A final farewell and a bit of inspiration for the filmmakers ready to embark on their journey to making their own fake documentary film.
A quick, easy list of questions to ask yourself in order to solve unexpected problems that arise as you make your movie.
A VERY important conversation about making a clear space and providing opportunities for filmmakers of all levels of intellectual and physical ability.
What are your options for distribution once you finish your film? We discuss them here.
A quick discussion of the options for editing programs and an important tip on how to be an editor when you are definitely NOT an editor.
A handful of helpful tip that will make the scheduling and shooting of the film run a bit more smoothly.
Breaking down the list of needed production items, where you can get them, and how to work around not having them.
A few key elements you can teach the people who will be operating the cameras on your film to give the movie a distinctively fake documentary vibe.
An exploration of how to make new crew positions that can work better for your ultra-low budget film.
A quick discussion of how to find and work with your a cast when you don't have the budget to pay professional actors.
This chapter discusses the elements of storytelling and scriptwriting that filmmakers gain when working with fake documentary aesthetics.
Who knew that the public domain could be so much help in making your fake documentary a reality? We did!
Here, we discuss two great weapons for creating effective fake documentaries: symbolism and satire.
In which we discuss another option to get to a feature length film: creating an anthology film!
A quick exploration of some of the most frequently-used subgenres in the world of fake documentary filmmaking.
This is where we discuss the "framework" that explains why your (fake) documentary footage exists.
The process of figuring out everything you have at your disposal for free that will give your film the best production value possible.
It's time to discuss what to use for cameras (and how to explain their presence).
Take a walk through the history of fake documentaries, and then listen to an exploration of why fake docs work psychologically.
This is where Chris discusses why a straight white dude would be the one to create this Indie Filmmaking Master Class intended to help marginalized filmmakers get their films made.