Creative documentary : theory and practice / Wilma de Jong, Jerry Rothwell, Erik Knudsen, Jerry Rothwell.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The creative documentary. What is creativity? / Wilma de Jong -- The creative documentary / Wilma de Jong -- The creative industries and documentary / Wilma de Jong -- Passionate business: entrepreneurship and the documentary filmmaker / Wilma de Jong -- Development strategies. Developing ideas / Jerry Rothwell -- From idea to pitch / Jerry Rothwell -- Budgets and schedules / Jerry Rothwell -- Narrative strategies. The nature of stories and narratives / Erik Knudsen -- Life does not tell stories: structuring devices in documentary filmmaking / Wilma de Jong -- The classic narrative / Erik Knudsen -- The transcendental narrative / Erik Knudsen -- Cinematic codes / Erik Knudsen -- New media, new documentary forms / Mary Agnes Krell -- Production strategies. A good waltz or a nasty tango: individual qualities of 'total' filmmaker and teamwork / Wilma de Jong -- Producing / Jerry Rothwell -- Directing / Erik Knudsen -- Camera and cinematography / Erik Knudsen -- Interview strategies / Jerry Rothwell -- The uses and abuses of archive footage / Toby Haggith -- Zen and the art of documentary editing / Wilma de Jong -- Being there: the creative use of location and post-production sound in documentaries / Jean Martin -- Distribution strategies. Online, portable and convergence environments / Erik Knudsen -- Delivery and compliance / Jerry Rothwell.

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 Practiceis 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.
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