Documentary in Practice: Filmmakers and Production ChoicesISBN: 978-0-7456-3611-5
Hardcover
184 pages
February 2007, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Documentary in Practice provides a unique approach to
practical documentary-making. Through fascinating analysis of
real-life production situations, Jane Chapman shows the challenges
and issues faced during the filmmaking process by a range of both
well-known and up-and-coming documentary-makers. She also brings
her own personal experience as a seasoned documentary producer and
teacher to advise on how students can gain invaluable insight from
these projects.
Throughout this compelling text, a variety of producers past and
present provide their inside project stories and production
records, including scripts, fundraising proposals, budgets,
diagrams, post-production records and reviews. Across continents,
every project and its makers are different whether they are famous
names from the canon', television freelances, art-house directors,
documentary-maker activists or first-time filmmakers but they all
face a range of challenges:
- how to connect visual approach to content idea
- morality of camera presence
- complaints and ethical challenges
- legal issues and censorship
- budgetary factors influencing choices
- conflict with commissioning editors
All students of media studies as well as aspiring documentary-makers will find this book a refreshing introduction to the choices available for filmmaking and the issues that may emerge during the process.