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The people you select to appear onscreen will ultimately make or break your documentary. Choosing interview subjects is to documentary productions what casting is to narrative filmmaking. The only difference is that docs have real characters instead of character actors.
A compelling character can really make a project. In fact, many of the most successful documentaries are character studies. American Movie (about a filmmaker), Crumb (about a comic strip artist), and The Cruise (about a NYC tour guide/poet) are all notable documentary character studies. All of these docs are built around the unique perspective of a ...
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