Professional Pitching for Documentaries
The List of Interviewees
A course by Marco Spagnoli , Journalist, Screenwriter, and Documentary Director
About the video: The List of Interviewees
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk about the choice of people to include in the documentary and the organization of the interviews.”
In this video lesson Marco Spagnoli addresses the topic: The List of Interviewees, which is part of the Domestika online course: Professional Pitching for Documentaries. Learn to draft a clear and effective pitch to present your documentary and tell a story from an original point of view.
Partial transcription of the video
“The list of respondents In this lesson, we will go to see the list of respondents, or of the people who will speak, in addition to yours or your protagonist, of the story we are telling. Clearly, it's not a definitive list, but it can be useful for strengthening your project and give your interlocutor a clear idea of who they will be the people who will participate as witnesses or as experts to your story. Now, let's go and see together how to work on the list of interviewees and what are the precautions to be taken into account. First, the first step is to draw up the list. From the things...”
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Course summary for: Professional Pitching for Documentaries
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Film, Film, Video & TV, Script, Storytelling, Writing
Marco Spagnoli
A course by Marco Spagnoli
Marco Spagnoli is a journalist, screenwriter, and documentary director. Although he studied engineering, through a series of events he ended up working in radio, which led him to film journalism and gave him an insider's view of the film industry, as well as the opportunity to personally meet famous directors and industry professionals.
He later began to frequent film festivals and in 2000 started writing for the magazine Giornale dello Spettacolo, eventually rising to the position of director. In 2009, he filmed the documentary Hollywood sul Tevere, which launched his career as a documentary director. Since then, he's produced over 40 projects, some of which have been featured on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
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