Directing the Documentary

3. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-240-80270-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Sonstiges, Englisch, 430 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

The Third Edition of Directing the Documentary, like the previous two, guides the reader through the process of making a work for the screen. This includes the real problems of researching and focusing a documentary film or video idea, of developing a crew, of directing the crew and participants, and of maintaining control during shooting. It guides the reader through the complex evolutionary process of post-production, when the film's true characteristics can really begin to emerge and assert themselves.

Up-to-date with examples of significant new films and new projects, it is written in conversational, non-technical language, treating the reader as a colleague in search of clearly explained knowledge. The author, a veteran filmmaker and teacher shares anecdotes from his own professional experience where they usefully illustrate ideas, principles, or pitfalls.

*A Focal classic
*Includes examples from well-known films and projects
*Features projects that guide the reader through all phases of creating a professional-quality documentary

Zielgruppe

Academic: Students in film schools. There are a wide variety of courses dedicated to the documentary. Also, this title has a good history of trade sales.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmproduktion, Filmtechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Introduction, History and Future * Introduction * A Brief and Functional History fo the Documentary * Part 2: Pre-Production * The Prepartation Before Shooting * Developing a Crew * Part 3: Projects: Learning to See With A Moviemaker's Eye * Introduction * Project 1 Picture Composition Analysis * Project 2 Editing Analysis * Project 3 Lighting Analysis * Part 4 Technical Basics Before Shooting * Equipment Selection * About Lighting * Avoiding Problems * Part 5: Projects: Learing Basic Shooting Techniques * Introduction * Sound Experiments * Camera Handling * Part 6: Production * Interviewing * Directing Participants * Directing the Crew * Authorship * Part 7: Projects: Developing Skills as a Director * Introduction * Interview in Depth * Two-Person Conversation with Conflict * Covering a Conversation Handheld * Vox Populi Street Interviews * Covering and Event of Process * Part 8: Postproduction * A Postproduction Overview * The Paper Edit: Designing a Structure * Editing: The First Assembly * Editing: The Process of Refinement * Narration * Editing: The End Game * Part 9: Projects: Developing Skills as an Editor * Introduction * Interview, Varying Image Size * Coversation, Two or More Persons * Editing Unbroken Complex Take * Complex Editing Process * Part 10: Aesthetics and Authorship * Elements of the Documentary * Form, Control, and Identity * Reenactment, Reconstruction, and Docudrama * Ethics, Authorship, and Documentary Mission * Part 11: Career Track * Education * Getting Work * Part 12: Appendices, Glossary, and Annotated Bibliography * Index