Spoof on Template for Film Trailers

I like to remind filmmakers who are feeling lost that most commercially successful documentaries draw from only a few contemporary meta-structures.  Learn them and use them.

And if you’re wincing at the idea of a “template”, then think of the three-act structure, which is a template for character-driven documentaries, as a living breathing form that can be modified to suit as many desires as arise in the human heart.

And having now giving my stump speech on templates, I want to share this very funny spoof on Hollywood trailers, which shows just how template-driven we’ve become:

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/11/academy-award-winning-movie-trailer/

Enjoy three minutes of intelligent satire!

For information on templates that funders love, check out my new program (only a couple openings left), “The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary. Go to https://newdocediting.com/land/ultimate_documentary_guide/.