{"id":29635,"date":"2013-10-07T19:14:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T23:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=29635"},"modified":"2013-10-07T19:47:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T23:47:06","slug":"lessons-in-making-a-better-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/lessons-in-making-a-better-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons In Making A Better Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"how-to-make-your-documentary-better-check-out-these-important-lessons-from-documentary-filmmakers\">How to make your documentary better &#8211; check out these important lessons from documentary filmmakers.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29700\" style=\"float: right; border: none; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" title=\"Documentary\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/documentary-genre.jpg\" alt=\"Documentary\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/documentary-genre.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/documentary-genre.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/documentary-genre.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>If you&#8217;ve not bothered to pay for a formal film school education*, you can learn plenty online for free thanks to these <strong>documentary filmmakers<\/strong> sharing their wisdom and experiences on the whole gamut of <strong>filmmaking<\/strong> tasks involved in producing a gripping and entertaining documentary. Take some time out and learn about everything from shooting your documentary to creating story enhancing <strong>motion graphics<\/strong>. Sit back and absorb.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Film school can be worth paying for a) for the experience b) for the connections and c) for the opportunity to watch a lot of movies.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"editing-documentaries\">Editing Documentaries<\/h3>\n<p>In this 45 minute <strong>documentary<\/strong> <strong>editing<\/strong> seminar <a title=\"Documentary Director\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3919955\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Richard Speziale<\/a>, walks through the entire process of building a documentary from the ground up. A must watch for those new to <strong>documentary<\/strong> <strong>editing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s1mOH1UpNdM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"490\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"documentary-story-structure\">Documentary Story Structure<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Documentary Doctor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.documentarydoctor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Fernanda Rossi<\/a>, know as the Story Doctor, delivers a very interesting talk on the way in which many documentaries that end up as wild successes start out as failures. In this (unfortunately low-res recording) story workshop she demonstrates the kind of before and after story structure work she specializes in. It&#8217;s a rare window into how to shape a <strong>documentary<\/strong>, sometimes just to get it into festivals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/DocumentaryStoryStructure\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"490\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"after-effects-for-documentary-editors\">After Effects for Documentary Editors<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Steve Audette\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevecutsdocs\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Steve Audette<\/a> a highly <strong>experienced documentary editor<\/strong>, delivers this brilliant lecture on how to best use <strong>After Effects<\/strong> in the documentary edit suite. If you enjoy this you&#8217;ll definitely want to check out Steve&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"How to edit a documentary\" href=\"http:\/\/jonnyelwyn.co.uk\/film-and-video-editing\/an-exemplary-lecture-on-editing-documentaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">exemplary lecture on documentary editing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/18281019?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"shooting-documentaries\">Shooting Documentaries<\/h3>\n<p>At the most recent<strong> <a title=\"Lacpug\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lafcpug.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">LACPUG<\/a><\/strong> Filmmaker <a title=\"Bill Megalos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billmegalos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Bill Megalos<\/a> shares\u00a0what it takes to shoot and make documentaries all over the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8y3hHxlah4o\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"490\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to make a documentary? 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