Documentary Filmmaking – Concept to Creation for Documentary

Documentary Filmmaking – Concept to Creation for Documentary, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.2, with 73 lectures, based on 181 reviews, and has 1160 subscribers.

You will learn about Step by Step instruction in documentary filmmaking You'll learn how to shoot for the edit Stay organized with your documentary project using the included worksheets Case study in story structure and documentary editing Documentary Filmmaking is barrier-free. Any tools including iPhone Filmmaking can be used! You'll learn Documentary principles you can use for any Video Production Process-centered approach, great for documentary journalism too This course is ideal for individuals who are You are passionate about documentary filmmaking or You want to learn to filmmaking to make documentary editing easier or You have a great idea for a documentary but don't know where to start or You've made some documentaries and want to improve with pro guidance or You have some experience in filmmaking but haven't made a documentary yet or You have seen amazing documentary filmmaking on tv but never thought you could do it yourself or You never imagined iPhone filmmaking would be ok for documentary or You thought Video Production for documentary was beyond reach because you don't have the tools or experience or You want to learn how bring documentary filmmaking into the classroom It is particularly useful for You are passionate about documentary filmmaking or You want to learn to filmmaking to make documentary editing easier or You have a great idea for a documentary but don't know where to start or You've made some documentaries and want to improve with pro guidance or You have some experience in filmmaking but haven't made a documentary yet or You have seen amazing documentary filmmaking on tv but never thought you could do it yourself or You never imagined iPhone filmmaking would be ok for documentary or You thought Video Production for documentary was beyond reach because you don't have the tools or experience or You want to learn how bring documentary filmmaking into the classroom.

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Summary

Title: Documentary Filmmaking – Concept to Creation for Documentary

Price: $64.99

Average Rating: 4.2

Number of Lectures: 73

Number of Published Lectures: 73

Number of Curriculum Items: 73

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 73

Original Price: $119.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Step by Step instruction in documentary filmmaking
You'll learn how to shoot for the edit
Stay organized with your documentary project using the included worksheets
Case study in story structure and documentary editing
Documentary Filmmaking is barrier-free. Any tools including iPhone Filmmaking can be used!
You'll learn Documentary principles you can use for any Video Production
Process-centered approach, great for documentary journalism too

Who Should Attend

You are passionate about documentary filmmaking
You want to learn to filmmaking to make documentary editing easier
You have a great idea for a documentary but don't know where to start
You've made some documentaries and want to improve with pro guidance
You have some experience in filmmaking but haven't made a documentary yet
You have seen amazing documentary filmmaking on tv but never thought you could do it yourself
You never imagined iPhone filmmaking would be ok for documentary
You thought Video Production for documentary was beyond reach because you don't have the tools or experience
You want to learn how bring documentary filmmaking into the classroom

Target Audiences

You are passionate about documentary filmmaking
You want to learn to filmmaking to make documentary editing easier
You have a great idea for a documentary but don't know where to start
You've made some documentaries and want to improve with pro guidance
You have some experience in filmmaking but haven't made a documentary yet
You have seen amazing documentary filmmaking on tv but never thought you could do it yourself
You never imagined iPhone filmmaking would be ok for documentary
You thought Video Production for documentary was beyond reach because you don't have the tools or experience
You want to learn how bring documentary filmmaking into the classroom

Documentary Filmmaking has never been more accessible. There is nothing between you and the Filmmaking dream of making a Documentary. Take this course and start your Filmmaking journey right now.

The pro guidance and downloadable resources in this course will support your project from start to finish.

Learn and practice repeatable steps to keep things on track and get your Documentary film made in a most straightforward way. This process-focused course will lift you over many predictable hurdles so you can get straight to the point: use Documentary Filmmaking to express your voice. Why reinvent the wheel? Take a proven Film Making path, centered on one big principle: simplicity.�

This course guides you through the steps of Documentary Filmmaking and keeps you on track with downloadable worksheets in the following:

developing your theme
evolving your idea into a specific achievable concept
choosing your tools
finding crew
finding subjects to be in your film
selecting locations
tips on shooting
tips for interviews
tips for equipment
story structure case study
shooting for the edit
success checklists leading up to shooting
tips for data management
complete guide through editing process

“Both your courses led to more than a few epiphanies. Love the way you reinforced the theory with practical exercises. Extremely helpful in so many respects. Wished I’d taken this course years ago… at least I did now!”

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: What you get in this course

Lecture 3: Meet Your Instructor

Lecture 4: How to use this course

Lecture 5: Welcome to your Documentary Adventure

Chapter 2: Pre-Production

Lecture 1: What is documentary?

Lecture 2: Why Make Documentaries

Lecture 3: Picking your Topic

Lecture 4: Picking your Title

Lecture 5: The One-Liner

Lecture 6: The One-pager

Lecture 7: Intro: A Deeper Look at Story Development

Lecture 8: Story Structure

Lecture 9: Intro: Treatment Writing

Lecture 10: Treatment Writing Part 1

Lecture 11: Treatment Writing Part 2

Lecture 12: Treatment Writing Part 3

Lecture 13: Treatment writing: Visual and Sound Description

Lecture 14: Tension and Release

Lecture 15: Another Way to Visualize Your Film's Structure

Lecture 16: Select your tools

Lecture 17: Crew Roles

Lecture 18: To Crew or Not to Crew

Lecture 19: Subjects

Lecture 20: Wrap on Pre-Production

Chapter 3: Prep

Lecture 1: Welcome to Prep

Lecture 2: Contacting subjects

Lecture 3: Locations

Lecture 4: Scheduling

Lecture 5: Crewing

Lecture 6: How to Get the Interview

Lecture 7: Types of Shots

Lecture 8: Shooting Tips

Lecture 9: Testing

Lecture 10: Audio Check

Lecture 11: Camera Check

Lecture 12: Edit Test

Lecture 13: Story Structure part 1 – Introduction

Lecture 14: Story Structure part 2 – Beginnings

Lecture 15: Case Study Part 1- Blue Ribbon March, Bolivia

Lecture 16: Story Structure part 3 – Middles

Lecture 17: Case Study Part 2 – Blue Ribbon March, Bolivia

Lecture 18: Story Structure part 4 – Endings

Lecture 19: Case Study Part 3 – Blue Ribbon March, Endings

Lecture 20: Shoot for the Edit

Lecture 21: Shot List

Lecture 22: Success Checklist

Lecture 23: Two Weeks Before Shooting

Lecture 24: One Week Before Shooting

Lecture 25: Shooting Day Schedule

Lecture 26: Three Days Before a Shooting Day

Lecture 27: Two Days Before a Shooting Day

Lecture 28: More Shot Tips: Interviews

Lecture 29: One Day Before a Shooting Day

Chapter 4: Production

Lecture 1: Introduction to Production

Lecture 2: Advanced Interview Tips part 1

Lecture 3: Advanced Interview Tips part 2

Lecture 4: Advanced Interview Tips part 3

Lecture 5: Success on Shoot Days

Lecture 6: Post-Interview

Lecture 7: Return to Base

Chapter 5: Editing

Lecture 1: Welcome to post-production

Lecture 2: Tips for Data Management

Lecture 3: Pre-Edit Checklist

Lecture 4: Editing Part 1

Lecture 5: Editing Part 2

Lecture 6: Editing Part 3

Lecture 7: Editing Part 4

Lecture 8: Editing Part 5

Lecture 9: When to Stop

Lecture 10: Feedback

Lecture 11: Perfection

Lecture 12: Thank-you

Instructors

James Buffin
Filmmaker

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 2 votes
2 stars: 5 votes
3 stars: 21 votes
4 stars: 63 votes
5 stars: 90 votes

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