Documentary Filmmaking from Scratch

Overview

“In this lesson, we will talk about the documentary as a genre, its beginnings, the different footage you will need to capture for this kind of film. We’ll also talk specifically about the short interview documentary, where a person serves as a vehicle to talk about a bigger topic. We will explore why brands are more and more interested in this kind of pieces as opposed to conventional advertising.”

In this video lesson JRVISUALS addresses the topic: The Short Documentary and the Portrait Genre, which is part of the Domestika online course: Documentary Filmmaking from Scratch. Learn how to develop an audiovisual piece from the initial idea to the post-production process and visually communicate your story.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we'll talk about the documentary genre and specifically about the short interview documentary. In the world of filmmaking, we have different genres like fiction, documentary, music videos. We have chosen the documentary because it's the better way to start into filmmaking. The portrait documentary is a great way to start because it's short, You can't go straight to the point. You only need a person to tell your story. But at the same time, you have to be careful because you can't talk about everything about that person. So you have to select carefully one aspect of the perso...”

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Course summary for: Documentary Filmmaking from Scratch

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (161)
• 7089 students
• 5 units
• 18 lessons (2h 5m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Premiere

• Areas

  Audiovisual Production, Film, Filmmaking, TV, Video, Video Editing