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Film a Short Documentary by Yourself: One-person Crew Filmmaking

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About Film a Short Documentary by Yourself: One-person Crew Filmmaking

Introduction

Finding Documentary ideas 1

Finding Documentary ideas 2

Reaching out to your subject

Pre-interviewing process

Prepping your subject

Location

Approaching the story

Equipment: Camera, Lenses

Equipment: Audio

Equipment: Lights

Shot-list

Interview Questions

Filming your Interview

Editing

Music

Final thoughts

What You Will Learn?

  • Hello, and welcome!.
  •  In this course, you will learn how you can find, structure, shoot, and share a story you are passionate about..
  • I will cover every stage of my creative process from finding the story or subject of your short documentary to shooting and editing..
  •  Lessons cover:.
  •  You'll learn how to create the kind of character-driven video portraits that distinguish great filmmakers..
  •  This class is perfect for filmmakers, documentarians, journalists, and all creative storytellers passionate to tell compelling narratives about the stories all around us..