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Cinematic Documentary Filmmaking: Shoot, Edit, Launch

Developing the Idea

A course by Chloe White , Documentary Filmmaker and Director

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9,793 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Developing the Idea

Overview

“In this lesson, I'll show you how to find an idea and develop it into something 'film-worthy'. I'll share with you some of the questions you can ask yourself when you are trying to find out whether you can make a film out of your idea. I'll also talk about the research process and the meeting with the subject. ”

In this video lesson Chloe White addresses the topic: Developing the Idea, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cinematic Documentary Filmmaking: Shoot, Edit, Launch. Learn how to make a documentary by creating a short film on a subject of your choice, from the initial research to the post-production process.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Developing the Idea In this lesson, we'll discuss how to find an idea and how to develop it into something film worthy. People often ask me, "Where do you find your film ideas?" Film ideas can come from anywhere at any time. You might find your film idea walking around an art gallery inspired by a painting, a poem, or a book you're reading. You might find your film idea in a local newspaper or in a magazine. You might find your film idea through a charity or an initiative. Maybe you'll find your idea out in the park. For the film that I'm making on this course, "She Walks the Earth," I fo...”

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Course summary for: Cinematic Documentary Filmmaking: Shoot, Edit, Launch

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (133)
9793 students
5 units
18 lessons (4h 4m)
7 downloads

Category
Photography & Video
Software
Adobe Premiere
Areas
Audiovisual Post-production, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Video

Chloe White

A course by Chloe White

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Documentary Filmmaker and Director

Chloe White is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and photographer and director of Whalebone Films. Her films are intimate, considered portraits, focusing mainly on the female experience. Chloe lectures in Documentary Film at the University College London and London College of Communications, and lives in Hastings, UK.

Her clients and partners include the Guardian, Topic, Al Jazeera, Nowness, BBC, Channel 4, Oxfam, Save the Children and the BFI. She has had films screen at festivals internationally including at Camden International Film Festival, Open City, and Sheffield Doc Fest and is a winner of the prestigious Macdowell fellowship.