Making documentary films and videos : a practical guide to planning, filming, and editing documentaries

ISBN: 9780805081817
ISBN: 080508181X
Physical Description: print xxii, 440 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Publisher: New York : H. Holt, 2007.

Hampe, Barry. (Author). Hampe, Barry. Making documentary films and reality videos. (Added Author).

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General Note:	Rev. ed. of: Making documentary films and reality videos. 1997.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-420) and index. Includes filmography: p. [421]-426.
Formatted Contents Note:	Pt. I. What Is a Documentary? -- 1. It Looks So Easy -- 2. What Is a Documentary? -- 3. What Is Not a Documentary? -- 4. Little History (or How Things Got This Way) -- Pt. II. Planning Your Documentary -- 5. Steps in Producing a Documentary -- 6. Documentary Idea -- 7. Documenting Behavior -- 8. Documenting an Event with the Outcome Unknown -- 9. Remembering People and Events -- Pt. III. What Will You Show? -- 10. Visual Evidence -- 11. B-roll as Illustration, Metaphor, and Visual Wallpaper -- 12. Short Sermon About Interviews -- 13. Well, What About Reality? -- 14. Growing Problem of Credibility -- 15. Documentary Ethics -- Pt. IV. Writing a Documentary -- 16. Documentary Writing -- 17. Research -- 18. Structure -- 19. Proposal and treatment -- 20. Script -- Pt. V. Filming a Documentary -- 21. Preproduction Planning -- 22. Filming -- 23. Recording Sound -- 24. Directing -- 25. Directing People Who Are Not Actors -- 26. Selecting and Directing Actors -- 27. Conducting an Interview -- 28. Verisimilitude in Documentary -- 29. Working on Location --