Name: How To Create An Award-Winning Netflix Documentary w/ Matt D'Avella
Uploaded: 2018-11-29T09:59:35.000Z
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It features some guests we've
had on the podcast in the past

like Colin Wright and we
had Matt on the podcast,

through the best of that podcast episode.

Here is my conversation
with Matt D'Avella.

First we talked about how
Matt created Minimalism.

- [Matt] Yeah, it just
started out with, you know

let's just start filming
as much as we can,

let's explore this idea of
minimalism and simple living,

and let's see how far
we can take this thing.

And then, we went through
many many iterations

and many versions of
the film before we were

finally, you know had something
we thought we were confident

that would be received well
and that we were proud of.

and the one big takeaway
I have from a distribution

And so, two of the
producers who are also in

the film are Josh and Ryan from a website

- We talked about how to
create a watchable film.

- [Matt] I mean that is
really like at its core

that don't have a ton
of experience with it

are getting into it,
which I think is great.

But, I also come into it
with like 10 to 15 years

not on a large scale
like a feature like film,

but I kind of had a pretty
good intuition about how

to carry somebody through a
story, which is that's key.

- [Matt] Yeah, so I know
for a lot of filmmakers,

a lot of editors, and I
edited the the film myself.

The beginning, the first
cut, the very first

rough cut is usually
so rough that it's like

embarrassing and like
you wouldn't want anybody

else to see it, and I've
worked with some editors

before and I've talked with
others who've done well.

because when you're
working on a feature film,

either has funding or
producers or partners,

you need to get everybody's
input and feedback,

and you need to make sure
the vision is cohesive

and everybody's onboard with
where the film is being taken.

- How not to lose your
story in the process

- [Matt] The best advice I
ever got was if your story

doesn't change along the
way, you're not listening.

And I think that's mainly
true for a documentary

but I'm sure that's true
for narrative films as well,

where you may have to
change things in the moment

you know you may have a
whole idea of how this shoot

the lighting's not working,
this isn't working,

How did he get the money to
create the movie Minimalism?

Going into this film they
had a decent audience,

that obviously takes a lot of groundwork.

because going into it I
had the filmmaking skills

and I was confident that I could do that.

And Josh and Ryan had connections
within this community.

that helped with the major
push at the distribution.

So, we were like all right let's just kind

of pull our money together
and go bit by bit.

- We talked from a marketing point of view

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