Making Documentary Films and Videos: A Practical Guide to Planning, Filming, and Editing Documentaries
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The classic guide to making documentaries, now revised and expanded for today’s filmmaker
The second edition of Making Documentary Films and Videos fully updates the popular guidebook that has given readers around the world the knowledge and confidence to produce their first documentary film. It traces two main approachesrecording behavior and re-creating past eventsand shows you how to be successful at each. Covering all the steps from concept to completion, with chapters on visual evidence; documentary ethics; writing for documentaries; budgeting; assembling a crew; film and sound recording; casting and directing actors and nonactors; and editing for the audience, this book can help you successfully bring to life the documentary you want to make.
The second edition includes
a discussion of truth, reality,” and honesty in the current
filmmaking environment
new advice on how to get started in documentary filmmaking
an expanded section on researching and writing the proposal,
treatment, and script
an exhaustive list of resources
Barry Hampe is a writer-director and film/video teacher who has made more than 150 documentaries and information videos. He has also owned production companies in Philadelphia, Honolulu, and Las Vegas.
Covering all the steps from concept to completion, Hampe’s guidebook has given students of film around the world the knowledge and confidence to produce their first documentary film. It traces two main approachesrecording behavior and re-creating past eventsand shows students how to be successful at each. Now in a second edition, Hampe includes up-to-date information on several topics, such as a discussion on truth, reality,” and honesty in the filmmaking environment; new advice on how to get started in documentary filmmaking; an expanded section on researching and writing a proposal; and an exhaustive list of resources. In one complete volume, Hampe, who has made more than two hundred documentary films and information videos as director, scriptwriter, or both, offers students the necessary tools to confidently make documentary films and videos.
“Barry Hampe’s Making Documentary Films and Reality Videos is a road map for all those wanting to make a documentary. Such a book has been needed for so long . . . There is information here that cannot be found anywhere elseparticularly the section on visual evidence.”Jeannette Paulson, Creative Director, Hawaii International Film Festival
“Clear, informative, and a valuable resource that combines professional expertise with personal experience.”Betsy McLane, Ph.D., Executive Director, International Documentary Association
“A thoroughly researched and informative guide for new documentary makers.”Pat Mitchell, President, Turner Original Productions
“A road map for all those wanting to make a documentary. Such a book has been needed for so long . . . There is information here that cannot be found anywhere elseparticularly the section on visual evidence.”Jeannette Paulson, Creative Director, Hawaii International Film Festival
“This is one of the stronger documentary texts I’ve ever read (and I’ve read them all). Well constructed and easy to follow, while providing strong information. I look forward to using it in my Field Documentary class.”Frank Barnas, Director of Student Productions, Greenspun School of Communication, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
“I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Hampe’s narrative style is clear and concise with just the right amount of humor. While acknowledging the importance of technical expertise, he focuses on those aspects of filmmaking craft that create compelling stories. Careful reading by first-time filmmakers will allow them to avoid pitfalls many of us have made. Investing a few hours of time will pay many dividends to Mr. Hampe’s readers.”Clark Bunting, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Animal Planet, Discovery Networks
“Fascinating and very thoroughcovers everything one needs to know to make a documentary.”Linda Seger, author of Creating Unforgetable Characters
“Barry Hampe has written the definitive guide-map through the documentary production ‘minefield.’ His step-by-step simplicity makes the book must-reading for not only novice practitioners but for reality storytellers of every experience level.”Stanley H. Moger, President, SFM Entertainment
“A road map for all those wanting to make a documentary. Such a book has been needed for so long . . . There is information here that cannot be found anywhere elseparticularly the section on visual evidence.”Jeannette Paulson, Creative Director, Hawaii International Film Festival
“This is one of the stronger documentary texts I’ve ever read (and I’ve read them all). Well constructed and easy to follow, while providing strong information. I look forward to using it in my Field Documentary class.”Frank Barnas, Director of Student Productions, Greenspun School of Communication, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
“I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Hampe’s narrative style is clear and concise with just the right amount of humor. While acknowledging the importance of technical expertise, he focuses on those aspects of filmmaking craft that create compelling stories. Careful reading by first-time filmmakers will allow them to avoid pitfalls many of us have made. Investing a few hours of time will pay many dividends to Mr. Hampe’s readers.”Clark Bunting, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Animal Planet, Discovery Networks
“Fascinating and very thoroughcovers everything one needs to know to make a documentary.”Linda Seger, author of Creating Unforgetable Characters
“Barry Hampe has written the definitive guide-map through the documentary production ‘minefield.’ His step-by-step simplicity makes the book must-reading for not only novice practitioners but for reality storytellers of every experience level.”Stanley H. Moger, President, SFM Entertainment
Comprehensive and well-written introduction for aspiring filmmakers. Every aspect of production is covered, from conceptualizing an idea to seeking distributors for the final product. Technical aspects of video and film equipment are touched upon, but are not covered to such a degree that they become laborious. For instance, the subject of lighting, which could easily be a book unto itself, is addressed in a few pages. A filmography of classic documentaries and an appendix describing how to join the International Documentary Association are included. An invaluable tool for future producers and an excellent title to supplement videography and film-production classes.”John Kiefman, Fairfax County Public Library, Virginia, School Library Journal
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Making Documentary Films and Reality Videos: A Practical Guide to Planning, Filming, and Editing Documentaries of Real Events
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Making Documentary Films and Reality Videos is the perfect text for students of filmmaking who would like to make a documentary. Barry Hampe, who has made more than 150 documentary films and videos, traces the two main approaches to documentary–recording behavior and re-creating past events—and shows students how to do both effectively. Covering all the steps, from conceptualization to completion, the book includes chapters on visual evidence; documentary ethics; why reality is not enough; budgeting; and casting, crew, and equipment selection.
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The Eye Is Quicker: Film Editing: Making a Good Film Better
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The most comprehensive book on the principles, methods, and strategies vital to the creative art of film editing.
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The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film
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The Conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the crafts of writing and film shine through.
It was on the set of the movie adaptation of his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, that Michael Ondaatje met the master film and sound editor Walter Murch, and the two began a remarkable personal conversation about the making of films and books in our time that continued over two years. From those conversations stemmed this enlightened, affectionate book — a mine of wonderful, surprising observations and information about editing, writing and literature, music and sound, the I-Ching, dreams, art and history.
The Conversations is filled with stories about how some of the most important movies of the last thirty years were made and about the people who brought them to the screen. It traces the artistic growth of Murch, as well as his friends and contemporaries — including directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Fred Zinneman and Anthony Minghella — from the creation of the independent, anti-Hollywood Zoetrope by a handful of brilliant, bearded young men to the recent triumph of Apocalypse Now Redux.
Among the films Murch has worked on are American Graffiti, The Conversation, the remake of A Touch of Evil, Julia, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather (all three), The Talented Mr. Ripley, and The English Patient.
“Walter Murch is a true oddity in Hollywood. A genuine intellectual and renaissance man who appears wise and private at the centre of various temporary storms to do with film making and his whole generation of filmmakers. He knows, probably, where a lot of the bodies are buried.”
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