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Summary
Filled with practical advice for documentarians on every stage of production, this text covers the methods, technologies, thought processes, and judgments that a director must use throughout the fascinating process of making a film. This book also offers practical tools and exercises to help documentary directors develop credible and compelling stories.
Table of Contents
| Fundamentals | |
| You and Your Ideas | |
| The Director's Role | |
| Recognizing Your Artistic Identity | |
| Developing Your Story Ideas | |
| Proposing and Pitching a Short Documentary | |
| Documentaries and Film Language | |
| Documentary Language | |
| Elements and Grammar | |
| Preproduction | |
| Research | |
| Developing a Crew | |
| Production | |
| Camera Equipment | |
| Lighting | |
| Location Sound | |
| Directing | |
| Postproduction | |
| Editing: From Start to Viewing the First Assembly | |
| Editing: The Process of Refinement | |
| Editing: From Fine Cut To Sound Mix | |
| Titles and Acknowledgments | |
| Advanced Issues | |
| Documentary Aesthetics | |
| Point of View | |
| Time, Development, And Structure | |
| Form, Control, and Style | |
| Reenactment, Reconstruction, and Docudrama | |
| Advanced Production Issues 7a Preproduction | |
| Advanced Research | |
| Values, Ethics, And Choices | |
| The Advanced Documentary Proposal | |
| Preparing To Direct 7b Production | |
| Optics | |
| Cameras and Camera Equipment | |
| Location Sound | |
| Organization, Crew, and Procedures | |
| Advanced Directing | |
| Conducting and Shooting Interviews 7c Postproduction | |
| From Transcript To Film Script | |
| Creating Narration | |
| Using Music and Working with a Composer | |
| Editing: Refinements and Structural Problems | |
| Education and Starting Your Career | |
| Education | |
| From Film School To Film Industry | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
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