This is an accessible and comprehensive 'how to' guide about the craft of making documentaries for TV, online or social media. Film-maker Tony Stark distils a long career at the BBC and as an independent producer to explain the conceptual, visual, editorial and organisational skills needed to make impactful and stylish factual films.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
INTRODUCTION; PART 1: SURVIVAL SKILLS; THE FACTUAL FILM-MAKER'S SKILL-SET, A Survival Guide for Newcomers to the Industry; PART 2: CREATIVE SKILLS; THE ART OF TREATMENT WRITING, Persuading a Commissioner Read your Proposal from Beginning to End; ON LOCATION, Filming Images, Directing Sequences and Working with Reporters; TALKING HEADS, Choosing Contributors, Conducting Interviews and Making your Characters Look and Sound Good on Camera.; VISUAL STORY-TELLING, Constructing and Illustrating a Linear Narrative; FROM PAPER CUT TO FINE CUT, Editing A Factual Film; HOW TO THRIVE IN THE DIGITAL WORLD, Factual Film-Making For Online Platforms; PART 3: PLANNING SKILLS; REDUCING RISK, Keeping Crew and Contributors Safe on Research and Film Trips; PLANNING A PRODUCTION, How to Organise Yourself Before, During and After a Film Shoot; PART 4: UNDERCOVER SKILLS; SECRET FILMING, Evidence, Ethics, Safety and the Law in Undercover Film-Making; PART 5: FINANCIAL SKILLS; COUNTING THE COST, Budgeting a Factual Film
