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Great advice thank you for sharing this with me. No question that we will be shoehorning what needs to get done in this budget. Again thanks.

Great advice thank you for sharing this with me.

Great advice thank you for sharing this with me.

Has anyone made a documentary and used footage from local TV stations without having to pay fees? I'm told that some usage could be deemed fair use but that it needs to be used in a transformative manner different than its original use. Not an easy hurdle when trying to make a documentary...

No doubt that I’m a fish out of water with these things having never been even remotely in or around this industry in my lengthy career. We’re working on a shoestring budget of around $10K so yeah if I could find an experienced production partner that would be the way to go but with such a thin...

Can someone tell me how much, on a percentage basis, you should allocate in your budget for production (filming), post production (editing) and distribution? Is it like about a third of your budget each? Note, this is an interview style documentary that also will extensively use archived...

Well the overall goal is to have Netflix, HBO or one of the other streaming companies take interest in this project. But funds are very limited so likely will only be able to produce a 30 minute film (Just guessing). I know nothing about distribution.

Interviews with archival footage.

Hello. I'm a new member and describe myself as "an old dude that wants to bring stories of injustice to the screen". I am looking for advice on my first documentary project that I'm working on. I have ZERO experience in the filmmaking industry (I did take a class on films though about a hundred...