How to Create a Good Documentary Film

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How to Create a Good Documentary Film
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DOCUMENTARY VIDEO
A Documentary film is a nonfictional movie
expected to document some part of reality,
fundamentally for the motivations behind
guideline or maintaining a historical record.
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Key Steps to Making Documentaries

• Tell a story you care about
• Make a Plan
• Research
• Create a Shot List
• Write a Script
• Start Shooting
• Begin Editing
• Check Legal and Copyright Issues

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Tell a story you care about
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Make a Plan
Make a outline. Consider HOW will recount your
story. What's the structure? The style? Is there
existing film or photographs that help recount
your story or will everything should be shot
brand new? Who is your essential character(s)?
What are you center story focuses?
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Research
Learn all that you can about your documentary
subject. Here and there the story lines are
obvious, in some cases not. Do a lot of digging
and take after leads.
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Create a Shot List
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Write a Script
Once all of the footage is shot and you've
gathered the different generation components,
time to begin arranging it into a script.
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Start Shooting
Are you making documentaries for the web, cell
phones, TV, theater? Possibly a blend? Remember
HOW your film will be seen in light of the fact
that that can manage your shooting and
storytelling style.
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Begin Editing
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Check Legal and Copyright Issues
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