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Re: How to write a documentary

Lamine Konkobo Posted Jun 03, 2006, in response to:Sarah

I am studying the art of documentary making, so I find your question interesting. I am not an expert. I just want to share what I have learnt on the subject. Basically a documentary project is similar to that of a fiction, in terms of the shooting techniques. It is all about the light, the pictures and the sound. You should not take this lightly. Go for the great pic; record a great sound and you will dramatically enhance your production outcome. Do not envisage something that you wouldn't be able to show. Where fiction and documentary do part is how you write them. In a fiction you can set about writing the dialogues of your characters, as well as dictate them how they act. But with a documentary, you can't know in advance what a character will say. You may have an idea through your researches, but it can not be accurate. So depending on the type of documentary you are working on, you can start shooting straight away (experimental documentaries, based on observation) or go first into the footage stock libraries to find what visuals evidence you have available for your project (historic documentaries. Every writing as such comes after the visual evidence gathering stage. There is no way round that when you deal with documentary. However, if you want to reconstruct a scene for your documentary, you should be able to write a script as with a fiction project. I am working right now on a documentary project and I am more than happy to invite you to collaborate with me. It is my first project and I am going for it as a way to get to practice.

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    I am a teacher but intrested in making documentries.I have explored a lot of areas.But i am technically unware to do so.Pls help me and in return i too cal let u know the areas to shoot.I am from nepal.

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    could you please show me the structure of a documentary script, please?

    Comment 1, Last comment by Margaret Efik Apr 29, 2008

    i want to know to know how to write a script

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    Thank you for putting the info i was needing out there for others to learn from. The comment i was going to make was i start my HND at Edinburgh`s Telford college i know (just) how to write in script form for a peice of fiction but you hit the nail on the heaed when you wrote that theres no script for some documentary`s i stay in na inner city part of edinburgh and want to be a film director but were i stay it is the place is going to explode due to the ammount of police harrassment and i just want to get the story out i am the only person that the stupid theif to the gansta`s will talk to on camera ive been taking statements i just dont know were to start i dont have a camera i dont have a PC what i do have is enthusiasim and balls so once again thank you and if you have any free info to point me in the right direction i would be most gratefull

    Comment 1, Last comment by Lamine Konkobo Sep 18, 2006



  


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