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Stages of Post-Production Guide
March 7, 2018
Hi Everyone, Having released my own film earlier this month, I’m excited to turn my attention back to my specialty: helping filmmakers structure and edit great documentaries! Post-production can be such an arduous process that I’ve collaborated with other professional to create the attached Stages of Post-production Guide. It specifies the methodology and goals of each stage of editing, and brings clarity to poorly understood stages, such as the Assembly Cut. Click here to read it. Typically, this 7-stage editing process takes independent filmmakers 6-18 months. My talented editors and I have developed an Accelerated Post program to compress this timeline…
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February 28, 2018
I have a talented, award-winning editor available soon. This editor is an excellent storyteller and collaborates with great sensitivity to your vision. If you need an editor and have funding, please email me to discuss how we can edit your film in ten weeks in our Accelerated Post program.
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My Documentary American Visionary Released Today
February 21, 2018
I’m thrilled to announce that my new documentary American Visionary: The Story of Barbara Marx Hubbard is being released today for digital screening and DVD purchase! Deepak Chopra has called Barbara “the voice for conscious evolution of our time.” She’s inspired millions—including me–to find and hone their purpose in evolving our world. As many of you filmmakers will doubtless understand, making this film has been a labor of love in the grittiest sense—expensive, time-consuming, and artistically relentless. The result is a moving documentary that people are calling “honest”, “inspiring,” and “beautiful.” I’m proud of its authenticity and, on an artistic…
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Intentional Filmmaking Class with Carole Dean
January 17, 2018
We’ve been busy editing several films here at New Doc Editing, and I’ve also been finishing my own film American Visionary. One of the biggest influencers for creating and funding this film is Carole Dean, who teaches the Intentional Filmmaking Class. I highly recommend this stellar class to anyone who needs help with staying motivated and on track with film fundraising. Carole helped me raise $100,000 for my own film. Her new class begins Feb 6th, and she’s co-teaching with funding expert Tom Malloy. The class is $730 and starts Feb 6th. You save $100 by enrolling by Jan 28th.…
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Positively Trending Documentaries
September 6, 2017
The trend in documentaries that leave audiences feeling inspired is growing, and I’m proud to have story consulted on some of these hits. In the trailer to Al Gore’s new documentary An Inconvenient Sequel, Gore says, “Despair can be paralyzing, but this to me is the most exciting development. We’re seeing a tremendous amount of positive change.” Gore was talking about climate change, of course, but his upbeat, solution-oriented tone can be seen in a number of recent documentary debuts. Take Josh and Rebecca Tickell’s new documentary Good Fortune, which tells the story of a John Paul DeJoria. An outlier…
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Editing Technique Crash Course
August 30, 2017
Check out this entertaining 4-minute crash course in editing techniques. Sponsored by Pond 5, this slick tutorial gives 13 examples of micro-editing techniques, such as the smash cut, invisible cut and cross cut parallel editing. And if you haven’t yet received my acclaimed e-book Documentary Editing (free here, normally $27), you’ll learn more editing transition tricks, as well as big-picture structural ideas. Finally, for tips editing documentaries with multiple protagonists, check out module 5 of my seminar Editing the Character Driven Documentary (taught at the San Francisco Film Society).
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Editor Available With Storytelling Chops
August 24, 2017
I hope you enjoyed the eclipse this week! I currently have a talented editor coming available in a couple weeks. A film he edited has won a major award, and the critics have praised his editing. If your project can benefit from great storytelling, please email me.
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Extraordinary Editor Available
June 7, 2017
I’m happy to report that my own film received a standing ovation at its world premiere Saturday night! On another note…I have an extraordinarily talented editor available soon. Please email me if you have funding for post-production and would like to learn more.
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How To Sell Your Film Workshop
April 2, 2017
Just a reminder that HOW TO SELL YOUR FILM is coming up next weekend at UC Berkeley, and you don’t want to miss it! I took it last year and can’t recommend it highly enough. Jilann Spitzmiller and Anna Darrah are offering this comprehensive film distribution workshop on April 8th. They will be covering all aspects of media distribution today, for films of any genre, length or age. They bring a wealth of knowledge from two sides of the distribution aisle: Jilann from the filmmaker side and Anna from the distribution side. They cover the tools that are available to you…
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Documentary Seminar Module #2
March 27, 2017
When I was in graduate school, I made a very successful documentary called Framing Lesbian Fashion. (Although the title may seem like an oxymoron to some, this isn’t an April Fools’ Day joke.) Nearly 30 years later–and after teaching 18 years at the top U.S. documentary program (at UC Berkeley)–I’ve learned a lot about documentary storytelling. I put everything I know into my popular online seminar, The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary. And today I’m giving away module #2: newdocediting.com/ultimateguide/2week2b7s.mov If you like what you see, I’m offering a special on the entire seminar here: newdocediting.com/products This online seminar…
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