Editorial Reviews
Product Description:Tens of thousands of readers have benefited from Michael Rabiger's classic text on documentary filmmaking, now updated to reflect the revolutionary switch to digital video equipment and software. You will learn how to research and focus a documentary film or video idea, develop a crew, direct the crew, maintain control during shooting, and oversee postproduction. Practical work is emphasized, with dozens of exercises and questionnaires to help focus your ideas and give you hands-on practice. The documentary is treated as an important genre in its own right, as well as a useful prelude to directing feature films.
The fourth edition is a significant update. The book's emphasis has always been on concrete steps you can take to become a documentary filmmaker, and there are loads of new projects to help, along with assessment tables that allow you to gauge your progress. In addition, there is new material on location sound, the reality TV trend, top documentaries to see, and more.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Difficult to read!!, September 19, 2008
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Ahmed H. Alenizy (Kuwait)
I do not advice non native English speakers to purchase this book, unless you want to use dictionary to figure out every second word! I just recently finished reading Documentary Storytelling for Sheila Curran Bernard, that book is readable, the writer there is demonstrating her knowledge in the subject of the book, but the "ranter" here is demonstrating his knowledge of English word's.
But that's just my opinion.
Great book for documetary students, professionals and teachers alike, September 10, 2008
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Audun Bjerknes (norway)
I used this book as a documentary student making films. It was useful then. I am now a media teacher and I rediscover this book, it contains a lot of exercises useful for a pedagogical approach to filmmaking as well.
A must read, March 7, 2008
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Robin Gobetz (USA)
As a beginning documentary maker, I have found this book to be highly useful. As well as the practical aspects of creating a documentary, it provides history of the genre and valuable insight as to why documentary makers do what they do - it is clearly not for the money.
By the way, this book was recommended to me by a college professor who teaches film making.
Enjoyable Too, April 11, 2007
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Go OnThought it would be much more heavy and academic. Is an easy read without dumbing down. Great for getting you going again if youhave "fallin off the wagon".
great, April 10, 2007
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A. Svensonwhat a great book. it's up-to-date and goes through everything you could ever want to know about documentary filmmaking.
