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  Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style

  Karen Everett
  Sep 20, 2011

  Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.

  
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  Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style

  Karen Everett
  Sep 20, 2011

  Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.

  
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  Identifying Your Documentary’s Signature Style

  Karen Everett
  Sep 20, 2011

  Developing a style that sets your film apart is key to capturing audience attention in nonfiction.

  
• August 18, 2011
  
  

  What’s So Bleeping Funny?!

  Karen Everett
  Aug 15, 2011

  Placing well-timed humor in a documentary film can be a great way to open minds.

  
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  What’s So Bleeping Funny?!

  Karen Everett
  Aug 15, 2011

  Placing well-timed humor in a documentary film can be a great way to open minds.

  
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  What’s So Bleeping Funny?!

  Karen Everett
  Aug 15, 2011

  Placing well-timed humor in a documentary film can be a great way to open minds.

  
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  Notes on Leveraging the Big Bash Climax

  Karen Everett
  Jul 27, 2011

  The planned "reversal" gives documentary filmmakers a means to build drama from otherwise anti-climactic moments.

  
• July 28, 2011
  
  

  Notes on Leveraging the Big Bash Climax

  Karen Everett
  Jul 27, 2011

  The planned "reversal" gives documentary filmmakers a means to build drama from otherwise anti-climactic moments.

  
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  Notes on Leveraging the Big Bash Climax

  Karen Everett
  Jul 27, 2011

  The planned "reversal" gives documentary filmmakers a means to build drama from otherwise anti-climactic moments.

  
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  We Want Answers

  Karen Everett
  Jun 14, 2011

  Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.

  
• June 16, 2011
  
  

  We Want Answers

  Karen Everett
  Jun 14, 2011

  Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.

  
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  We Want Answers

  Karen Everett
  Jun 14, 2011

  Asking the right questions is an art; a consultant speaks on how to conduct documentary interviews that will help structure your film.

  
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  New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre

  Karen Everett
  May 17, 2011

  Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.

  
• May 19, 2011
  
  

  New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre

  Karen Everett
  May 17, 2011

  Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.

  
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  New Approaches Embolden Doc Genre

  Karen Everett
  May 17, 2011

  Nonfiction filmmakers are re-engaging audiences with an entrepreneurial spirit and a focus on creative narrative strategy.

  
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  Nonfiction's Future Lies in Optimism

  Karen Everett
  Mar 15, 2011

  A new crop of filmmakers are building audiences by showing nonfiction doesn’t have to be depressing to reveal hard truths.

  
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  Nonfiction's Future Lies in Optimism

  Karen Everett
  Mar 15, 2011

  A new crop of filmmakers are building audiences by showing nonfiction doesn’t have to be depressing to reveal hard truths.

  
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  Nonfiction's Future Lies in Optimism

  Karen Everett
  Mar 15, 2011

  A new crop of filmmakers are building audiences by showing nonfiction doesn’t have to be depressing to reveal hard truths.

  
• Feb 3 2011
  
  

  How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part Two

  Karen Everett
  Feb 1, 2011

  An expert offers advice on solving the issues rough-cut screenings raise.

  
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  How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part Two

  Karen Everett
  Feb 1, 2011

  An expert offers advice on solving the issues rough-cut screenings raise.

  
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  How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part Two

  Karen Everett
  Feb 1, 2011

  An expert offers advice on solving the issues rough-cut screenings raise.

  
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  How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One

  Karen Everett
  Jan 4, 2011

  Rough-cut screenings can help you identify problems areas of your film—if you know how to listen.

  
• January 6, 2010
  
  

  How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One

  Karen Everett
  Jan 4, 2011

  Rough-cut screenings can help you identify problems areas of your film—if you know how to listen.

  
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  How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One

  Karen Everett
  Jan 4, 2011

  Rough-cut screenings can help you identify problems areas of your film—if you know how to listen.

  
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  Crafting Motifs in Documentary Films

  Karen Everett
  Jul 6, 2010

  Choosing and implementing the right motif can help convey a narrative documentary's theme.
  
  Now…what exactly is a motif? And why would you want to edit one into a documentary film?
  During one of my recent group coaching calls, we addressed these questions. . . .

  
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  Thinking Like a Screenwriter for your Documentary

  Karen Everett
  May 31, 2010

  Moving past genre distinctions may help some filmmakers find the best dramatic arc and the most powerful truths.

  
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  The Empathetic Storyteller

  Karen Everett
  Apr 6, 2010

  Beware of Save the Day My Way Syndrome. Now, learn from your mistakes.

  
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  Best Length for Documentary Films

  Karen Everett
  Feb 9, 2010

  How long should your documentary be? If your audience begins to glaze over or feel restless, you've lost the opportunity to leave them wanting more.

  
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  Best Practices For Naming Sequences

  Karen Everett
  Dec 30, 2009

  For handy access to your most valuable footage, here s a method of organizing sequences.

  
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  Sequence Names

  Karen Everett
  Dec 1, 2009

  The Edit Room: Karen Everett shares tips on how to track multiple versions of Final Cut Pro projects and sequences.

  
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  Organizing your bins effectively

  Karen Everett
  Sep 22, 2009

  The Edit Room: Learning how to organize saves you time and money in the editing process; a walk-through just how to do it.

  
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  How a Story Consultant Saved Me

  Karen Everett
  Aug 4, 2009

  The Edit Room: I knew the right thing to do was to turn the project over to an editor. The problem was that I didn't have the $45,000 a good editor would require.

  
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  Story Structures that Funders Love

  Karen Everett
  Jun 29, 2009

  The Edit Room: I decided to set my New Doc Editing research team on a mission to find out what structural models are getting funded these days.

  
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  Crafting an Elegant Essay Documentary

  Karen Everett
  May 4, 2009

  The Edit Room: How do you keep your audience engaged rather than putting them to sleep?

  
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  How to Rate Your Doc's Story Potential

  Karen Everett
  Mar 24, 2009

  A mini-tutorial on story structure: in a character-driven documentary there are a few simple questions you have to answer in order to vet your story potential.