Documentary in Practice : Filmmakers and Production Choices

"Documentary in Practice" provides a unique approach to practical documentary making.

Through fascinating analysis of real life production experiences, Jane Chapman shows the challenges and issues faced by documentary makers and brings her own personal experience as both documentary producer and teacher to advise on how students can gain invaluable insight from these projects.

Throughout this compelling text, 'work-a-day' producers provide their inside story and production records, including scripts, fund raising proposals, budgets, diagrams, post-production records and reviews.

Across continents every project and its makers are different - whether they be seasoned television freelances, an art house director, documentary maker activists, or first time film makers - but they all face a range of challenges: budgetary factors influencing quality; how to connect visual approach to content; morality of camera presence; conflict with commissioning editors; complaints and ethical challenges; legal issues and censorship; and interview difficulties with foreign languages.All students of media studies and aspiring documentary makers will find "Documentary in Practice" a refreshing introduction to the choices available for film making.