How I Started Shooting Documentaries With the BBC

I started making documentaries 14 years ago when I was a production assistant in college. Today, I'm shooting documentaries all over the globe with organizations like the BBC. Looking back, I think I could've gotten where I am today in about half the time had I just focused on these five things.
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Chapters
00:00 - FAQ: How did I start shooting with the BBC?
00:14 - What I wish I'd known just starting out
00:38 - What is the Freelancer's Formula?
01:04 - My Career (Part 1): Gaining access to the process
01:20 - My Career (Part 2): Making the process my own
02:14 - My Career (Part 3): Creating my "Catapult Project"
02:46 - My Career (Part 4): Marketing myself as a documentary DP
03:27 - Focusing on the "next right thing"
03:46 - The Freelancer's Formula
04:33 - How I started shooting with the BBC
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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
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WHO AM I? 🤔
My name is Bud. I share new videos each week, taking you behind-the-scenes of real documentary films.
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/

[@jbraswel1]

Great work Bud. Very excited to see what’s next!!!

[@StoriesFound]

Thanks John!

[@Zeropadd]

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