Find Money for a Documentary
A shoe in the door as a TV producer can be something produced for PBS. If resumes are never answered, interviews don't get follow-up calls, and there is no money for a production budget, then think PBS and ITVS. Consider those two items to be a producers pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. ITVS stands for, Independent Television Service, and PBS is, Public Broadcasting Service. These two communication services are free of corporate control; they are considered the voice of the people without the topic restrictions that are found when cooperate messaging is involved. There are restrictions on language, sex, nudity.Independent Producers Can Get Training
It gets even better. If you order the Production Book with all the rules and outlines for producing for Public TV, you will find the book is three inches thick. It is a lot to read and learn. It also comes with a DV that is packed with forms in Word Document format that a producer will need. If you are serious about becoming a public TV producer then you will want to know about this. PBS offers a Producers Workshop , and a, Producers Academy, and it involves an application process. The Producers Academy will be taking applications in early November, 2012. It is a "scholarship" program for a lucky 25 producers who can either be working for Public Broadcasting already, or are indie producers looking for more training. The event is a weeklong and held in Boston.
ITVS has several funding programs with some that are always open for submissions and others that open and close on a scheduled bases. One funding program that is open right now is, LINCS. This funding gives out some serious cash and worth the time for the read. Before applying for funding the ITVS Web site has a lot of information that will aid in a proposals success. Good luck and happy filming.
Sheila House
Sheila House is an Emmy winning producer and Multimedia Content Creator, living in Southern California. Send your questions to: sheila@sheilahouse.com
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