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We have got sponsors funding almost everything that they think might appeal to the people and more importantly generate healthy profits as well. This has been up with a countless online services and platforms crawling on the floors of the Web. ReelChanges however, comes up as a non-profit organization that comes with an objective to enrich the media scene by facilitating the creation and distribution oh high-quality documentaries.

The company as already told provides micro-financing for documentaries that are worth putting the money in and since it’s non-profit, it relies upon the donations that are made to the documentary projects (that doesn’t exempt anyone from ‘tax deductions’).

Presently ReelChanges.org is associated to various media organizations that include commercial broadcasting networks to public television networks and Internet broadcasting stations. What ReelChanges really offers is a channel for all those documentary makers waiting to have a shot at bringing their work out to the public.

As for submission, there is no limiting as to who can submit their work, however the content that has been submitted is thoroughly reviewed and must pass certain standards before they are published on the site:

• Resolution: 560×315 (for 16:9 aspect ratio) or 640×480 (for a 4:3 aspect ratio)
• Format: Flash Video (.flv) or AVI (Non-DivX), MPG, MPEG, MP4 and MOV
• Video bit rate: 800k or the best one supported by the software used
• Audio sampling frequency: 44100 Hertz
  Audio bit rate: 32k

The quality-screened points out at what ReelChanges focuses its efforts on; which has its basic focus at high quality documentaries and evaluating them on the four criteria:

• The documentary project must make a contribution to cultural or artistic or educational expression.
• The documentary project must follow 501c3 legal requirements that prohibit partisan advocacy related to specific local, state or federal legislative actions or elections.
• ReelChanges.org makes an assessment of the professional qualifications of the documentary producer and/or project personnel. This includes a review of a combination of factors including the professional qualifications, associations, affiliations and experience of the documentary maker(s) and/or their team and/or current professional references, such as letters of support from instructors at film and media arts instructional institutions, as well as the status of the project at the time it is submitted. Preference is given to applicants with strong professional qualifications and track records, as well as to projects that are already in production.
• The project as described must adhere to the accepted professional standards consistent with ethical journalism, including fairness, accuracy and the avoidance of undisclosed conflicts of interest.

That clearly points out the fact that not all the work submitted gets published and they have certain rules for putting off the submitted work, the core reason being the failure of the documentary to make a contribution to cultural, artistic or educational expression. So documentary makers if you are looking forward to getting some serious funding and having your work published here, you need to keep the ‘contribution’ factor in mind.

I personally opine that such services are needed in order to bring out things that can make a positive impact and investments put up for such a cause don’t go to waste, especially when they have such criteria that make sure only the best and with a positive message gets its way to the top. ReelChanges can definitely be a portal that brings out quality instead of mere ‘fun-for-all’ purpose for which we already have a countless places. More importantly it provides documentary makers a platform to dish their hard work out to enthusiasts who really know how to value work by these documentary makers.