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  • ISBN-13: 9780367235574
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  • ISBN-10: 0367235579
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Directing the Documentary is the definitive book on the documentary form, that will allow you to master the craft of documentary filmmaking. Focusing on the hands-on work needed to make your concept a reality, it covers the documentary filmmaking process from top to bottom, providing in-depth lessons on every aspect of preproduction, production, and postproduction.

The book includes dozens of projects, practical exercises, and thought-provoking questions, and offers best practices for researching and honing your documentary idea, developing a crew, guiding your team, and much more. This fully revised and updated 7th edition also includes brand new content on the rise of the documentary series, the impact of video on-demand and content aggregators, updated information on prosumer and professional video (including 4K+), coverage of new audio & lighting solutions and trends in post-production, coverage of the immersive documentary, and provides practical sets of solutions for low, medium, and high budget documentary film productions throughout. The companion website has also been fully updated to a variety of new projects and forms.

By combining expert advice on the storytelling process, the technical aspects of filmmaking and commentary on the philosophical underpinnings of the art, this book provides the practical and holistic understanding you need to become a highly regarded, original, and ethical contributor to the genre. Ideal for both aspiring and established documentary filmmakers, this book has it all.

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Praise for the previous edition:

"The USC documentary faculty has required this excellent book in all our documentary courses since its 1st edition. Rabiger has added to his in-depth analysis of the creative and practical implications of documentary production in this latest edition, with new sections on grant writing, technology, and case studies. The book is essential for students and its also one that every professional documentary filmmaker can constantly refer to and be inspired by."

Doe Mayer, Professor, Mary Pickford Chair of Film and Television Production, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California

"This book is a time-proof classic, a one-of-a kind roadmap to reaching excellence in documentary making that reads like good, inspiring literature. I have collected and read all of its editions avidly, and can already see that this new edition will serve as an invaluable companion for any documentary filmmaker."

Juan Francisco Urrusti, Professor, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico); Documentary Filmmaker, A Long Journey to Guadalupe

"Rabiger's 'two-stage' approach to documentary filmmaking takes the reader on a comprehensive journey from concept development to finished documentary and distribution! His sixth edition of Directing the Documentary is a must-have in any serious documentary filmmaker's library."

Gene F., Digital Filmmaking Instructor, The Art Institute of CA - Silicon Valley

Preface to the seventh edition xxxiii
Contents of companion website xxxvii
BOOK I GETTING STARTED
PART 1 YOU AND YOUR IDEAS
1 YOU AND FILM AUTHORSHIP
5(14)
Start making films now
5(1)
Artistic identity
5(1)
Unfinished business: how we are marked by life
6(2)
Discovering for oneself
6(1)
AP-1 Self-inventory (marks and themes)
7(1)
The work we must do
7(1)
AP-2 Authorial identity
8(1)
AP-3 What is the family drama?
8(1)
The work of the director
8(7)
Witnessing with the future box
9(1)
Ethnography
10(1)
Working for social change
11(1)
A rewarding way of life
11(1)
Learning from what you shoot
12(1)
Satisfying an audience
12(2)
Universal versus parochial
14(1)
Importance of creativity
14(1)
A prelude to directing fiction
15(1)
Getting an education
15(3)
Film school
15(1)
Teaching yourself
16(1)
Planning your future
16(1)
Journals
17(1)
Internships
17(1)
Hands-on learning
18(1)
2 The Nature of Documentary
19(12)
Origins
19(3)
Grierson's definition
20(1)
Documentary as art
20(1)
An oral tale with a purpose
21(1)
Art finds order
21(1)
Characters with goals
22(1)
Philosophies of approach
22(3)
Observational mode
23(1)
Participatory mode
23(1)
The risk of incursion
24(1)
Giving, not just taking
24(1)
A workhorse genre
25(1)
Testing for documentary values
25(2)
Learning from your work
27(1)
The artistic process and your individual voice
27(1)
When you lose your way
27(1)
Privacy and competition issues
28(1)
Hostile environments
28(1)
Hands-on learning
28(3)
PART 2 DOCUMENTARIES AND FILM LANGUAGE
3 How the Documentary Developed
31(32)
Technology and screen language
31(1)
Birth of the cinema
31(7)
How documentary emerged from nonfiction cinema
38(1)
Documentary paradoxes
39(1)
The cinematic eye
40(2)
Sound comes to the documentary
42(3)
Essay films and travelogues
42(3)
Shooting goes mobile
45(4)
Direct cinema (observational documentary)
45(2)
Participatory documentary
47(1)
Patience and privileged moments
47(1)
Documentary and fiction
48(1)
The ascendency of editing
49(1)
Objectivity or subjectivity?
49(1)
Which approach is best?
49(1)
Video and digital technology
49(1)
Modern equivalencies
50(10)
Flaherty docudrama
50(1)
Expository or essay mode
50(2)
Observational mode
52(1)
Participatory mode
53(2)
Reflexive mode
55(1)
Poetic mode
56(3)
Performative mode
59(1)
Docuseries
60(2)
True crime
60(1)
Unscripted
61(1)
History investigated
61(1)
Hands-on learning
62(1)
4 Constructing Reality
63(10)
The "contract" and exposition
63(1)
Actuality and evidence
64(3)
Documentary is not reality, but a construct
64(1)
Types of actuality
64(1)
Objectivity, balanced reporting, and propaganda
65(1)
Fairness
66(1)
Evidence then and now
67(1)
Dramatic terms and principles
67(3)
Active characters in conflict
67(1)
Dramaturgy
68(1)
Authored constructs
68(1)
Convictions and a working hypothesis
68(1)
Finding conflict in real life
68(1)
AP-16 Conflict and sub-conflict
68(1)
Character-driven and plot-driven stories
69(1)
Dramatic tension
69(1)
The need for development
70(1)
Film discourse
70(1)
Form and style
70(1)
The three-act story structure
71(1)
Hands-on learning
72(1)
5 Story Elements and Film Grammar
73(22)
Perception and making stories
73(1)
AP-15 Profiling a location
73(1)
Screen language mimics consciousness
74(1)
Documentary ingredients and human awareness
75(4)
Shots are like the human gaze
76(1)
Cuts
77(1)
Camera movement
78(1)
SP-18 Live camerawork
79(1)
Motivated camera movements and cuts
79(1)
Denotation and connotation
79(1)
The camera in relation to action
79(4)
The actor and the acted-upon
79(1)
Observing a conversation
80(1)
Hunting subtexts
80(1)
SP-19 Covering a discussion
80(1)
Hidden agendas and subtexts
81(1)
Attention and focus
81(1)
Eye contact and eyelines
82(1)
Looking at and looking through
82(1)
Scene geography and axes
83(4)
Subject-to-subject or scene axis
83(1)
Camera-to-subject or camera axis
84(1)
Panning and cutting
84(1)
Screen direction
85(1)
Changing screen direction
86(1)
Shot duration, rhythm, and demand on the audience
87(1)
Generating options
87(1)
Shot duration
87(1)
Visual rhythm
87(1)
Rhythms help us concentrate
87(1)
Using speech rhythms
87(1)
Sequences as building blocks
88(1)
Elision
88(1)
Transitions and transitional devices
89(1)
Picture transitions
89(1)
Sound transitions
89(1)
Lap cuts
89(1)
Dual roles: observer and storyteller
90(1)
The observer
90(1)
The storyteller
90(1)
Conflicts between the two
91(1)
Hands-on learning
91(4)
PART 3 PREPRODUCTION
6 Developing Story Ideas
95(18)
Ideation
95(1)
Beginning the writing process
95(1)
Story sources
96(5)
Making an idea database
96(1)
Keeping a journal
96(1)
Newspapers
97(1)
Websites
98(1)
History
98(1)
Legends
99(1)
Myths
99(1)
Family stories
100(1)
Childhood stories
101(1)
Social science and social history
101(1)
Fiction
101(1)
Selecting a subject
101(1)
Testing a subject
102(1)
Don't bite off more than you can chew
102(1)
Narrow the frame
103(1)
Choosing a central character
103(1)
Character is destiny
104(1)
Locating and raising the stakes
104(2)
Manipulation dangers
105(1)
Using the medium to stir feelings
106(2)
Shock value
106(1)
Primary evidence
107(1)
Testing for cinematic qualities
107(1)
Mood matters
107(1)
Local can be large
108(1)
Telling the story
108(3)
Characters
108(1)
Internal struggles
109(1)
External pressures
110(1)
What to avoid
111(1)
Displace and transform
111(1)
Hands-on learning
111(2)
7 Hypothesis, Research and Plan
113(18)
Choosing a story
113(1)
Cover your back
113(1)
Don't commit without planning
113(1)
Making a plan
113(1)
A note on film writing
114(1)
Outlining a working hypothesis
114(2)
Project DP-12 developing a short working hypothesis (Book I)
116(2)
Researching
118(5)
Decide research methods according to subject
118(1)
Gaining access
119(1)
Taking notes
119(1)
Seeking cooperation
120(1)
Open and leading questions
120(1)
When research is mission impossible
120(1)
Inviting trust
120(1)
Defining the paradigm
121(1)
Filming organizations or institutions
121(1)
Documentaries evolve from relationships
121(1)
Minefield subjects
122(1)
Types of research
123(1)
Quantitative research
123(1)
Qualitative research
123(1)
Archival material
124(1)
Fair use and best practices
124(1)
Choosing important characters
124(2)
Character types
125(1)
Central characters
125(1)
Consolidating research into a plan
126(1)
Shootable evidence
127(1)
Making a content inventory
127(1)
Accentuating style and content
127(1)
Project DP-1: dramatic content helper
128(1)
Hands-on learning
128(3)
8 Developing Ideas for a Short Documentary
131(6)
Pitching
131(3)
Who/what/when/where/why
131(1)
A typical pitch
132(1)
Critiquing a pitch
133(1)
Post-filming pitches
134(1)
Pitching forums
134(1)
Writing a treatment
134(1)
The Smallest in the Litter
134(1)
Bobcat
134(1)
Scheduling
135(1)
Signed agreements
135(1)
Location agreement
135(1)
Personal release
135(1)
Budget
136(1)
Hands-on learning
136(1)
9 Partnership
137(6)
Documentary roles and responsibilities
137(3)
Director
137(1)
Director of photography (DP), and/or camera operator
138(1)
Sound recordist
139(1)
Deciding on partners
140(3)
Why temperament matters
141(1)
Put commitments in writing
141(2)
PART 4 PRODUCTION WORKFLOW
143(72)
10 Capturing Sound
145(20)
Sound design and soundscapes
145(3)
Sound terms and procedures
148(1)
Acoustics and the hand-clap test
148(1)
Headphones to monitor your work
148(1)
Signal, noise and signal-to-noise ratio
148(1)
Ambience
149(1)
How sound behaves
149(1)
Signal decay over distance
150(1)
Resonance and echo
150(1)
Microphones
150(2)
Transducers
150(1)
Microphone axis and directionality
151(1)
Sound perspective
151(1)
Defensive measures
151(1)
Sound environments and signal-to-noise ratio
152(1)
Why sound consistency matters
152(1)
Sound recording
153(2)
Using multiple inputs
153(1)
Balanced and unbalanced inputs
153(1)
Strain relief
154(1)
Digital peak meters
154(1)
Automatic sound level
154(1)
Setting sound levels manually
155(1)
Monitoring
155(1)
Microphone types and pickup patterns
155(3)
Power supplies
156(1)
Pickup patterns
156(1)
Omni-directional mics
156(1)
Cardioid mics
156(1)
Shotgun mics
156(1)
Lavalier, lapel, or body mics
157(1)
Body mic precautions
157(1)
Roll-off
157(1)
Wireless mics
157(1)
Wired mics
158(1)
Spares, accessories and first aid
158(1)
Microphone handling
158(3)
Holding the boom pole
158(1)
Windscreens and shock mounts
158(2)
When sound and picture subjects diverge
160(1)
The recordist in contact with camera operator
160(1)
Safety cover
161(1)
Virtuoso performances
161(1)
Shooting
161(1)
Location spotting and ambient noise
161(1)
Sounds on the set
162(1)
Reference track
162(1)
Shooting interiors
162(1)
Presence track recording
162(1)
Sound to help the editor
162(2)
How the editor uses presence tracks
162(1)
Ambience inconsistencies
163(1)
Wild tracks
163(1)
Sound effects
163(1)
Soundscape construction
164(1)
Hands-on learning
164(1)
11 Lighting
165(12)
Light quality
165(1)
Hard or specular light
165(1)
Soft light
165(1)
Lighting instruments
166(4)
Light quality and lighting instruments
166(2)
Open-face quartz lamps
168(1)
Safety
169(1)
Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
169(1)
Color temperature
169(1)
Power supplies
170(1)
Power requirements vary by instrument
170(1)
Calculating consumption
170(1)
Lighting
170(1)
Why you may need lighting
170(1)
Curing contrast problems
171(1)
Exposure and depth of field
171(1)
Avoiding the over-bright background
171(1)
Lighting methodology
171(3)
Backgrounds
171(1)
Key light direction
172(1)
Fill light
173(1)
Backlight
173(1)
Practical
173(1)
Cheating
174(1)
Two basic lighting methods
174(2)
Adding to a base
174(1)
Baselight
174(1)
Key light
175(1)
Three-point lighting
175(1)
Hands-on learning
176(1)
12 Camera
177(24)
Camera basics
177(3)
DSLR cameras and timecode
177(1)
Body design
178(1)
Viewfinder
178(1)
Camera controls
179(1)
Professional options
180(1)
Equipment checkout
180(1)
Golden rule #1, test it first
180(1)
Golden rule #2, prepare for the worst
180(1)
Color balancing the camera
180(2)
White balance options
180(1)
Automatic
181(1)
Manual
181(1)
Preset
181(1)
Manually set or customized
181(1)
White balance memory
181(1)
Shooting under mixed color temperatures
181(1)
Can't I fix color in postproduction?
182(1)
Exposure
182(2)
Automatic exposure
182(1)
Manual exposure
182(1)
Aperture
182(1)
Shutter speed
183(1)
Backlight control
184(1)
Picture gain
184(1)
ISO
184(1)
Filtering
184(1)
Neutral density
184(1)
Lenses
184(2)
Interchangeable lenses
185(1)
Prime lenses
185(1)
Normal lenses
185(1)
The telephoto
185(1)
The wide-angle
185(1)
The zoom
185(1)
Lenses and perspective
185(1)
Aspect ratio
186(1)
Focus and depth of field (DOF)
187(2)
Automatic focusing (AF)
187(1)
Manual focusing
188(1)
Macro focusing
188(1)
Lens protection
188(1)
Focus and depth of field (DOF)
188(1)
Power supplies
189(1)
Camera support systems
189(4)
Tripod and accessories
189(1)
Pan/tilt head setup
190(1)
Quick-release plate
191(1)
Mobile support systems
191(2)
Monitors and viewfinders
193(1)
Coverage and composing the shot
193(2)
Rule of Thirds
193(1)
Matching shots
193(1)
Lead space
194(1)
Handheld composing
194(1)
Covering two people standing in conversation
194(1)
Shooting with safety coverage in mind
195(1)
Camera operating
196(4)
Tripod or handheld?
196(1)
Check and recheck composition
197(1)
Camera operator's interior monologue
197(1)
Camera Operator's body mechanics
197(1)
Refocusing during a shot
198(1)
Handheld shots
198(1)
Walking a handheld camera
198(1)
Test your handheld tracking skills
198(1)
Error recovery
199(1)
Operating with editing in mind
199(1)
Inserts and cutaways
199(1)
Establishing shots
200(1)
Camera operator's checklist
200(1)
Hands-on learning
200(1)
13 Directing and Interviewing
201(14)
Directing participants
201(2)
Briefing participants
201(1)
Blocking
202(1)
In search of naturalness
202(1)
Background music
202(1)
Directing the crew
203(5)
Communication
203(1)
Who is responsible for what
203(1)
Hospitality
203(1)
Working atmosphere
203(1)
Crew unity
203(1)
Crew etiquette
204(1)
Check the shot
204(1)
Preparing the crew
204(1)
Run-up
204(1)
Positioning yourself
204(1)
Communicating with the Crew
204(1)
Camera operator
204(1)
Sound recordist
205(1)
Sensory overload
205(1)
Breaks
205(1)
Who else can call "Cut!"
205(1)
Capturing sound presence
205(1)
Securing the personal release
206(1)
"It's a wrap"
206(2)
Interviewing overview
208(1)
Sound and camera for interviewing
209(2)
Sound coverage
209(1)
Camera coverage
209(2)
Interviewee eyelines
211(1)
The interview process
211(1)
Avoiding voice overlaps
211(1)
Silence is golden
211(1)
Full responses
211(1)
Valid and invalid questioning
211(1)
Press for detail, pursue leads
211(1)
Multi-person coverage
212(1)
Ending gracefully
212(1)
Hands-on learning
212(3)
PART 5 POSTPRODUCTION
14 Creating the First Assembly
215(18)
Setting up for editing
215(3)
Computer storage
215(1)
Windows 10 PC setup
215(1)
Apple macOS setup
216(1)
Forestalling workflow problems
216(1)
Editing equipment
216(2)
Media vs. data
218(1)
Who edits
218(1)
Doing your own editing
218(1)
Working with an editor
218(1)
Transcripts
219(1)
Making them
219(1)
Workaround solutions to transcribing
219(1)
Transcripts can be misleading
219(1)
Postproduction overview
219(1)
Beginning the editing process
220(2)
Editing with proxies
220(1)
Organizing source material
220(1)
Double-system synchronizing
221(1)
Logging
221(1)
Before the assembly
222(1)
Initial viewing sessions
222(1)
Editor and director's viewing session
222(1)
Dailies notebook
222(1)
Gut feelings matter
222(1)
Finding a structure
222(5)
The contract
222(1)
Why structure matters
223(1)
Time and structural alternatives
223(1)
Stories need dramatic tension
224(1)
Finding an action-determined structure
224(1)
Perils of speech-based narrative structures
225(1)
Stories need development
225(1)
Make use of classical tales
226(1)
Microcosm and macrocosm
226(1)
The assembly
227(2)
The only film is in the dailies
227(1)
A subtractive process
227(1)
Seeking a visually driven film
227(1)
Relying on transcripts
227(1)
Beginning to assemble
228(1)
Rendering
228(1)
Saving each stage
229(1)
Don't micromanage
229(1)
Facing the first assembly
229(1)
Return to innocence
229(1)
Recognizing your film's ideal length
229(1)
Diagnostic questioning
230(1)
What works and what doesn't
231(1)
The documentarian as dramatist
231(1)
Pleasing your audience
231(1)
What next, when the dust settles?
231(1)
Hands-on learning
232(1)
15 Developing the Edit
233(14)
Compressing and juxtaposing
233(3)
Elision and visual rhythm
233(1)
Cutting between sequences
233(1)
Cutting within a sequence
234(1)
Action-match cutting
234(1)
Cutting on action
235(1)
Jump cutting
235(1)
Using fast or slow motion
235(1)
Parallel storytelling
235(1)
Cutting to a rhythm
236(1)
Unifying material into a flow
236(1)
The audience as active participants
236(1)
The lap cut
236(4)
Mono- and bi-directional attention
237(1)
Dialogue sequences
237(1)
Using lap cuts
238(1)
Subtexts
238(1)
Transitions between sequences
239(1)
Anticipatory or holdover sound
239(1)
Editing pitfalls
240(1)
Regaining perspective
241(3)
Making a diagnostic flow chart
241(2)
A trial showing
243(1)
Surviving your critics and using what they say
243(1)
Participant viewings
244(1)
Caveats before participant viewings
244(1)
The uses of procrastination
245(1)
Try, try again
245(1)
Hands-on learning
245(2)
16 Fine Cut, Music, Audio and Color Correction
247(17)
Approaching a fine cut
247(1)
Check source material
247(1)
Looking ahead to the sound mix
247(1)
Sound design
247(3)
Sound composition
248(1)
Psychoacoustics and functions of sound
248(1)
Sound cliches
249(1)
Post-synchronizing dialogue (aka "automatic dialogue replacement" or ADR)
249(1)
Recreating sound effects (SFX)
249(1)
Sound effects libraries
250(1)
Considering music
250(2)
Revealing hidden dimensions
250(1)
Helping narrative structure
251(1)
Indicating emotional depths
251(1)
Music misused
252(1)
Finding ready-recorded music
252(1)
Copyrighted music
252(1)
Stock music
253(1)
Integrating music
253(1)
Starting and stopping music sections
253(1)
Editing
253(1)
Within a composition
253(1)
In and out points
253(1)
Attack-sustain-decay cutting
253(1)
Other sound components
254(1)
Narration or voice-over
254(1)
Hard sound effects
254(1)
Using atmospheres
254(1)
Sound mix
254(2)
Organize your tracks
255(1)
Checkerboarding
255(1)
Cross-dissolves
255(1)
Noise reduction
255(1)
Equalization
255(1)
Compression
255(1)
Adjusting Levels
256(1)
Watch your meters
256(1)
Monitors and testing
256(1)
Color correction and grading
256(2)
Waveform monitor
256(1)
RGB Parade
257(1)
Vectorscope
257(1)
LUTs
258(1)
Vignette
258(1)
Titles
258(1)
Naming your film
258(1)
Font, layout, and size
258(1)
Overladen titles
258(1)
Spelling
258(1)
Title durations
259(1)
Copyright mark
259(1)
Transcript and subtitling
259(1)
Closed captions and audio descriptions
259(1)
Acknowledgments
260(1)
Legal omissions
260(1)
Website and press kit
260(1)
Competitions and festivals
260(4)
BOOK II ADVANCED CONCEPTS
PART 6 Documentary Aesthetics
Storytelling
264(3)
Enter the storyteller
264(1)
Give yourself a storytelling role to play
264(3)
17 Point of View and Storytelling
267(18)
Monological versus dialogical films
267(1)
Point of view
267(4)
Film, literature, and graphic art
267(1)
Will and empathy
268(1)
Using your emotional self
268(1)
POV in screen drama
269(1)
Observational or participatory approach
269(1)
Overview of generating POVs
270(1)
Range of POV on the screen
271(11)
Single POV (character in the film)
271(2)
Multiple characters' POVs within the film
273(1)
Omniscient POV
274(1)
Personal POV
275(3)
Reflexivity and representation
278(3)
Self-reflexivity
281(1)
Film language and the authorial voice
282(1)
Finding fresh language
282(1)
Storyteller and POV question checklist
282(1)
Hands-on learning
283(2)
18 Dramatic Development, Time and Story Structure
285(30)
Plots and their central characters
285(4)
Plot and the rules of the universe
285(1)
"Character is fate"
286(1)
Active and passive
286(1)
Heroes and heroines
286(1)
The antihero
287(1)
Character development
287(2)
Drama divided into acts
289(3)
The three-act structure
289(1)
Four- and five-act structures
290(1)
The dramatic arc
290(1)
Begin any analysis by pinpointing the crisis
291(1)
Applying dramatic analysis to directing documentary
291(1)
Scenes are dramas in microcosm
292(2)
The director as catalyst
292(1)
Beats and dramatic units
292(1)
Identifying conflicts
293(1)
A scene may contain one dramatic unit or several
294(1)
Inhalation and exhalation
294(1)
The director as dramatist
294(1)
Time and structure
295(2)
Preparing for the predictable
296(1)
Stories need development
297(1)
Drama, chronology and the documentary
297(8)
The event-centered film
297(1)
Multi-faceted events
298(1)
The process film
299(1)
The journey film
300(1)
The historical film
301(3)
The biographical film
304(1)
Non-chronological time
305(7)
Time reordered
305(1)
Poetic time
305(2)
The journey of inquiry
307(2)
The walled-city film
309(2)
The thesis film
311(1)
When time is unimportant
312(1)
The catalogue film
312(1)
When no time-structure predominates
312(1)
Structure questionnaire
312(2)
Hands-on learning
314(1)
19 Form, Style and Creativity
315(10)
Documentary aesthetics
315(4)
Form and style in documentary
315(1)
Style you can choose
316(1)
Style you can't choose
317(1)
Stylizing actuality and stylized actuality
317(1)
Aesthetic categories
318(1)
Creative dissatisfaction
319(4)
Setting creative limits
319(3)
Project DP-14 form and style worksheet
322(1)
Hands-on learning
323(2)
20 Reconstruction, Re-Enactment and Docudrama
325(10)
Documentary reconstruction
325(2)
Subjective reconstruction
325(1)
Historical reconstruction
326(1)
Reenactment
327(2)
Truthful labeling
328(1)
Using actors
328(1)
Wholesale reconstruction
329(1)
Budgetary constraints
329(1)
Docudrama
329(1)
Fake documentaries and mockumentaries
330(2)
Documentary and its fiction counterparts
332(1)
Hands-on learning
332(3)
21 Values and Ethics
335(12)
Power
335(1)
Informed consent
336(1)
Responsibilities
336(2)
Moral obligations
336(1)
Evidence and ethics
336(1)
Behalfers speaking for others
337(1)
Embedded values
338(2)
Participants
339(1)
Environment
339(1)
Family Dynamics
339(1)
Authority
340(1)
In total
340(1)
Ethical conflicts in the field
340(2)
Film is collaborative, so is responsibility
341(1)
Art as displaced autobiography
341(1)
Giving, not just taking
342(1)
Hands-on learning
342(5)
PART 7 ADVANCED PRODUCTION ISSUES
PART 7A ADVANCED PREPRODUCTION
22 Handling Larger Projects
347(8)
Production department
347(1)
Producer
347(1)
Unit production manager (UPM)
348(1)
Sound and camera assistants
348(1)
Sound assistants
348(1)
Camera assistants
348(1)
Grips
348(1)
Gaffer
348(1)
Interns
349(1)
Administering the crew
349(1)
Communication
349(1)
Who is responsible for what
349(1)
Working atmosphere
349(1)
Crew etiquette
350(1)
Procedures for larger units
350(3)
Sync using a clapperboard
350(1)
Shot identification
350(1)
Single-system
350(1)
Double-system
351(1)
Alternative numbering systems
351(1)
Scene/Setup/Take system
351(1)
Cumulative setup/Take system
351(1)
Keeping logs
351(1)
Camera log
351(1)
Sound log
351(1)
File naming and metadata editing
351(1)
In the camera
352(1)
In the audio recorder
352(1)
The countdown to shooting
352(1)
Starting without a clapper
352(1)
Mic taps
352(1)
Board on end (BOE)
352(1)
Syncing up dailies
353(1)
Hands-on learning
353(2)
23 Relations With Participants, Story Development and Funding Proposals
355(16)
Relations with participants
355(1)
Professional standards
355(2)
Guiding principles
355(1)
Ethical documentary
356(1)
Relations with sources
356(1)
Accuracy and verification
356(1)
Do no harm
356(1)
Resisting pressures
357(1)
Documentary dilemmas
357(3)
Compromising yourself
357(1)
When deception is justified
357(1)
Informed consent
358(1)
Project DP-13 Using the full working hypothesis (Book II)
358(2)
Exposition, evidence, and dramatic tension
360(3)
Exposition
360(1)
Volition
360(1)
Framing the "problem"
360(1)
Challenging the audience to make judgments
361(1)
Credibility of witnesses and testimony
361(1)
Credibility of evidence
362(1)
Making a database and marshaling evidence
363(1)
Deciding central characters
363(1)
Defer choosing participants
363(1)
When in doubt, decide from a recording
364(1)
Story development
364(1)
List your action material
364(1)
Develop each scene's dramatic content
364(1)
Alternative structures from a card game
364(1)
Try your materials against the dramatic curve
365(1)
Developing a proposal
365(5)
Be specific to the fund
367(1)
Covering all your bases
367(1)
Writing quality
367(1)
Categorized information
368(1)
The demo reel
369(1)
Treatment
369(1)
Model application
370(1)
Hands-on learning
370(1)
24 Advanced Technology, Budgeting, Scheduling
371(14)
Workflow and equipment
371(1)
Digital acquisition
372(1)
Resolutions, frame rates and formats
372(5)
Aspect ratio
373(1)
Frame rates and scanning
373(1)
Resolution
373(1)
Picture compression
374(1)
Sensor size
374(1)
Professional cameras
375(1)
Consumer cameras
375(1)
Digital sound
376(1)
Double-system sync
376(1)
Postproduction
377(1)
Budgeting
378(2)
Above and below the line
379(1)
Insurances
379(1)
Budgeting and scheduling software
380(1)
Drawing up an equipment list
380(1)
Keep it simple
380(1)
Over-elaborate equipment
381(1)
Scheduling the shoot
381(2)
Locations and shooting order
382(1)
Shooting in chronological order
382(1)
Scheduling for key scenes
382(1)
Emotional demand order
382(1)
Weather and other contingency coverage
382(1)
Allocation of shooting time per scene
383(1)
Under- or over-scheduling
383(1)
The call sheet
383(1)
Hands-on learning
383(2)
25 Preparations Before Directing
385(12)
The directing plan
385(2)
Casting
385(1)
Reminders for each sequence
385(1)
Drama and dialectics
385(1)
Imagery
386(1)
Point of view
386(1)
Development
386(1)
Thematic or other goals
386(1)
Aesthetic concerns
386(1)
Genre
387(1)
Storyteller POV
387(1)
Test your assumptions
387(1)
Obtaining permissions
387(1)
People
387(1)
Places
387(1)
Copyright
387(1)
Crew
388(1)
Insurance
388(1)
Trial shooting
388(1)
Scouting locations
388(1)
Camera
388(1)
Sound
388(1)
Logistics and scheduling
389(1)
Longitudinal development
390(1)
Location permits
390(1)
Permission
390(1)
On private property
390(1)
Handheld cameras
390(1)
Tripod or other camera support systems
390(1)
Guerillas in the mist
390(1)
The personal release form
391(1)
Crowd scene releases
391(1)
Legal issues
391(1)
Paying participants
392(1)
Celebrities
392(1)
People in dire need
393(1)
Hands-on learning
393(4)
PART 7B ADVANCED PRODUCTION
26 Optics and Perception
397(14)
Spatial perception
397(1)
Camera eye and human eye
397(1)
Cheating space
397(1)
Lens characteristics
398(4)
How we use perspective
398(1)
Varying apparent separation
399(1)
Manipulating perspective
399(1)
Focal length
399(1)
Perspective changes when camera-to-subject distance changes
399(2)
Lenses and image texture
401(1)
Lens speed
401(1)
Depth
402(2)
Zooming versus dollying
402(1)
Getting a film look
402(1)
Depth of field (DOF)
403(1)
DOF practicalities
403(1)
Split-field diopters and tilt-shift lenses
404(1)
Composition
404(6)
Static composition
405(1)
Aspects of visual design
406(1)
Images in succession and visual rhythm
406(1)
Dynamic composition
406(4)
Internal and external composition
410(1)
Hands-on learning
410(1)
27 Advanced Cameras and Support Equipment
411(20)
Preliminaries
411(1)
Archiving issues
411(1)
Compatibility
411(1)
Hiring equipment
412(1)
Shooting abroad
412(1)
Camera examples
412(3)
Canon
413(1)
Sony
413(1)
Choosing a camera and comparing criteria
414(1)
Camera support equipment
415(5)
Monopod
415(1)
Tripod and pan/tilt head
416(2)
Sliders
418(1)
Shoulder rigs
418(1)
Stabilizers
418(2)
Motorized stabilizers
420(1)
Dollies
420(1)
Drones
420(1)
Settings and options
420(2)
Aspect ratio
421(1)
Shutter speed and motion
421(1)
Timecode (TC)
422(1)
Shooting formats and "the look"
422(4)
The final "look" starts in preproduction
422(1)
Shooting format and visual flexibility
422(1)
Standard HD and Cine Gamma
423(1)
Log profile and LUTs
424(1)
Look-up tables (LUTs)
424(1)
Planning a film's "look"
424(1)
RAW video
425(1)
Camera accessories
426(1)
Matte box and filters
426(1)
Lens hood
427(1)
Camera aesthetics
427(2)
Camera height
427(1)
Adapting to location exigencies
427(1)
Backgrounds
427(1)
Revealing subtexts
427(1)
Compromises for the camera
428(1)
Strobing
429(1)
Care of people and equipment
429(2)
Travel in wild or hazardous areas
429(1)
Emergencies
429(2)
28 Advanced Location Sound
431(10)
Sound monitoring
431(1)
Single- or double-system recording
432(2)
Smart slates
432(2)
Creeping sync
434(1)
Using the camera to record sound
434(1)
Sound recorders
434(3)
Location recorders
434(1)
Three backup measures
435(1)
Sound codecs
436(1)
EQ and roll-off
436(1)
Digital peak meters
436(1)
Volume Unit (VU) meters
436(1)
Peak tests
436(1)
Multiple mic inputs
436(1)
Phasing
437(1)
Recording spatial audio
437(1)
Phantom power
437(1)
Sound mixers
437(1)
Microphone types and placement tips
437(3)
Cardioid
437(1)
Hyper-cardioid or shotgun
437(1)
Lavalier
438(1)
Wireless mics
439(1)
Using the boompole
439(1)
What to rent and what to own
440(1)
29 Advanced Directing: Participants
441(8)
What makes us feel normal
441(3)
The mind-body connection
441(1)
Doing what comes naturally
442(1)
Self-image and self-consciousness
442(1)
"Doesn't the camera change people?"
443(1)
Habits of being
443(1)
Keys to directing people
444(3)
When making an observational film
445(1)
When making a "transparent" film
445(1)
When making a reflexive film
445(2)
Social and formal issues
447(1)
Advantages of the small crew
447(1)
Having or losing authority
447(1)
Using social times and breaks
447(1)
Sharing in all things
448(1)
Hands-on learning
448(1)
30 Advanced Directing: Camera
449(10)
Camera issues and point of view
449(1)
Camera as passport
449(1)
Compromises for the camera
450(1)
Point of view and motivating the camera's movements
450(5)
Handheld or tripod-mounted camera?
451(1)
Why you shoot multiple angles on the same action
452(1)
Abstraction and symbolism
452(1)
Serendipity
452(1)
Subjectivity versus objectivity
453(2)
Special meaning through framing
455(1)
Using context
455(1)
Preparing sensitive coverage
455(2)
Scene breakdown and crib notes
455(1)
Eyeline shifts, motivation, inserts, and cutaways
456(1)
Reaction shots and eyeline changes
457(1)
Cover alternative versions of important issues
457(1)
Production stills and behind the scenes photos
457(1)
Hands-on learning
457(2)
31 Advanced Interviewing
459(20)
Preparing the camera operator
459(2)
Touch-directions
459(1)
Match-shot compositions
460(1)
Agreeing image sizes
460(1)
Two camera set-ups
461(1)
Lighting the interview
461(1)
Lighting on the upstage side
461(1)
Using daylight
461(1)
Using a diffused key
462(1)
Lighting the background
462(1)
Managing exteriors
462(1)
Preparing the interviewee
462(1)
Say what you need
462(1)
Establish that you may interrupt
463(1)
Put the interviewee at ease
463(1)
Camera and editing considerations
463(1)
Interviewer and camera placement
463(1)
On-axis interview
463(1)
Off-axis interview
464(1)
When the interviewer should be on-camera
464(1)
Preparations so you can edit out the interviewer
464(1)
"Please incorporate the question in the answer"
464(1)
Voice overlaps
465(1)
Vox populi street interviews
465(1)
Solving the need for ellipsis
465(1)
Jump cuts
465(1)
Cutaways
466(1)
Parallel storytelling
466(1)
Varying shot sizes
466(1)
The formal interview
466(5)
Interviewing and directing
466(1)
Lead by example
466(1)
Open questions and leading questions
467(1)
Focused questioning
467(1)
The right order for your questions
467(1)
Eye contact and behavioral feedback
468(1)
Aim to elicit feelings
468(1)
Going where angels fear to tread
468(1)
Temptations when interviewing
468(1)
Using power ethically
469(1)
Witnessing
469(1)
The interviewer's nightmare
470(1)
Dummy run
470(1)
Interviewing in depth
471(1)
I Crossing thresholds
471(1)
Silence is your most persuasive instrument
471(1)
Don't catch them when they fall
471(1)
Privileged moments and beats
471(1)
Being adversarial without giving offense
471(1)
The devil's advocate approach
472(1)
Starting from a generalized comment
472(1)
Seeking brevity
472(1)
Triggering unfinished business
472(1)
Concluding the interview
473(1)
The release
473(1)
Sizing up the interview
473(1)
Going further: `inward journey' monologues
473(3)
Hands-on learning
476(3)
PART 7C ADVANCED POSTPRODUCTION
32 From Transcript to Assembly
479(6)
What you need for transcripts
479(3)
Accuracy
479(2)
Time code (TC)
481(1)
Line numbering
481(1)
Transcription software and hardware
481(1)
Transcription services for hire
481(1)
Using a database
481(1)
Selecting and assembling transcript materials
482(1)
Stage 1 Make an action assembly
482(1)
Stage 2 Mark up the interview transcripts
482(1)
From paper edit to first assembly
483(1)
Literal and non-literal comments
483(1)
Treating your audience as equals
484(1)
Give action preference over words
484(1)
Hands-on learning
484(1)
33 Creating Narration
485(10)
Pros and cons of narration
485(3)
Narrative voice
486(1)
Drawbacks
487(1)
Problems narration can solve
488(1)
Conversing and reading aloud are different
488(1)
Method A Creating the scripted narration
488(3)
Reading from a script
488(1)
Writing
489(1)
Timing and syntax
489(1)
Accommodating sound features
489(1)
Complement, don't duplicate
489(1)
Trying it out with a scratch recording
489(1)
A script for the narrator
490(1)
Voice auditions
490(1)
Recording and directing the narrator
490(1)
Acoustic setting
490(1)
Reading
491(1)
Method B Creating the improvised narration
491(1)
Simple interview
491(1)
Improvising from a rough script
492(1)
Improvising from an assumed identity
492(1)
Remember to record presence track
492(1)
Fitting narration to picture
492(2)
Using the first word's power on a new image
492(1)
Operative words
493(1)
Composing meaning
494(1)
Hands-on learning
494(1)
34 Original Music
495(6)
Preparing to work with a composer
495(2)
Spotting for music
495(1)
Choosing who's right
496(1)
Working with the composer
497(3)
When there is a temp track
497(1)
Discussing a music cue list
497(1)
Keys in diegetic and nondiegetic music
498(1)
Compiling music cues
498(1)
Unifying through time
499(1)
Conflicts and composing to sync points
499(1)
How long does it take?
499(1)
Budgeting
499(1)
Live recording session
500(1)
Conductor needs
500(1)
Live music session
500(1)
Music in postproduction
500(1)
Fitting music
500(1)
The sound mix
500(1)
35 Editing Refinements and Structural Solutions
501(8)
Editing rhythms: an analogy in music
501(1)
Harmony
501(1)
Counterpoint
501(1)
Dissonance
502(1)
Using your instincts while editing
502(1)
Using trial audiences
502(1)
Subtexts and making the visible significant
503(1)
When instincts aren't sufficient
503(1)
Diagnostics
503(3)
Diagnostic log
503(2)
Turning your film into playing cards
505(1)
Dealing with multiple endings
506(1)
More trial audiences
506(1)
Length
506(1)
Fear of failure
506(3)
36 The Final Sound Mix
509(8)
Preparation
509(2)
Checklist
509(1)
Tailoring
509(1)
What to expect
510(1)
Priorities
511(1)
File preparation
511(1)
Principles
511(2)
EQ principles
511(1)
EQ uses
511(1)
Dialogue tracks and inconsistency problems
512(1)
Be cautious with comparative levels
513(1)
Beginning the process
513(1)
Premixing
513(1)
Rehearse, then record
513(1)
Stems
514(1)
Archiving
514(3)
Safety copies
514(1)
Music and effects (M & E) tracks
514(3)
PART 8 WORK
37 Developing a Career
517(10)
Dirk Matthews on finding work after school
517(1)
Will I find work to pay my bills?
518(4)
On graduating
518(1)
Networking
519(1)
Craftsperson
519(1)
Your demo reel
520(1)
Video hosting
521(1)
Web-building platforms
521(1)
You, on the web
521(1)
Seeking job information
522(2)
Informational interviews
522(1)
Cold-calling
523(1)
Using narrative in the job search
523(1)
Making a job for yourself
523(1)
The importance of short films
524(1)
The search for subjects
524(3)
Study the competition
525(1)
Practice your pitch
525(1)
Sizzle reel
525(1)
Documentary proposals
525(1)
Using festivals
526(1)
38 Starting Up on Your Own
527(10)
Starting a business
527(1)
Incorporating
527(1)
For profit or nonprofit?
527(1)
Fiscal sponsorship
528(1)
Seeking funds
528(3)
Current information
528(1)
Crowdfunding
528(1)
Kickstarter
529(1)
Caveats
529(1)
Funds and foundations
529(1)
Public funds
530(1)
Broadcast organizations
530(1)
Survey organizations
530(1)
Film commissions
530(1)
Tod lending on proposals
531(1)
Marketing and distribution
532(3)
Resources
532(1)
Television
532(1)
Video on-demand
533(1)
Do it yourself (DIY)
533(1)
Film festivals
534(1)
Educational distribution
535(1)
A personal message
535(2)
Index 537
Michael Rabiger began in the cutting rooms of Englands Pinewood and Shepperton Studios, became an editor and BBC director of documentaries, and then specialized for many years in the US as a production and aesthetics educator. At Columbia College Chicago he was co-founder, then chair of the Film/Video Department and founded the Michael Rabiger Center for Documentary. He has directed or edited more than 35 films, was a founding faculty member and then Chair of the Film/Video Department at Columbia College Chicago, and has given workshops in many countries, designed and led a multinational European documentary workshop for CILECT, won the International Documentary Associations Scholarship and Preservation Award, and was also awarded the Genius/Career Achievement Award by the Chicago International Documentary Festival. He is the author of Developing Story Ideas and co-author of the enormously successful Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics, now in its sixth edition

Courtney Hermann is an Assistant Professor of Film at Portland State University, an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker, and a non-fiction media producer. Courtney's work is distributed by Public Broadcasting Service and its affiliates, through educational film catalogues, at film festivals, and through impact distribution to community partners.