Doc Film Production Essentials: the Proposal

259 Convent Avenue Shepard Hall Rm 291,New York NY 10031

02 March, 2023

Description

You are seeking funding for your documentary film - from foundations, government funders and others. No matter who you are asking, you will have to be able to come up with proposals with various components and in various formats - from a synopsis and log line to a one pager to a full on description or treatment of the film, with a budget and more. How to get started, the components of a good package (proposal, artists statement, budget etc), best practices, what constitutes a good sample - hear from producer /filmmaker Carol Bash on what you should be doing. This workshop is especially for beginners and intermediate filmmakers who are fundraising for their projects. To get to City College: #1 to 137th St, ABCD to 145th Street. Shepard Hall (259 Convent Ave) is on the southeast corner of 140th and Convent. Room 291 is on the 2nd floor. ID is required to enter the building, no vax requirements. Light refreshments are provided. Carol Bash is the Program Coordinator of Black Public Media, an organization that funds projects by filmmakers from the African Diaspora for a public television broadcast. Carol is also an award winning documentary filmmaker with over 20 years of experience. She has received grants from: Black Public Media, The Ford Foundation, Independent Television Service (ITVS). LEF Foundation. National Endowment for the Arts. National Endowment for the Humanities. New York State Council on the Arts. New York Women in Film and Television and The Puffin Foundation. Carol Bash is the Program Coordinator of Black Public Media, an organization that funds projects by filmmakers from the African Diaspora for a public television broadcast. Carol is also an award winning documentary filmmaker with over 20 years of experience. Her most recent short film, Morning at Hemlock Hill Farm is on the film festival circuit. In post-production is: Blueprint For My People, a short film that illuminates the African-American experience by lyrically interweaving spoken-word narration of Margaret Walker’s epic poem, “For My People” with contemporary images and rare 19th century cyanotypes (blue photographic prints known as “blueprints”) This project has just been recommended for an NEA grant. Her feature documentary, Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band is available on Showtime and was broadcast nationally on public television in 2015. She has received grants from: Black Public Media, The Ford Foundation, Independent Television Service (ITVS). LEF Foundation. National Endowment for the Arts. National Endowment for the Humanities. New York State Council on the Arts. New York Women in Film and Television and The Puffin Foundation.