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- I hope you've found this course

on pre-production and planning helpful and informative

in exploring the first phase

of the documentary filmmaking process.

Now, as I've mentioned, this is only the beginning.

Be sure to check out the sister courses,

Documentary Video: Production

and Documentary Video: Editing and Post,

where we follow the rest

of the Project RELO filmmaking process.

If you're interested in finding out more

about pre-production and producing in general,

there are several courses in the library

that you may want to check out.

There's Creating a Short Film: Producing by Chad Perkins,

Video Pre-Production for Low-Budget Films by Eduardo Angel.

And if you want to learn more about budgeting,

which this course didn't cover,

there are a few courses you can explore:

Video Budgeting by Walter Biscardi

and Budgeting Video Projects by Richard Harrington.

And if you're interested in finding out more

about documentary storytelling,

which can help you explore some tried and true ways

to tell nonfiction stories,

then please check out my course,

Introduction to Documentary Storytelling.

A few final notes on pre-production.

In this course, I've laid out a lot of different ideas

and suggestions to help you get your documentary

off on the right foot.

And while you may not be in a position

to follow every suggestion,

just be sure to dive into your own film's workflow

and devote plenty of time upfront to plan things out right.

Pre-production is by far the least expensive time

of the filmmaking process to account for and correct issues.

As Benjamin Franklin once said,

"Failing to plan is planning to fail."

So do your part in making sure your film

is set up for success.

Okay, with that, feel free

to check out the finished documentary next.

Even though this course doesn't cover production or editing,

it'll give you the chance to see what we're working towards.