Contents

Preface to the Fifth Edition

BOOK I: FUNDAMENTALS

PART 1: YOU AND YOUR IDEAS

1 The Director’s Role

2 Defining Your Artistic Identity

3 Developing Your Story Ideas

4 Proposing and Pitching a Short Documentary

PART 2: DOCUMENTARIES AND FILM LANGUAGE

5 Documentary Language

6 Elements and Grammar

PART 3: PREPRODUCTION

7 Research

8 Developing a Crew

PART 4: PRODUCTION

9 Camera Equipment

10 Lighting

11 Location Sound

12 Directing

PART 5: POSTPRODUCTION

13 Editing: From Start to Viewing the First Assembly

14 Editing: The Process of Refinement

15 Editing: From Fine Cut to Sound Mix

16 Titles and Acknowledgments

BOOK II: ADVANCED ISSUES

PART 6: DOCUMENTARY AESTHETICS

17 Point of View and the Storyteller

18 Dramatic Development, Time, and Story ...

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