How To Make A Successful Documentary Movie About Mountains

Jennifer Peedom is a mountaineer and filmmaker who made my favorite documentary about the mountains. It's simply called Mountain. It's free for Netflix subscribers or you can rent it for $4 on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2viG9XnS1g

The Mountain documentary has four elements and Peedom hits a home run on all of them:

1. Cinematography: Peedom sifted through thousands of hours of mountain footage to find the best of the best. We about how she used Renan Ozturk's stunning climbing footage for about 60% of the film.
2. Music: The Australian Chamber Orchestra delivers music that will move you.
3. Narration: William Dafoe narrates with his raspy, unique voice.
4. Writing: The brilliant Robert Macfarlane explains our "revolution of perception" when it comes to mountains. His lucid writing captures the paradox of mountains and explains why we are attracted to something so dangerous.

You can watch this interview on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euoQNBcwsaY

Jennifer Peedom has also done 3 major feature documentaries:

• Mountain
• Sherpa
• Solo

Peedom explains why you need a festival strategy to make it big. 

You need a good sales agent who can get you into Netflix and other major streamers.

Peedom explains what errors documentary novices make.

I ask Peedom how she's changed and evolved as a filmmaker.

I loved Free Solo with Alex Honnold, but Mountain is more profound. Watch both. Spread the word.

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