Directing the Documentary (Portuguese and English Edition) - Softcover

Rabiger, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0240806085 ISBN 13: 9780240806082

Publisher: Focal Press, 2004

Synopsis

Tens of thousands of readers have benefited from Michael Rabiger's classic text on documentary filmmaking, now updated to reflect the revolutionary switch to digital video equipment and software. You will learn how to research and focus a documentary film or video idea, develop a crew, direct the crew, maintain control during shooting, and oversee postproduction. Practical work is emphasized, with dozens of exercises and questionnaires to help focus your ideas and give you hands-on practice. The documentary is treated as an important genre in its own right, as well as a useful prelude to directing feature films.

The fourth edition is a significant update. The book's emphasis has always been on concrete steps you can take to become a documentary filmmaker, and there are loads of new projects to help, along with assessment tables that allow you to gauge your progress. In addition, there is new material on location sound, the reality TV trend, top documentaries to see, and more.

*The definitive guide to making a documentary
*A hands-on approach with dozens of exercises
*A fully updated 4th edition of the classic textbook

About this title

Book Description:

The previous edition has sold 21,000 copies!

From the Publisher:

Up-to-date with examples of significant new films and new projects, it is written in conversational, non-technical language, treating the reader as a colleague in search of clearly explained knowledge. The author, a veteran filmmaker and teacher shares anecdotes from his own professional experience where they usefully illustrate ideas, principles, or pitfalls.

About this edition

• Publisher: Focal Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0240806085
• ISBN 13: 9780240806082
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 648