Making Documentary Films and Videos: A Practical Guide to Planning, Filming, and Editing Documentaries

The revised and expanded second edition of Making Documentary Films and Videos provides filmmakers with the knowledge and confidence to produce their first documentary. It traces two main approaches: recording behavior and recreating past events, and shows how to be successful at each. Covering all steps from concept to completion, including visual evidence, documentary ethics, writing, budgeting, crew assembly, film and sound recording, casting, directing, and editing, this book can help bring your documentary to life.

New additions include discussions on truth, honesty, and starting documentary filmmaking, expanded sections on researching and writing proposals, treatments, and scripts, and an exhaustive list of resources.

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