Directing the documentary

Directing the Documentary is a comprehensive manual that has inspired over 100,000 readers worldwide. If you are interested in making documentary films, everything you need technically and conceptually is here. Filled with practical advice on every stage of production, this is the book you will return to throughout your career. Directing the Documentary covers the methods, technologies, thought processes, and judgments that a director must use throughout the fascinating process of making a film. It emphasizes low-cost digital techn.

The director's role -- Defining your artistic identity -- Developing your story ideas -- Proposing and pitching a short documentary -- Documentary language -- Elements and grammar -- Research -- Developing a crew -- Camera equipment -- Lighting -- Location sound -- Directing -- Editing: from start to viewing the first assembly -- Editing: the process of refinement -- Editing: from fine cut to sound mix -- Titles and acknowledgments -- Point of view and the storyteller -- Dramatic development, time, and story structure -- Form, control, and style -- Reenactment, reconstruction, and docudrama -- Advanced research -- Values, ethics, and choices -- Proposing and advanced documentary -- Preparing to direct -- Optics -- Advanced cameras and equipment -- Advanced location sound -- Organization, crew, and procedures -- Advanced directing -- Conducting and shooting interviews -- Transcript to film script -- Creating narration -- Using music and working with a composer -- Editing: refinements and structural problems -- Education -- From school to film industry.