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How To Pitch Your Documentary Ideas To Get Funding
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NEW! Elevate Your Documentary: Lighting, Color & Sound
Want to feel more confident lighting an interview, working with color or cleaning up your film’s sound?
Elevate Your Documentary brings together three on-demand courses in lighting, color grading and sound editing, with 48 short video lessons and more than two hours of instruction.
Learn from award-winning filmmaker Dandan Liu, whose teaching focuses on making filmmaking techniques simple and easy to understand.
The color lessons use Adobe Premiere Pro, with principles you can apply in other editing tools. The sound lessons use Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition.
NEW SALE! Back to School Sale: 50% Off Documentary Filmmaking Courses
Sale prices start at $24.50, with six focused bundles and one-year all-access also available.
10 Helpful Hints For Writing A Cash-Winning Documentary Grant Proposal
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NEW! Netflix 2026 Course Review | "Absolutely invaluable"
"The "Selling to Netflix and The Streamers" course was absolutely invaluable to me as a first-time filmmaker.
The Sales Agent Database has been very useful during our current distribution efforts, and the Interactive Netflix Database will become essential as we begin to formulate ideas for our next project.
We're much more likely to hit a bullseye now that we're no longer shooting blind. 10/10!" - Tony Pinto
Why Your Documentary Isn't Any Good (8 Common Mistakes To Avoid)
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I just wanted to say that I think your website is amazing . I am a beginner with an idea, and the info and articles on your website are easy to understand and answer many questions I have. I can not wait to start filming!
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I am a professional filmmaker, and I applaud this site for detailing the ABC's of documentary filmmaking. It serves as my own checklist as I continue making my own movies ... Thanks!
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