Documentary Filmmaking: Why I'm Restarting My Channel

Documentary filmmaking is an incredibly challenging, yet rewarding career. After a few years of putting my channel on hold, I'm ready to start bringing you top-notch BTS tutorials again. This time, I want to show you how I'm self-producing my first feature-length documentary. I hope you'll follow me on this new journey, and be sure to leave comment letting me know what you're working on.
#bts #documentary #filmmakingtips
00:00 - Channel overview
00:33 - BTS is the best way to learn
01:11 - What you're getting
01:21 - Story and project development
01:32 - Production and storycrafting
01:43 - Small business strategies for documentary filmmakers
02:02 - Growing demand for documentaries
02:13 - Goals for the channel
02:31 - Stories Found: Nairobi
03:06 - What are you working on?
[Free eBook] The Doc Shooter's Checklist ✏️ bit.ly/3VGz2Oq
MY FAVORITE GEAR ⚙️
See My Entire KZbin Studio Kit Here | bit.ly/3FAZ4gq
CAMERA | amzn.to/3VF4PPP
LENSES | amzn.to/3Fy1YTk
BATTERIES | amzn.to/3Vz1F05
MONITOR | amzn.to/3UEZdnC
MEDIA | amzn.to/3Hkg8Zr
TRIPOD | amzn.to/3VRo88q
MICROPHONE | amzn.to/3PaqeOq
MY FAVORITE RESOURCES 🏔
[FUND YOUR FILM] The Int'l Documentary Association's Grant Directory bit.ly/3hbPd7A
[WRITE YOUR DOCUMENTARY] The Nonfiction Core Application Project bit.ly/3Hf7fjY
[BUSINESS CHECKING FOR FILMMAKERS] Business Checking from Novo novo.pxf.io/oeE5an
WHO AM I? 🤔
My name is Bud. I share new videos each week, taking you behind-the-scenes of real documentary films.
STORIES FOUND: NAIROBI 🇰🇪
In 2018, my life changed when I led a 5-day filmmaking workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. A huge, loving shoutout to the filmmakers and organizers who were a part of that incredible team. To this day, you continue to inspire and push me.
Go check out their amazing work! They produced, shot, and edited two (2) short docs in five (5) days. Here are the films:
Shoto | kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKDCpHutoLamaKs
Zumari | kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXS6oaqDbM6Bi7M
Filmmakers:
Juma @toni_adero
Gloriah @_gloria_mondi
Brian @just_obra
Joan @joanmnjeri
Firul @firulmaithya
Arnold @mwarstep
Karanja @karanjangendo
Florence @nyokafi_gathuo
Jackie @wa_nge_cii
Samuel @samdablew
Jephtha
Vanessa
Organizers:
Ishmael @azeli_ishmael
Evie @eviemaina
James @iamjamesmartin
HEY GUYS! 🙋‍♂️
Website: www.storiesfound.org/
Portfolio: www.budsimpson.com/
Instagram: @accidentallybudsimpson
Some of the links in this description are affiliate links - the income they produce help me run my channel and pursue my documentary film projects. Also, 1% of every dollar I earn from this channel goes to my non-profit partner, The Kula Project www.kulaproject.org/

[@tannershinnick]

Looking forward to learning from your channel! Currently I’m working on a feature doc about my 600-person hometown in the Appalachian mountains.

[@StoriesFound]

@tannershinnick Hello sir! I want to grab coffee soon and hear more about this soon!

[@scrow9]

Really looking forward to seeing this series evolve!

[@StoriesFound]

Thanks so much @scrow9 ! Looking forward to it!

[@carolinemiller6728]

Eagerly awaiting content to come!

[@StoriesFound]

@carolinemiller6728 Thanks so much Caroline!

[@davidsimpson4246]

Excellent! Carry on teacher!

[@StoriesFound]

Thanks Dad! ❤️

[@Oofling]

Welcome back! I've been doing a lot of wedding videos but really want to get out of that line of work. So I'm craving some doc-filmmaking-business insights big time!

[@StoriesFound]

@Oofling That's awesome! I'm literally editing a tutorial that's dropping in two weeks about this exact topic and a free Skillshare course to accompany it. I'll be sure to DM you when it's up!

[@Oofling]

@@StoriesFound bless!

[@jaimeleighsalazar6352]

Nice work Bud!

[@StoriesFound]

Thanks Jaime-Leigh!!!

[@Hornnnnnn]

you're the man, Bud.

[@StoriesFound]

Thanks @hornfeed! What are you working on these days?