Learning Documentary Video: 2 Production

This course—the second in a three-course series—shows how to produce and direct your documentary including how to interview subjects, capture observational scenes, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Exercise files

1. The Pre-Production Recap

• Reviewing successful pre-production strategies
• Reviewing important production documents

2. Production: The Realization of Your Plan

• Effective directing
• Setting up the interview: Location
• Setting up the interview: Aesthetic
• Conducting the interview: Getting great responses
• Conducting the interview: Working through challenges
• Shooting effective b-roll
• Shooting engaging observational scenes

3. The Project RELO Production: Behind the Scenes

• Camera, sound, and more
• Conducting interviews
• Working in the field
• Media management and edit handoff

Conclusion

• Next steps
• The finished documentary, "Veteran's Work: The Project RELO Story"