Filmmaking Craft
SD cards for 4K video, SSDs and backups for a documentary shoot
Which SD card for 4K video, which portable SSD for editing, and how to offload, verify and back up a documentary shoot so that no footage is ever lost.
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Business & Media
Funding, media industries, technology and work, written for people who make things and want to keep making them.
Filmmaking Craft
Shot list template and call sheet template for documentary shoots
A copyable shot list template and call sheet template for documentary days, with a worked example and why a documentary list plans coverage, not a script.
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Filmmaking Craft
Lavalier microphones and wireless kits for documentary interviews
How to choose and hide a lavalier microphone, when wireless beats wired, and how backup recording, headphones and batteries keep a documentary interview safe.
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Festivals & Distribution
After the premiere: the long life of an independent documentary
Sales agents, broadcast windows, streamers, classrooms, impact screenings and archives: how an independent documentary keeps working after its premiere.
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Filmmaking Craft
Archive footage and rights: a plain guide for documentary makers
Where Canadian documentary makers find archive footage, how licences work, what fair dealing covers, and how to keep a clearance log an insurer will accept.
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Business & Media
What a licence fee buys: financing a one-hour documentary in Canada
How a one-hour Canadian documentary gets paid for: licence fees, the Canada Media Fund, federal and provincial tax credits, private funds and cash flow.
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