Is Your Documentary Idea Any Good?
If you’re not sure about your idea, here’s a great way to test it.
Create a 1-2 minute “trailer”, kind of a visual synopsis, which will:
1. Clarify how interested you REALLY are in the process
2. Test if your idea in “theory” works well as a short movie
3. Give you something tangible to show potential viewers
4. Provide a great promotional tool for our program and a buzz about your project.
5. Best of all, it breaks the inertia of just thinking about it and gets you actually DOING something.
The truth is, that no matter how much research you do or how hard you try to pick a topic that you think a lot of people will be interested in, if you personally are not fascinated by it, you are doomed to fail.
If you get nothing else from this article, remember this:
Go toward something that you’re passion about. TRULY passionate about.
If you’re not sure about your idea, here’s a great way to test it.
Create a 1-2 minute “trailer”, kind of a visual synopsis, which will:
1. Clarify how interested you REALLY are in the process
2. Test if your idea in “theory” works well as a short movie
3. Give you something tangible to show potential viewers
4. Provide a great promotional tool for our program and a buzz about your project.
5. Best of all, it breaks the inertia of just thinking about it and gets you actually DOING something.
The truth is, that no matter how much research you do or how hard you try to pick a topic that you think a lot of people will be interested in, if you personally are not fascinated by it, you are doomed to fail.
If you get nothing else from this article, remember this:
Go toward something that you’re passion about. TRULY passionate about.