Contents

Preface to the Fifth Edition

BOOK I: FUNDAMENTALS

PART 1: YOU AND YOUR IDEAS

1 The Director’s Role

2 Defining Your Artistic Identity

3 Developing Your Story Ideas

4 Proposing and Pitching a Short Documentary

PART 2: DOCUMENTARIES AND FILM LANGUAGE

5 Documentary Language

6 Elements and Grammar

PART 3: PREPRODUCTION

7 Research

8 Developing a Crew

PART 4: PRODUCTION

9 Camera Equipment

10 Lighting

11 Location Sound

12 Directing

PART 5: POSTPRODUCTION

13 Editing: From Start to Viewing the First Assembly

14 Editing: The Process of Refinement

15 Editing: From Fine Cut to Sound Mix

16 Titles and Acknowledgments

BOOK II: ADVANCED ISSUES

PART 6: DOCUMENTARY AESTHETICS

17 Point of View and the Storyteller

18 Dramatic Development, Time, and Story Structure

19 Form, Control, and Style

20 Reenactment, Reconstruction, and Docudrama

PART 7: ADVANCED PRODUCTION ISSUES

PART 7A. ADVANCED PREPRODUCTION

21 Advanced Research

22 Values, Ethics, and Choices

23 Proposing an Advanced Documentary

24 Preparing to Direct

PART 7B. ADVANCED PRODUCTION

25 Optics

26 Advanced Cameras and Equipment

27 Advanced Location Sound

28 Organization, Crew, and Procedures

29 Advanced Directing

30 Conducting and Shooting Interviews

PART 7C. ADVANCED POSTPRODUCTION

31 Transcript to Film Script

32 Creating Narration

33 Using Music and Working with a Composer

34 Editing: Refinements and Structural Problems

PART 8: EDUCATION AND STARTING YOUR CAREER

35 Education

36 From School to Film Industry

Appendix

Glossary

Index

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