Join us on Wednesday September 20th from 6-9 PM at NOVAC for our "Documentary Breakdown!" Workshop with Producer Darcy McKinnon

Is the process of bringing your film project to fruition giving you a menty b? Does the art of scheduling make you feel delulu? "Documentary Breakdown!" is here to help! Participants can come with little to no experience, and nothing but a good idea, and we will work to build concrete deliverables that can help with fundraising, planning, communication and execution of a documentary film project. Folks are encouraged to bring real projects, and a laptop to work them out on.

  • The workshop will cover:

  • Process and templates

  • Loglines and treatments

  • Scheduling

  • Production plan

  • Budget and cash flow

Instructor

Documentary Instructor

Darcy McKinnon

Darcy McKinnon is a documentary filmmaker based in New Orleans. McKinnon’s recent work includes the upcoming docuseries Algiers, America (NOFF22 Audience Award Winner, Hulu), Sundance 2023 short Under G-d (dir. Paula Eiselt), Hulu’s Look at Me! XXXTENTACION (dir. Sabaah Folayan, SXSW 2022 ) and the Emmy nominated The Neutral Ground (dir. CJ Hunt, Tribeca 2021, POV). McKinnon is currently in production on Nailah Jefferson’s Commuted, Katie Mathews’ Roleplay, Jason Fitzroy Jeffers’ The First Plantation and Suzannah Herbert’s Natchez. Her prior work (A Fine Girl, Animals, Maquilapolis and Live Nude Girls, UNITE!) has screened and been broadcast internationally, and has been supported by SFFILM, CAAM, Chicken and Egg, Firelight Media, ITVS, Black Public Media, Sundance Institute and the Tribeca Film Institute.

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NOVAC Members receive discounts on all independent filmmaker workshops