Directing the Documentary - Tens of thousands of readers have benefited from Michael Rabiger's classic text on documentary film making, 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 post-production. 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 material on location sound, the reality TV trend, top documentaries to see, and more. Audience Beginning documentary filmmakers and film students
About the Author: Professor emeritus at Columbia College, founder of the Michael Rabiger Center for Documentary Film at Columbia College, recipient of the Preservation and Scholarship Award from the International Documentary Association
