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256 Pages - 27 B/W Illustrations
Story Money Impact: Funding Media for Social Change
By Tracey Friesen
Book Description
Story Money Impact: Funding Media for Social Change by Tracey Friesen is a practical guide for media-makers, funders, and activists who share the common goal of creating an impact with their work. Today, social-issues storytellers are sharpening their craft, while funders with finite resources focus on reach, and strategic innovators bring more robust evaluation tools. Friesen illuminates the spark at the core of these three pursuits. Structured around stories from the front lines, Story Money Impact reveals best practices in the areas of documentary, digital content, and independent journalism.
Here you will find:
• Twenty-one stories from people behind such powerful works as CITIZENFOUR, The Corporation, Virunga, Being Caribou, Age of Stupid, and Food Inc.
• Six key story ingredients for creating compelling content.
• Six possible money sources for financing your work.
• Six impact outcome goals to further your reach.
• Seven practical worksheets for your own projects.
• A companion website located at www.storymoneyimpact.com containing up-to-date information for those seeking the tools and inspiration to use media for social change.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWARD
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
AKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHAPTER 1
PREFACE: MY SPARK
CHAPTER 2
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 3
BOOK STRUCTURE
PART ONE – STORY
CHAPTER 4
STORY IS FUEL: Generates Feeling!
CHAPTER 5
MOTIVATION: Why Use Art to Make Change?
Worksheet 1 – Your Motivation
CHAPTER 6
PRODUCER’S JOURNAL
NARRATIVE ARC (STORY INGREDIENT 1) – Being Caribou
CHAPTER 7
STORY INGREDIENT 2 – ORIGINALITY
Mark Achbar, Big Picture Media Corporation, The Corporation
- THE SPARK – ORIGINALITY
CHAPTER 8
STORY INGREDIENT 3 – EMOTION
John Battsek, Passion Pictures, The Age of Stupid
- THE SPARK – EMOTION
CHAPTER 9
STORY INGREDIENT 4 – IMMEDIACY
Elise Pearlstein, Participant Media, Food, Inc.
- THE SPARK – IMMEDIACY
CHAPTER 10
STORY INGREDIENT 5 – SIMPLICITY
Louis Fox, with Free Range Studios, The Story of Stuff
- THE SPARK – SIMPLICITY
CHAPTER 11
STORY INGREDIENT 6 – ACCESS
Michelle van Beusekom, National Film Board of Canada, We Were Children
- THE SPARK – ACCESS
CHAPTER 12
PRODUCER’S MEMO
SUMMARY OF STORY INGREDIENTS - Carts of Darkness
Worksheet 2 – Your Story
PART TWO - MONEY
CHAPTER 13
MONEY IS WIND: Driven By Mission!
CHAPTER 14
MOTIVATION - Who Will You Make Change With?
Worksheet 3 – Your Needs
CHAPTER 15
PRODUCER’S JOURNAL
BROADCASTERS (MONEY SOURCE 1) - Hadwin’s Judgement
CHAPTER 16
MONEY SOURCE 2 – FOUNDATIONS
Cara Mertes, Ford Foundation’s JustFilms, CITIZENFOUR
- THE SPARK – FOUNDATIONS
CHAPTER 17
MONEY SOURCE 3 – IMPACT INVESTORS
Geralyn Dreyfous, Impact Partners, The Genius of Marian
- THE SPARK - IMPACT INVESTORS
CHAPTER 18
MONEY SOURCE 4 – PHILANTHROPISTS
Steve Cohen, Chicago Media Project, The Invisible War
- THE SPARK – PHILANTHROPISTS
CHAPTER 19
MONEY SOURCE 5 – BRANDS
Brian Newman, with Patagonia, DamNation
- THE SPARK - CORPORATE BRANDS
CHAPTER 20
MONEY SOURCE 6 – THE CROWD
Ayah Norris, Indiegogo, A Better Man
- THE SPARK - THE CROWD
CHAPTER 21
PRODUCER’S MEMO
SUMMARY OF MONEY SOURCES - Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
Worksheet 4 – Your Funding
PART THREE – IMPACT
CHAPTER 22
IMPACT IS FIRE: Igniting Movements!
CHAPTER 23
MOTIVATION - What Kind of Change Do You Want?
Worksheet 5 – Your Goals
CHAPTER 24
PRODUCER’S JOURNAL
AWARENESS BUILDING (IMPACT OUTCOME 1) - Shameless: The ART of Disability
CHAPTER 25
IMPACT OUTCOME 2 – ENGAGEMENT
Andrea Seale, David Suzuki Foundation, Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
- THE SPARK – ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER 26
IMPACT OUTCOME 3 – CONTEXT
Debika Shome, Harmony Institute, An Inconvenient Truth
- THE SPARK – CONTEXT
CHAPTER 27
IMPACT OUTCOME 4 – BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
Johanna Blakley, PhD, Media Impact Project, Waiting for Superman
- THE SPARK – BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
CHAPTER 28
IMPACT OUTCOME 5 – POLICY REFORM
Sheila Leddy, Fledgling Fund, Escape Fire
- THE SPARK – POLICY REFORM
CHAPTER 29
IMPACT OUTCOME 6 – INTERNATIONAL ACTION
Beadie Finzi, BRITDOC, Virunga
- THE SPARK – INTERNATIONAL ACTION
CHAPTER 30
PRODUCER’S MEMO
SUMMARY OF IMPACT OUTCOMES - Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
Worksheet 6 – Your Call to Action
PART FOUR – ALLIES
CHAPTER 31
IMPACT PRODUCERS
- Darcy Heusel, Picture Motion, American Promise
- Katherine Dodds, Hello Cool World, 65_RedRoses
- THE SPARKS – IMPACT PRODUCERS
CHAPTER 32
PLATFORMS
- Christie George, New Media Ventures, Upworthy
- Asi Burak, Games for Change, Half the Sky
- THE SPARKS – PLATFORMS
CHAPTER 33
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM
- Steve Katz, Mother Jones
- Linda Solomon, Vancouver Observer
- THE SPARKS – INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM
CHAPTER 34
THE JAM SESSION: CBC, WNYC, ROUNDHOUSE RADIO
Worksheet 7 – Your Media Vision
APPENDIX 1
SAMPLE FINANCING SCENARIOS
HADWIN’S JUDGEMENT
BIG JOY
APPENDIX 2
RESOURCES
FILM LIST
ORGANIZATION LIST
APPENDIX 3
FULL INTERVIEWEE BIOS
END NOTES
INDEX
Biography
Tracey Friesen is a media strategist, committed to supporting storytellers and social innovators in the creation of impactful content. Formerly an Executive Producer of the National Film Board of Canada’s studio in Vancouver, her credits include ScaredSacred, SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability, and Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie. In 2014 she wrote a major research paper for the Documentary Organization of Canada called Growing the Pie: Alternative Financing and Canadian Documentary, a feasibility study on collaborative funding models for Inspirit Foundation, a research project -‐ with support from Creative BC -‐ on the viability of a Canadian-based Good Pitch, and the documentary film Amplify HER. Friesen is now Director of Programming for Roundhouse Radio 98.3 Vancouver, a hyper local commercial station with a community focus.
Reviews
"This is a remarkable book. Tracey Friesen deftly guides a meditation on the transformative influence that film can play in steering and affirming positive change in the world, and on the financial support and narrative grounding requisite to this shift." - Ross McMillan, President & CEO Tides Canada
"Fresh, authentic, and experiential, this book is an asset to every filmmaker who wants to make media that matters."- Patricia Aufderheide, Professor American University and founder of the Center for Media & Social Impact
"Not all docs can or should ignite social impact, but a good many do. Friesen provides the essential research, roadmap and tools for this transformative and exciting new space. An essential and compelling read." - Chris McDonald, President, Hot Docs
"An new metaphor for looking at the relationship between Story, Money (funding), and Impact. This book is a valuable resource with many concrete stories of real projects." - Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin Films (Hoop Dreams, Life Itself, Stevie)
"Tracey Friesen is perfectly positioned to offer this most useful little tool STORY MONEY IMPACT. Her work with story during her time with the NFB and inspirational contribution to the media community have resulted in both insight and a unique approach for filmmakers at all stages of their career, from the spark of an idea to the thrill of a hard won premiere screening. Her own credentials, being without question, are complimented by a stellar cast of contributors from storytellers to funders, to programmers to philanthropists, worthy of the who’s who list of media creators and leaders for social change. -Valerie Creighton, President and CEO, Canada Media Fund
"By book’s end, filmmaker and funder alike will have a good sense of the conversations taking place around funding films for social change, and if they fill out the worksheets, a clearly outlined project plan." - Anne Watson, Vancouver Observer
"This useful guide avoids glossy marketing speak, which is part of the language of the current impact space, and instead offers a personable inside view of interlocking opportunities within a growing ecosystem. There is a grassroots feel to Friesen’s approach, spanning the creative, strategic and business dimensions, as evidenced as early as its introduction…" - Liz Marshall, Doclit: Reviews of Books on Documentaries
"This book offers a great mix of both practical advice and inspiration. Story Money Impact goes way beyond just the idea of creating an "impact campaign", which is where many manuals on the subject seem to both begin and end. Covering everything from finding and structuring your story to demystifying the fundraising landscape to making sense of the march towards metrics, Friesen has written an invaluable companion for filmmakers looking to make films that spark change." - Amy Halpin, International Documentary Associati
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