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Directing the documentary / Michael Rabiger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Burlington, MA : Focal Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xxxv, 535 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415719305
  • 9780415719308
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.18 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.D6 R33 2015
Contents:
Part 1. You and Your Ideas : -- 1. You and Film Authorship -- 2. The Nature of Documentary -- Part 2. Documentaries and Film Language : -- 3. Documentary History -- 4. Constructing Reality -- 5. Story Elements and Film Grammar -- Part 3. Preproduction : -- 6. Developing story ideas -- 7. Research -- 8. Developing and pitching a short documentary -- 9. The crew -- Part 4. Production : -- 10. Capturing sound -- 11. Lighting -- 12. Camera -- 13. Directing -- Part 5. Postproduction : -- 14. Creating the first assembly -- 15. Editing for refinement -- 16. Editing from fine cut to festival -- Part 6. Documentary aesthetics : -- 17. Point of view and storytelling -- 18. Dramatic development, time and story structure -- 19. Form, control, and style -- 20. Re-enactment, reconstruction, and docudrama -- 21. Values, ethics, and choices -- Part 7. Advanced production issues : -- Part 7a. Advanced preproduction : -- 22. Advanced research -- 23. Advanced story development and proposal -- 24. Advanced technology and budgeting -- 25. Preparations before directing -- Part 7b. Advanced production : -- 26. Optics -- 27. Advanced cameras and equipment -- 28. Advanced location sound -- 29. Organization, crew, and procedures for the larger production -- 30. Advanced directing -- 31. Conducting and shooting interviews -- Part 7c. Advanced postproduction : -- 32. From transcript to assembly -- 33. Creating narration -- 34. Using music and working with a composer -- 35. Editing refinements and structural solutions -- Part 8. Work : -- 36. Developing a career -- 37. Starting up on your own.
Summary: Directing the Documentary, Sixth Edition is the definitive book on the form, offering time-tested principles to help you master the craft. Ideal for documentary courses as well as aspiring and established documentary filmmakers, this book has it all, with in-depth lessons and insider perspectives on every aspect of preproduction, production, and postproduction. Focusing on the hands-on work needed to make your concept a reality, this new edition covers it all, from the fundamental to advanced elements of directing and more. It includes dozens of projects, practical exercises, and thought-provoking question, and provides best practices for researching and honing your documentary idea, developing a crew, guiding your team, maintaining control throughout the shoot, and much more.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. You and Your Ideas : -- 1. You and Film Authorship -- 2. The Nature of Documentary -- Part 2. Documentaries and Film Language : -- 3. Documentary History -- 4. Constructing Reality -- 5. Story Elements and Film Grammar -- Part 3. Preproduction : -- 6. Developing story ideas -- 7. Research -- 8. Developing and pitching a short documentary -- 9. The crew -- Part 4. Production : -- 10. Capturing sound -- 11. Lighting -- 12. Camera -- 13. Directing -- Part 5. Postproduction : -- 14. Creating the first assembly -- 15. Editing for refinement -- 16. Editing from fine cut to festival -- Part 6. Documentary aesthetics : -- 17. Point of view and storytelling -- 18. Dramatic development, time and story structure -- 19. Form, control, and style -- 20. Re-enactment, reconstruction, and docudrama -- 21. Values, ethics, and choices -- Part 7. Advanced production issues : -- Part 7a. Advanced preproduction : -- 22. Advanced research -- 23. Advanced story development and proposal -- 24. Advanced technology and budgeting -- 25. Preparations before directing -- Part 7b. Advanced production : -- 26. Optics -- 27. Advanced cameras and equipment -- 28. Advanced location sound -- 29. Organization, crew, and procedures for the larger production -- 30. Advanced directing -- 31. Conducting and shooting interviews -- Part 7c. Advanced postproduction : -- 32. From transcript to assembly -- 33. Creating narration -- 34. Using music and working with a composer -- 35. Editing refinements and structural solutions -- Part 8. Work : -- 36. Developing a career -- 37. Starting up on your own.

Directing the Documentary, Sixth Edition is the definitive book on the form, offering time-tested principles to help you master the craft. Ideal for documentary courses as well as aspiring and established documentary filmmakers, this book has it all, with in-depth lessons and insider perspectives on every aspect of preproduction, production, and postproduction. Focusing on the hands-on work needed to make your concept a reality, this new edition covers it all, from the fundamental to advanced elements of directing and more. It includes dozens of projects, practical exercises, and thought-provoking question, and provides best practices for researching and honing your documentary idea, developing a crew, guiding your team, maintaining control throughout the shoot, and much more.

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