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Directing the documentary /

by Rabiger, Michael.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston, Mass. ; Oxford : Focal, 2004Edition: 4th ed.Description: xiii, 627 p. : ill., facsim., plans, ports. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780240806082 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 070.18 RABSubject(s): Documentary films -- Production and direction | Media Studies | Films, cinema | Film history, theory & criticism
Contents:
Part 1: Introduction, History and Future Ch. 1: The Director's RoleCh. 2: A Brief and Functional History of the Documentary Part 2: Aesthetics and Authorship Ch. 3: Elements of the DocumentaryCh. 4: Evidence of Point of View in the DocumentaryCh. 5: Time, Development, and StructureCh. 6: Authorship Challenges and OpportunitiesCh. 7: Re-enactment, Reconstruction, and DocudramaCh. 8: Documentary Theory and the Issue of RepresentationCh. 9: Projects: Critical WritingPart 3: Identity and Authorship Ch. 10: Projects: Recognizing Your Artisitic IdentityCh. 11: Developing Your Story IdeasPart 4: Screencraft Ch. 12: Screen GrammarCh. 13: Projects: Screencraft AnalysisCh. 14: Projects Basic ProductionPart 5: Preproduction Ch. 15: Initial Research and the Draft ProposalCh. 16: Research Leading Up to the ShootCh. 17: Missions and PermissionsCh. 18: Developing a CrewCh. 19: The Preproduction MeetingPart 6: Production Ch. 20: Camera Equipment and Shooting ProcedureCh. 21: LightingCh. 22: Location SoundCh. 23: Avoiding ProblemsCh. 24: InterviewingCh. 25: Directing ParticipantsCh. 26: Directing the CrewCh. 27: AuthorshipCh. 28: Projects: Advanced ProductionPart 7: PostproductionCh. 29: Postproduction BeginsCh. 30: The Paper Edit: Designing a StructureCh. 31: Editing: The First AssemblyCh. 32: Editing: The Process of RefinementCh. 33: NarrationCh. 34: Editing: The End GameCh. 35: Using Music and Working with a ComposerCh. 36: Editing: From Fine Cut to Sound MixCh. 37: Titles and AcknowledgmentsCh. 38: Projects: PostproductionPart 8: Career TrackCh. 39: EducationCh. 40: Getting WorkPart 9: Other InformationAppendix 1: Projects: Outcomes Assessment CriteriaAppendix 2: Useful FormsFilmography of Director Michael RabigerGlossaryFilm SourcesBibliographyPeriodicalsUseful WebsitesIndex
Summary: Michael Rabiger guides the reader through the stages required to conceive, edit and produce a documentary. He also provides advice on the law, ethics and authorship as well as career possibilities and finding work. 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.
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Previous ed.: 1998.

Filmography: (p. 579-580).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Introduction, History and Future Ch. 1: The Director's RoleCh. 2: A Brief and Functional History of the Documentary Part 2: Aesthetics and Authorship Ch. 3: Elements of the DocumentaryCh. 4: Evidence of Point of View in the DocumentaryCh. 5: Time, Development, and StructureCh. 6: Authorship Challenges and OpportunitiesCh. 7: Re-enactment, Reconstruction, and DocudramaCh. 8: Documentary Theory and the Issue of RepresentationCh. 9: Projects: Critical WritingPart 3: Identity and Authorship Ch. 10: Projects: Recognizing Your Artisitic IdentityCh. 11: Developing Your Story IdeasPart 4: Screencraft Ch. 12: Screen GrammarCh. 13: Projects: Screencraft AnalysisCh. 14: Projects Basic ProductionPart 5: Preproduction Ch. 15: Initial Research and the Draft ProposalCh. 16: Research Leading Up to the ShootCh. 17: Missions and PermissionsCh. 18: Developing a CrewCh. 19: The Preproduction MeetingPart 6: Production Ch. 20: Camera Equipment and Shooting ProcedureCh. 21: LightingCh. 22: Location SoundCh. 23: Avoiding ProblemsCh. 24: InterviewingCh. 25: Directing ParticipantsCh. 26: Directing the CrewCh. 27: AuthorshipCh. 28: Projects: Advanced ProductionPart 7: PostproductionCh. 29: Postproduction BeginsCh. 30: The Paper Edit: Designing a StructureCh. 31: Editing: The First AssemblyCh. 32: Editing: The Process of RefinementCh. 33: NarrationCh. 34: Editing: The End GameCh. 35: Using Music and Working with a ComposerCh. 36: Editing: From Fine Cut to Sound MixCh. 37: Titles and AcknowledgmentsCh. 38: Projects: PostproductionPart 8: Career TrackCh. 39: EducationCh. 40: Getting WorkPart 9: Other InformationAppendix 1: Projects: Outcomes Assessment CriteriaAppendix 2: Useful FormsFilmography of Director Michael RabigerGlossaryFilm SourcesBibliographyPeriodicalsUseful WebsitesIndex

Michael Rabiger guides the reader through the stages required to conceive, edit and produce a documentary. He also provides advice on the law, ethics and authorship as well as career possibilities and finding work. 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.

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