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The classic guide to making documentaries, now revised and expanded for today''s filmmaker

The second edition of Making Documentary Films and Videos fully updates the popular guidebook that has given readers around the world the knowledge and confidence to produce their first documentary film. It traces two main approachesrecording behavior and re-creating past eventsand shows you how to be successful at each. Covering all the steps from concept to completion, with chapters on visual evidence; documentary ethics; writing for documentaries; budgeting; assembling a crew; film and sound recording; casting and directing actors and nonactors; and editing for the audience, this book can help you successfully bring to life the documentary you want to make.
The second edition includes
a discussion of truth, reality, and honesty in the current
filmmaking environment
new advice on how to get started in documentary filmmaking
an expanded section on re

Making Documentary Film and Videos

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      Publisher Holt McDougal
      Published 1 December 2007
      ISBN-13 9780805081817
      978-0805081817
      ISBN-10 080508181X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The classic guide to making documentaries, now revised and expanded for today''s filmmaker

      The second edition of Making Documentary Films and Videos fully updates the popular guidebook that has given readers around the world the knowledge and confidence to produce their first documentary film. It traces two main approachesrecording behavior and re-creating past eventsand shows you how to be successful at each. Covering all the steps from concept to completion, with chapters on visual evidence; documentary ethics; writing for documentaries; budgeting; assembling a crew; film and sound recording; casting and directing actors and nonactors; and editing for the audience, this book can help you successfully bring to life the documentary you want to make.
      The second edition includes
      a discussion of truth, reality, and honesty in the current
      filmmaking environment
      new advice on how to get started in documentary filmmaking
      an expanded section on re

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