The Documentary Filmmaker's Roadmap

7 Social Media and Print Assets

At a recent panel I attended one filmmaking consultant talked about how marketing is the area that we should be concentrating on most. I’ve written this book in a chronological fashion, taking you through the exact steps of how we made Musicwood, so if you’ve followed the same route you will already have generated written information about your film. Crowdfunding should come after you have worked on your social media presence. Making your presence felt on social media as a filmmaker or an expert on the issue your film is about will help your film find its audience; it is an integral part of that process.

You will probably have written a number of different length descriptions about your film now (500 words, 75 ...