Film school can be an amazing experience for many people, but let's be honest, knowing the difference between ISO and aperture, or how to light an interview, doesn’t make a big difference when it comes to actually making a documentary in the real world. You might be thinking that it’s easier, safer, or more realistic to start by taking an entry level job. I mean, making coffee doesn’t sound that bad as long as I’m around the right people. Right? WRONG!
The only thing that’s going to separate you from the crowd and move you closer to impacting the world with your films, is going out there and actually making films. The truth is always simple, but simple doesn’t mean easy. Most people end up getting side tracked from their ultimate vision when their temp job ends up lasting for half a year, then a year, then 3 years. Before you know it, making films is something you used to want to do and now your stuck make product videos for corporate clients.
It's time to stop letting the insecurities and failures of other people dictate your level of ambition. Our course teaches you the 5 keys to conceptualise, draft, and sustain a Netflix worthy documentary idea, so that you can take control of your future and launch your career in a powerful way and skip that dreaded entry level job.
You’ll learn how to:
- Forge a powerful idea by combining your passion with what the world ‘Wants and Needs’
- Overcome your imposter syndrome so that you don’t hold yourself back
- Create an outstanding original pitch deck that will form the foundation of your funding pursuits
- Optamise your ability to identify, persue, and execute on opportunities that come your way.
- Generate enticing marketing material to ensure that your documentary never runs out of funding
This course includes:
- 3 video modules, each broken down into 10 stand alone trainings (20+ hours total)
- access to our virtual ‘Netflix Worthy Workbook’
- 20+ additional video training access
- An incredible accountability community of like-minded documentary filmmakers
Who’s Behind it?
You might be wondering who we are to be able to make such bold statements! We, Mads and Taylor, co-founded our documentary production company, Burning Boat, back in 2018 and have since worked on more than 10 documentaries and docu-series for Netflix, YouTube Originals, Google, and Discovery in association with industry giants like Joaquin Phoenix, Kip Andersen and Yes Theory. However, that is far from where we started! A few years ago we were just like you, fresh out of film school with giant hopes and dreams. The journey to being able to work on our own films was anything but easy. All I can say is that we learned more in 3 months of working for ourselves than we did in 4 years at some of the top film schools Like NYU.
We created this course to help bridge the gap so that you can avoid the mistakes we made and double down on the things that got us the results we were looking for. In essence this course will condense our combined 20+ years of experience into 30 days. Let me ask you this... What would it be worth to you to not only see your documentary have the impact it deserves, but to also personally gain a sense of confidence and strength that will translate into all aspects of your life?
If you answered 'priceless' I applaud you for seeing the true potential of learning these skills and mindsets!!
At the end of this course you will have in your hand a documentary idea that you can turn into a pitch. A pitch that is capable of grabbing the attention of people in the industry who can give you the funding, network, and support that you need to go out and actually make your documentary a reality.