Resources & Case Studies

Resources & Case Studies

The Field Guide has drawn extensively from impact case studies and we highly recommend you also get inspired and empowered. Stand on the shoulders of others! Of course we also recommend that you watch as many of the full films as possible so you can put together the creative potential with the impact strategy. We are also always looking to include great new examples so please email us your suggestions.

Movies & Grassroots Community Engagement

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Policy Change

investigation into the role of documentary films in legislative and regulatory change and influence in the United States

Movies & Grassroots Community Engagement

Media Impact Project

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

hub for collecting, developing and sharing approaches for measuring the impact of media

Media Impact Project

Doc Society: Our Theory of Change

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

theory of change

Doc Society: Our Theory of Change

9.70/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

farmers vs the Colombian Government

9.70/Case Study

Holding Ourselves Accountable: A Consent Calendar Resource

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Participants

model for establishing informed, active consent throughout the filmmaking process (available in English and Spanish)

Holding Ourselves Accountable: A Consent Calendar Resource

Unrest/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic

Unrest/Case Study

Impact Dynamics Chart

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

The Doc Society has identified five “impact dynamics,” broad categories of the types of change to which you can expect to contribute.

Impact Dynamics Chart

Film Campaign Screening Host Survey Sample

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Distribution

help to evaluate community screenings work within an impact campaign

Film Campaign Screening Host Survey Sample

Film Campaign Partner Survey Example

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Partnerships

help for evaluating your partnership work within an impact campaign

Film Campaign Partner Survey Example

Non-Fiction Core Application Project

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Funding

collaborative effort by grantors who regularly fund documentary projects to standardize application requirements, with the aim of fostering greater a…

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The StoryBoard Collective

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Funding

investing in documentary projects and organisations that show great potential for impact and providing a work and convening space for creative change…

The StoryBoard Collective

Bag It/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

effects of plastic consumer merchandise

Bag It/Case Study