Book description
Learn the creative and technical essentials of documentary filmmaking with Documentary Voice & Vision. This comprehensive work combines clear, up-to-date technical information, production techniques and gear descriptions with an understanding of how technical choices can create meaning and serve a director’s creative vision. Drawing on the authors’ years of experience as documentary filmmakers, and on interviews with a range of working professionals in the field, the book offers concrete and thoughtful guidance through all stages of production, from finding and researching ideas to production, editing and distribution. Documentary Voice & Vision will help students and aspiring filmmakers think though research and story structure, ethics, legal issues and aesthetics, as well as techniques from camera handling to lighting, sound recording and editing. The book explores a full range of production styles, from expository to impressionistic to observational, and provides an overview of contemporary distribution options.
Documentary Voice & Vision is a companion text to Mick Hurbis-Cherrier’s Voice & Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Film and DV Production, and employs a similar style and approach to that classic text. This text is written from the perspective of documentary filmmakers, and includes myriad examples from the world of non-fiction filmmaking. A robust companion website featuring additional resources and interactive figures accompanies the book.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
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Part 1 DEVELOPING YOUR DOCUMENTARY
- CHAPTER 1: FINDING AND DEVELOPING IDEAS
- CHAPTER 2: DOCUMENTARY STYLES
- CHAPTER 3: STRUCTURING THE DOCUMENTARY
- CHAPTER 4: THE DOCUMENTARY PROPOSAL
- CHAPTER 5: DOCUMENTARY ETHICS AND LEGAL ISSUES
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Part 2 PRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 6: PLANNING THE SHOOT
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CHAPTER 7: ORGANIZING CINEMATIC TIME AND SPACE
- The Visual Language of Documentary
- Shots, Sequences, and Scenes
- The Frame and Composition
- Camera Moves
- Shooting with Editing in Mind
- Collecting Visual Evidence
- Covering Observational Scenes
- Stylized Expressive Sequences
- Infographics and Animation
- Conclusion
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CHAPTER 8: THE DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM
- Film: A Mechanical and Chemical Medium
- Video: An Electronic Medium
- Time Code
- Types of Digital Video Cameras
- Data Rate
- Monitoring and Display
- Broadcast Standards Worldwide
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 9: THE LENS
- CHAPTER 10: CAMERA SUPPORT
- CHAPTER 11: BASIC LIGHTING FOR DOCUMENTARY
- CHAPTER 12: LIGHTING AND EXPOSURE—BEYOND THE BASICS
- CHAPTER 13: SOUND BASICS AND EQUIPMENT
- CHAPTER 14: LOCATION SOUND TECHNIQUES
- CHAPTER 15: INTERVIEWING AND WORKING WITH SUBJECTS
- CHAPTER 16: PRODUCTION PROCEDURES, ETIQUETTE, AND SAFETY
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Part 3 POSTPRODUCTION
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CHAPTER 17: POSTPRODUCTION WORKFLOW AND THE PROCESS OF DIGITAL EDITING
- Postproduction Overview
- The Process of Digital Editing
- Making Simple Edits
- Editing Stages
- High-End Finishing Workflows
- Overview of Editing Stages
- CHAPTER 18: WRITING AND STRUCTURING THE DOCUMENTARY
- CHAPTER 19: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY EDITING
- CHAPTER 20: ARCHIVAL STORYTELLING
- CHAPTER 21: SOUND DESIGN AND FINISHING
- CHAPTER 22: FINISHING PICTURE AND MASTERING
- CHAPTER 23: DISTRIBUTING YOUR DOCUMENTARY
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CHAPTER 17: POSTPRODUCTION WORKFLOW AND THE PROCESS OF DIGITAL EDITING
- NOTES
- GLOSSARY
- FILMOGRAPHY
- PHOTOGRAPH AND ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
- INDEX
Product information
- Title: Documentary Voice & Vision
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2016
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781317636120
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