http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer.jpg A Film Blog from Documentary Producer Amy Janes Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:50:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So here we are, end of the summer and editing away. My favorite part of the documentary process. I am pleased to announce that Laura Zellmer and I are finishing up a project that we started over ten years ago!! Yeah us! We decided that the best way to tackle ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2010/08/27/breathe-a-life-journey-our-latest-documentary/ I recently had the wonderful opportunity to visit Brattleboro, VT. A sleepy little town just on the southern border of Vermont, naturally. The Women's Film Festival found our little film, Kaziah the Goat Woman,  and invited us to screen at their very important festival. This festival is a fundraiser for ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2010/03/25/kaziah-at-the-festivals/ Maybe... but I guess it is good to know exactly what it is before you agree to give away a percentage of your funds raised to do it. One company that offers this program explains it this way... Fiscal Sponsorship is a financial and legal system by which a legally recognized ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2010/02/22/does-my-documentary-need-fiscal-sponsorship/ As a documentary filmmaker, I am always interested in people. In fact, I have been known to frequently "sit at other people's tables" while out to dinner with family and friends. Training, or I should say straining my ears to find out what other people are saying. Trying to get ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2009/06/02/another-angel-is-born-please-be-good-to-your-neighbor/ So today, I did it! I doubled my followers on Twitter. Fine, it was only from 17 to 36, but if I keep it up, I will be at 1M with PDiddy in no time. In this process, there are a few articles that I have come across that are helping ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2009/05/28/pat-me-on-the-twitter-back-viral-docu-campaign/ This is a test, this is only a test. Today we got the locked down date for the release of AS SEEN THROUGH THESE EYES of October 2nd. That gives us about 18 weeks to perfect a independent release. We are lucky enough to be released through a company called ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2009/05/27/viral-marketing-on-indie-films-the-documentary/ So we finished the doc one day early due to my work schedule.  I am really proud of everyone involved. We all busted our butts. One more day, however, would have been very useful to just make sure our story was working. 3:30 am, Monday morning, I left the computer to ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2009/03/12/the-documentary-is-finished/ The editor and writer are the most important people on the film. Sure, a director has to have vision, but the two mentioned really help to define the story. For me, I prefer to work with writers and editors who come from the feature world. Every story has a three ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2009/03/08/day-four-writing-the-documentary/ So Day 2 came and went, like lightning. It is wonderful to be creating again. Call time was 530am on the beach and wow! what a great shoot. I couldn't have asked for more beautiful footage. And Sean, our awesome cameraman, got so into it, he was up to his ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2009/03/07/doc-challenge-oops-day-3/ So we did it... got through day one. We are going with Linda P. Brown and will be looking at the idea that fear is not real. It is being used to control the human race. The idea will be to transcend the fear produced by the "miserable economic climate"  and ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2009/03/05/day-one-doc-challenge-video-blog/