Creative Documentary Theory and Practice 1st Edition by Wilma De Jong, Jerry Rothwell, Erik Knudsen 1405874228 9781405874229

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ISBN 10: 1405874228 

ISBN 13: 9781405874229

Author: Wilma De Jong, Jerry Rothwell, Erik Knudsen

What does it mean to be a documentary filmmaker in today’s world? How are new technologies changing documentary filmmaking? What new forms of documentary are emerging? Recent technological developments have made the making and distribution of documentary films easier and more widespread than ever before. Creative Documentary: Theory and Practice is an innovative and essential guide that comprehensively embraces these changing contexts and provides you with the ideas, methods, and critical understanding to support successful documentary making. It helps the aspiring ‘total filmmaker’ understand the contemporary contexts for production, equipping you also with the understanding of creativity and visual storytelling you’ll need to excel. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, it outlines the contemporary, institutional, practical and financial contexts for production – always encouraging innovation and originality. Key features: Five sections covering creativity and creative documentary and the contemporary creative industries: strategies for developing documentary ideas; the art of documentary narrative; digital production methods; new documentary forms; distribution and financing. Provides a comprehensive overview of critical thought and techniques in digital documentary filmmaking. Authors and specialist contributors combine the experience, knowledge and skills of academics and media professionals working in the industry. Practical case studies support analysis and reflection. Exercises, checklists, interviews with professionals and further reading materials accompany each chapter. A historical overview of world documentary. Creative Documentary: Theory and Practice is an essential guide for those engaged in the study and practice of documentary theory and making, as well as key reading for those more broadly interested in video, film and media theory and production.

Table of contents:

Part 1 The creative documentary

1 What is creativity?

2 The creative documentary

3 The creative industries and documentary

4 Passionate business: entrepreneurship and the documentary filmmaker

Part 2 Development strategies

5 Developing ideas

6 From idea to pitch

7 Budgets and schedules

Part 3 Narrative strategies

8 The nature of stories and narratives

9 Life does not tell stories: structuring devices in documentary filmmaking

10 The classic narrative

11 The transcendental narrative

12 Cinematic codes

13 New media, new documentary forms

Part 4 Production strategies

14 A good waltz or a nasty tango: individual qualities of the ‘total’ filmmaker and teamwork

15 Producing

16 Directing

17 Camera and cinematography

18 Interview strategies

19 The uses and abuses of archive footage

20 Zen and the art of documentary editing

21 Being there: the creative use of location and post-production sound in documentaries

Part 5 Distribution strategies

22 Online, portable and convergence environments

23 Delivery and compliance

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