Opportunity for Documentary Directors

As you may know, I teach a popular weekend seminar for the San Francisco Film Society called “Directing the Character Driven Documentary”.  What you may not know is this information-packed seminar is available as a home study course.

I’m offering a special promotion if you are interested in buying the online version of the seminar. Why the promo? Because after teaching this class two weekends ago, I’m reminded how valuable the content is for documentary filmmakers who are trying to figure out how to tell their story.  I watched my students strengthen and frequently transform their film concepts.

You might want to check out the online version of the seminar, called “Editing the Character Driven Documentary”, for several reasons:

• First, if your film features a main character, and you want to learn how to structure a story in a way that keeps your viewer engaged;

• Second, if you want to understand what scenes you need to shoot and questions to ask during your interviews, so you have the building blocks of both character transformation and a dramatic arc;

• Finally, even if you are making a topic-driven film—a film structured around ideas rather than a character’s quest—this class will show you how to create mini, one-act character vignettes, to bring emotion to an otherwise intellectual film.

This seminar is my pride and joy.  In creating it, I spent two years researching how the top documentary directors and editors shape their non-fiction footage into a fictional art form (the classic three-act structure).  The resulting course is so creative and innovative that three times a year, when I teach this course live, I get glowing testimonials from student filmmakers. You can read some below.

You can purchase this class for $50 off the normal price of $197.97. You’ll receive the seminar in six video modules delivered to your email box. It’s about 6 hours of content (filmed during the live seminar). You can download it to your desktop, or your iPhone or mobile device, and listen while you’re driving, walking or working out.

As an added bonus, you’ll receive for free my newest online seminar, “The Story Doctoring Kit”. Including four hours of video trainings, this do-it-yourself story consulting guide normally sells for $97. See my website’s product page for a full description.

“The Story Doctoring Kit” allows you to be your film’s own story consultant during rough cut stage. You’ll be able to isolate trouble spots and select from an array of solutions to common problems, like boring sequences, lackluster video, meandering scenes, slow beginnings, confusing narration, etc.

As with all my products, today’s special offer comes with a money-back guarantee.  Purchase “Editing the Character-Driven Documentary” for $50 off… and get “The Story Doctoring Kit” for free. This offer is good for two weeks.

To get the discount, click on the link below and enter the word “character” in the shopping cart’s coupon code and “apply”:

https://newdocediting.com/land/editingdocumentaryecourse/

As promised, here are some testimonials from recent students:

This class was thick with excellent information. I liked the variation of materials–hand-outs, clips, lecture and discussion–which made the experience engaging and stimulating. – Jo Nemoyten

I loved this class. It was very helpful and met my expectations. I especially liked that the information was repeated through story-focusing exercises. – Anjali deBellefroid

This class was filled with easily assimilated information and would even be interesting to somebody who hasn’t studied film yet. The discussions between Karen and the students were particularly helpful. – Roberta Walker