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MBF Newsletter

Thida Sheldon
March 11, 2023

How To Raise Money For Your Film Project With A Proposal

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Deciding to make a documentary film is only the beginning. In the pre-production process, you should decide what type of storytelling style you want to use. By doing this you can save yourself a lot of time in post.

Here are the classic storytelling styles you may want to consider using in telling your story.

Poetic - Non linear: creating a feeling, more than a truth.
Expository - Narrative based: takes you through the story.
Participatory - Part observational and expository: the filmmaker is part of the story.

How to Write a Documentary Proposal and Find Funding

So, you want to make a documentary? Well, buckle up because it's going to cost you an arm and a leg! To get started, you need a killer proposal that will make investors throw their money at you like it's confetti.

MBF interviews filmmaker, writer, and podcaster Yash Ozbaris

MBF: When did you first get into acting? (Can you tell me how old you were, where it was, how it happened, what it was for, etc.).

YB: I was at university I entered a model competition online and I was just not ...

In this second episode, we meet Lindsay McAuley, a world traveler and movie maker who explains his art of capturing ancient times in motion.

Lindsay McAuley (Interview) - Capturing Ancient Time in Motion

In this second epsiode, we talk to Lindsay McAuley, an accomplished fimmaker, visual artist and well-travelled author. You can also join the Micro-Budget Filmmakers Newsletter (and read all previous month's newsletters) by entering your details here: https://mbf.beehiiv.com FURTHER PODCAST LINKS & INFO: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/72AW04RK0b6yhWPPtOBKzF?si=bb8ddfa65f284550 iTunes / Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mbf-micro-budget-filmmakers/id1676040698 Amazon Music/

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/53165958

ROYALTY FREE MUSIC

It is impossible to overestimate the importance of music in a movie's success. We searched other websites that provided royalty-free possibilities in search of appropriate tunes...

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival - Cosmic Horror & Tales of the Supernatural

Kinds of short & feature films showcased at the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival: • Cosmic Horror (the insignificance of humans in a dangerous universe) • Occ...

https://filmfreeway.com/HPLovecraftFilmFestival

The Consciousness of Colour in Filmmaking - Mark Wentworth , Sun, Mar 12, 2023, 8:30 PM | Meetup

**PLEASE NOTE\* TO RECEIVE A LINK TO THE EVENT ONLINE YOU MUST SIGN UP UNDER EVENTBRITE ONCE YOU HAVE RSVP'D. IT'S FREE! :)** Join us for a free, online guest-speaking eve

https://www.meetup.com/micro-budget-filmmaking/events/291904377/

Finally, please check out our newly launched LinkedIn Group, 'Micro-Budget-Filmmakers', naturally designed to allow you to connect and collaborate with fellow filmmakers worldwide. If you don't already use LinkedIn, it's one of the best places to list your skills, projects, and experience to meet fellow artists.

500 million+ members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14154056

Well, that's a wrap for the second edition of our Micro-Budget Filmmakers Newsletter!

We hope you found all of the tips, tricks, and inspiration to be super useful (and maybe even a little bit entertaining). And if you didn't, well, sorry about that. But hey, there's always the next issue! So until then, keep those cameras rolling and those creative juices flowing. And remember, even when things get tough (and trust us, they will), there's always a way to make it work.

Happy filmmaking, fellow Filmies!