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Limited Seating Available for Next Doc U Event

By IDA Editorial Staff


The International Documentary Association is proud to announce its latest 2010 Doc U Seminar: Trailer Mechanics: Making a Fundraising Demo That Actually Gets Funding on Saturday, May 15 at The Eastman Kodak Company, 6700 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood, CA.

This Doc U seminar will be a full-day event from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Seating is very limited. The price is $85 for IDA members and $110 for Non-members.

Register now!

Bring your work-in-progress for analysis and discussion! (Not required to attend)

There will also be a raffle in class for a $100 gift certificate towards a 1:1 consultation with Ms. Rossi!

YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Learn the most common mistakes filmmakers make when making their trailers and how to avoid them.
  • Learn the foundational story structures for fundraising demos
  • View trailers before and after Fernanda's doctoring.
  • View successful fundraising samples.
  • View fundraising trailers from the audience followed by discussion.

Ms. Rossi has doctored over 300 documentaries including two nominated for an Academy Award. She is also the author of the book "Trailer Mechanics: A Guide to Making your Documentary Fundraising Demo."

If you have read her book, this is your chance to attend the full day workshop with all the theory, structure templates, before & after, and successful real life examples. It's the book in action!

Get more information about the Trailer Mechanics Doc U seminar here.

Watch video clips from the Doc U seminars with Cara Mertes and R.J. Cutler.

Read about our most recent all-day Doc U seminar with fundraising guru Morrie Warshawski.