Directing the documentary

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"Offering time-tested principles to help you master the craft. Ideal for documentary courses as well as aspiring and established documentary filmmakers ... with indepth lessons and insider perspectives on every aspect "--Publisher's description

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Full title :Directing the documentary / Michael Rabiger.

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Publication Date:2014.
Edition:Sixth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Focal Press
Place of Publication:Burlington, MA
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:xxxv, 535 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415719308, 0415719305
oclc:ocn953424605
LC Classification:PN1995.9.D6
Dewey Decimal:070.1/8

Book I: Observing. You and your ideas (You and film authorship ; The nature of documentary) -- Documentaries and film language (Documentary history ; Constructing reality ; Story elements and film grammar) -- Preproduction (Developing story ideas ; Research ; Developing and pitching a short documentary ; The crew) -- Production (Capturing sound ; Lighting ; Camera ; Directing) -- Postproduction (Creating the first assembly ; Editing for refinement ; Editing from fine cut to festival) -- Book II: Storytelling. Documentary aesthetics (Point of view and storytelling ; Dramatic development, time, and story structure ; Form, control, and style ; Re-enactment, reconstruction and docudrama ; Values, ethics, and choices).

Advanced production issues (Advanced research ; Advances story development and proposal ; Advanced technology and budgeting ; Preparations before directing ; Optics ; Advanced cameras and equipment ; Advanced location sound ; Organization, crew, and procedures for the larger production ; Advanced directing ; Conducting and shooting interviews ;From transcript to assembly ; Creating narration ; Using music and working with a composer ; Editing refinements and structural …