http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer.jpg A Film Blog from Documentary Producer Amy Janes Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:42:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ The DOC CHALLENGE is on! This morning I woke up to the sun rising as my baby boy was screaming from his crib in the other room. He wanted attention, but all I could focus on was the clock. At 8am this morning I was to get my genres and ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2009/03/05/team-janes-documentary-is-off-and-running/ So cool. There is a competition in the documentary world. I couldn't ask for more. The quick scoop is as follows: 300 filmmakers 5 days 2 genres to pick from 1 theme Recently I have found myself in a bit of a creative rut. With two kids, a big move and a whole bunch of ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedocumentaryproducer/2009/03/02/the-documentary-is-on/