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.

Real People, Real Stories: Ensuring the Well-Being of Documentary Participants

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Participants

findings of worldwide film participant focus group

Real People, Real Stories: Ensuring the Well-Being of Documentary Participants

Food Inc/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

health, labor, and environmental effects of corporate farming

Food Inc/Case Study

Screenings Request Log Template

Spreadsheet
Distribution

support for facilitating community screenings

Screenings Request Log Template

Impact campaign budget template

Spreadsheet
Budgets

guidance in developing a campaign budget

Impact campaign budget template

List of impact friendly festivals

Spreadsheet
Festivals

more than 300 carefully listed events, with “impact friendly” events highlighted

List of impact friendly festivals

Everything's Cool/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

the politics behind climate change

Everything's Cool/Case Study

Impact Campaign Builder

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Strategic Planning

what is your film project trying to change?

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Impact Media Partners Resources

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Curriculum

catalog of recent campaign discussion guides

Impact Media Partners Resources

Negotiating Social Impact Rights in Documentary Film

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Distribution

tangible guidance to assist filmmakers navigate their social impact work in the multi-platform, streaming age of documentary

Negotiating Social Impact Rights in Documentary Film

Pay Transparency Project

Website

community-driven database that offers nonfiction video professionals timely insight into hiring trends and pay parity practices

Pay Transparency Project

Nonfiction Core Application Checklist

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Funding

field-wide effort to standardize a set of questions that are used in non-fiction funding, fiscal sponsor, or artist support opportunities

Nonfiction Core Application Checklist

Consulting Stakeholders Worksheet

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

The Doc Society created this tool to support your efforts to speak with potential stakeholders so you can benefit from the knowledge they have and un…

Consulting Stakeholders Worksheet