Documentary in Practice provides a unique approach to practical
documentary-making. Through fascinating analysis of real-life production
situations, Jane Chapman shows the challenges and issues faced during
the filmmaking process by a range of both well-known and up-and-coming
documentary-makers. She also brings her own personal experience as a
seasoned documentary producer and teacher to advise on how students can
gain invaluable insight from these projects.
Throughout this compelling text, a variety of producers past and present
provide their inside project stories and production records, including
scripts, fundraising proposals, budgets, diagrams, post-production
records and reviews. Across continents, every project and its makers are
different whether they are famous names from the canon', television
freelances, art-house directors, documentary-maker activists or
first-time filmmakers but they all face a range of challenges:
* how to connect visual approach to content idea
* morality of camera presence
* complaints and ethical challenges
* legal issues and censorship
* budgetary factors influencing choices
* conflict with commissioning editors
All students of media studies as well as aspiring documentary-makers
will find this book a refreshing introduction to the choices available
for filmmaking and the issues that may emerge during the process.
