Cinematic Documentary Filmmaking: Shoot, Edit, Launch
Technical Considerations
A course by Chloe White , Documentary Filmmaker and Director
About the video: Technical Considerations
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll explain what kit options there are and I'll show you what essential pieces you need in order to realise your project. ”
In this video lesson Chloe White addresses the topic: Technical Considerations , 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
“In this lesson, I'm going to discuss the kit that I use when I'm out shooting And I'm also going to go through some tips for filming documentary. So I'm of the school of thought that you can make a great documentary, whatever kit you have. However, there are certain bits and pieces that you can get that will make your life easier as a filmmaker. So this is the camera that I use. It's a Sony FS7 and it's a really solid camera for shooting documentary. So it shoots in 4k. It's got two XLR inputs, which allow for two microphone inputs. It's got an ND filter, which is really useful for filming ...”
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Course summary for: Cinematic Documentary Filmmaking: Shoot, Edit, Launch
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Premiere -
Areas
Audiovisual Post-production, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Video

Chloe White
A course by Chloe White
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.
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