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Reminder: Free Teleseminar on New Documentary Movement
January 31, 2011
I’m back from an inspiring Sundance Film Festival, and I’m excited to share with you what I’ve learned about the New Documentary Movement that is emerging. Learn how you can position your documentary to be on the vanguard of this auspicious new trend. As a reminder, I invite you to register for our free teleseminar on “The New Documentary Movement”. I will also be sharing details about our upcoming documentary Inner Circle. The teleseminar is tomorrow, TUE, 2/1, at 5-5:30 pm PST. It will be recorded. Register at: https://newdocediting.com/land/inner_circle_teleseminar/
Read More...The New Documentary Movement
January 27, 2011
I’m blogging from the Sundance Film Festival, where the documentary that I story consulted on, “Connected” (connectedthefilm.com), is getting great buzz and already won one award! I’m very excited! And I am also noticing an interesting, inspiring trend developing. I’m dubbing it the “New Documentary Movement”. Like “Connected”, many documentaries are emerging these days that are more interested in generating new solutions to today’s problems than pointing the finger at the usual suspects. These solution-oriented documentaries don’t shy away from social issue problems, but they bring a spirit of optimism that makes the case for change entertaining, not overwhelming. These…
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How We Structured “Connected”
January 20, 2011
I’m going to the Sundance Film Festival tomorrow, where “Connected”, a film that I story consulted on, is premiering in the Documentary Competition. I’m very excited! If you’re going to Sundance, look for New Doc Editing at the outreach table at the Filmmakers Lodge on Wednesday, 1/26, 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Meanwhile, I want to share with you the contents of a cool flyer we’ll have at the booth, which tells how we structured the documentary “Connected” (connectedthefilm.com), directed by Tiffany Shlain. Story Consultant Gets Excited. When I first watched an early assembly cut for Tiffany Shlain’s documentary “Connected”, my story…
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Free E-book Documentary Editing
January 13, 2011
In celebration of one of our story consulting projects getting into Sundance (“Connected”), I’m excited to offer my acclaimed e-book “Documentary Editing” for free! Normally sold for $27, this unique and insightful workbook reveals structural strategies, editing aesthetics and micro-editing techniques. For a short time, I’m giving it away to anyone who will help me give away more e-books! Here’s how it works. Click on the link below, add your name and email, and we will immediately email you the 180-page ebook “Documentary Editing”. You’ll then be given the opportunity to gift the e-book to a friend or filmmaker colleague.…
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Talented Documentary Editor Available
January 6, 2011
One of our talented editors is finishing up a long project, so if you are looking for an editor (or will be soon), please email me. This particular editor is incredibly talented and wonderfully personable. He’s a former student of mine from the top documentary program in the country at UC Berkeley (according to Documentary Magazine). He’s edited several programs for television broadcast. If you’d like to know more, please email me at Karen@newdocediting.com. Also, stay tuned for my upcoming announcement about our exciting next Inner Circle, a 6-month documentary coaching program that gives you a terrific deal on story…
Read More...Educational Hot Spot for Documentary Filmmakers
December 21, 2010
In 2010, I added two comprehensive seminars to our e-course line up, making New Doc Editing the leading online educational hot spot for documentary filmmakers! As a holiday gift to yourself–or a fellow filmmaker–consider giving the gift of illumination. I’m grateful to have gotten terrific feedback this year about all our educational seminars. See below. Which of these courses is right for you (or a colleague), depending on the nature of your documentary and where you’re at in your film’s production timetable? Note that I offer a full money-back guarantee if you’re not happy for any reason: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE…
Read More...Seven Elements of a Story
December 15, 2010
Last week I attended a Tony Robbins conference called “Date With Destiny”. I used to make fun of Tony Robbins because I first saw his hyper-energetic act in the 1980’s on a tele-commercial, not the most flattering vehicle for his gifts, even by his own admission. I now know Robbins to be a passionate man with a big heart and an amazing ability to see what drives human behavior. During the seminar, he told the audience of 2000 people (who were there to transform their lives) that if they weren’t succeeding at something, it was due to their “story” about…
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“Connected” Got Accepted at Sundance!
December 7, 2010
Last week we received the thrilling news that one of the documentaries that I have been story consulting on for a year has been accepted at the Sundance Film Festival! We had to keep the news under wraps, but now I can proudly announce the Tiffany Shlain’s new feature documentary “Connected” will premiere at Sundance…and in the highly esteemed “competition” camp to boot! When I first began my story consulting business, I envisioned working on important films like “Connected,” documentaries that would change the world in a profound way. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Shlain…
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Tonight’s Free Teleseminar on Documentary Rough Cuts
November 29, 2010
I’m looking forward to our free teleseminar tonight, November 29th! In “Secrets to Transforming Your Rough Cut”, I’ll be sharing strategies for taking your rough cut to the next level. If you want to learn more about how to edit music, structure suspense and add more visuals to a film that’s heavy on talking heads, be sure to register at: https://newdocediting.com/land/secrets-for-transforming-your-rough-cut/ The teleseminar is 5:30-6:00 p.m. PST. If you can’t make the time, we’ll send you the recording. Also be sure to check out my new “Story Doctoring Kit for Documentary Filmmakers”, a series of video tutorial and other tools…
Read More...November 22, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving! In the spirit of gratitude for the many opportunities I’ve had this year to help documentary filmmakers, I’m offering a free teleseminar next Monday evening. In “Secrets to Transforming Your Rough Cut”, you’ll learn how to pinpoint common structural and storytelling problems that plagued editors in post-production. More importantly, you’ll receive several innovative strategies for fixing these issues. For example, how can you… Manage emotional nuance with music? Add suspense to a slow section? Give a visual makeover to a documentary that’s heavy on talking heads? This content packed teleseminar will be recorded, in case you can’t make…
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