite-style documentary. It follows four women seeking treatment for endometriosis, a painful chronic condition. Executive produced by Hillary Clinton, the film was discussed on “The View”. Episode 4 Takeaways: Three ways to mitigate “viewer fatigue” How to cull information overload Bring clarity to confusing sections Use title cards to set the stakes – What’s to win? What’s to lose? Importance of…
Read More...Last Day for Documentary Seminar Sale
July 7, 2025
I hope my American readers enjoyed their July 4th holiday! Today’s the last day to take advantage of the two-for-one sale on our two most popular documentary seminars. Click here to buy The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary (formerly $297) for $50. You’ll also receive for free Editing the Character-Driven Documentary (now valued at $79.97). What else do you get? Three bonus videos that show how to edit trailers for three different types of documentaries: 1 Edit Trailer – Character Doc 2 Edit Trailer – Essay Doc 3 Edit Trailer – Doc Series Click here to get the two seminars…
Read More...Documentary Seminar Sale – Independence Day!
July 5, 2025
To celebrate American Independence Day, I’m offering a two-for-one sale on my popular documentary seminars. Click here to buy The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary (formerly $297) for $50. You’ll also receive for free Editing the Character-Driven Documentary (now valued at $79.97).Your three bonus videos include our most recent webinar on how to edit trailers for any kind of documentary: 1 Edit Trailer For Character Doc2 Edit Trailer For Essay Doc3 Edit Trailer For Doc Series Click here to get the two seminars and three bonus videos for $50. Here’s what one Emmy Award-winning director had to say about Editing…
Read More...Webinar Recording – Editing a Successful Trailer
March 18, 2025
My beloved father recently died peacefully. He was a special man, the embodiment of kindness and generosity. His death meant I wasn’t able to teach my webinar in person for Carole Dean’s Producer Series. However, I recorded three videos to play during the webinar called “The Power of Trailers: Unlocking Funding with Compelling Stories.” The webinar was highly successful. In Carole’s words, “The work you did on these trailers is superior to anything I have seen anywhere. This is highly creative, well developed personal guidance. They were in awe of you Karen. The compliments were many. They recognized your personal intent,…
Read More...Saturday Webinar on the Editing a Successful Trailer
January 22, 2025
I’m teaching a webinar this Saturday, 1/21, on “The Power of Trailers: Unlocking Funding with Compelling Stories.” We start at 9 a.m. PT/noon ET. I’ll be teaching how to edit a trailer for: Character-driven docs Docs based on ideas (essay-driven) Documentary Series Learn more and register here! This webinar is part of Carole Dean’s Producer Series. If you have any questions, please email info@fromtheheartproductions.com. Thank you.
Read More...Documentary Seminars – Sale Ends Today!
December 2, 2024
Today is the final day to get our popular seminars for sale. I’m offering a three-for-one sale on my popular documentary seminars. Buy The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary for $50 (normally $297.) You’ll also receive for free 1) Editing the Character-Driven Documentary here (valued at $79.97) and 2) my recent tutorial on “How to Log Quickly”. Click here to buy all three for $50: Buy The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary
Read More...Documentary Seminars – Ending Soon
November 30, 2024
Our sale on documentary seminars end today. These seminars come with a 100% money-back guarantee. Buy The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary for $50 (normally $297.) You’ll also receive for free 1) Editing the Character-Driven Documentary here (valued at $79.97) and 2) my recent tutorial on “How to Log Quickly”. Click here to buy all three for $50:Buy The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary
Read More...Documentary Seminars – Black Friday Sale
November 28, 2024
To celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the U.S., I’m offering a three-for-one sale on my popular documentary seminars. Buy The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary for $50 (normally $297.) You’ll also receive for free 1) Editing the Character-Driven Documentary here (valued at $79.97) and 2) my recent tutorial on “How to Log Quickly”. Here’s what one Emmy-Award-winning director had to say about Editing the Character-Driven Documentary: “This class was invaluable for bringing into crystal clear focus how to bring a 3-act structure to a documentary film. Karen is inspiring and the documentary clips she screens are extrememly useful.” -Paige Bierma,…
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