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Making Documentary Videos: The Interview

When you get involved and direct powerful interviews and shoot compelling video, you have the makings of a great Cinéma Vérité style documentary. In the...

Documentary Looks at Uses of 4 Wheel Drive

Title: Enthusiast Prize: Bogen Manfrotto MdeVe Tripod, Head and Bag ($404) Producer: Daniel Beck, Murray, Utah Camcorders: JVC GY-DV500, Panasonic AG-DVX100 Editor: Adobe Premiere 6.5

Biography Videos: New Application for Home Video

As I recall, the truly first application for home video was highly personal, yet generalized. Home movies, as the name implies, began prior to...

Grizzlies in Yellowstone

Eight months in the backcountry wilderness of Yellowstone hunting grizzlies with nothing more than a Canon XL1s is literally a walk in the park...

Viewfinder: Documentary Observations

I have always been fascinated with the documentary video genre. A day in the life of a nurse or a policeman makes for excellent...

Video Genres

Cable TV has channels called "Nature," "Home and Garden" and "History" because viewers naturally classify the programs they want to watch. In the same...

Interview Techniques

On-camera interviews demand just about every production skill going. To organize this sprawling topic we often split it into categories, offering one article on...

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