The Metro Toronto Convention Centre is buzzing with visitors eagerly crowding around product booths, where exhibitors are demonstrating the latest gear at Profusion 2017--the...
In William ShatnerâÂÂs 2014 documentary, Chaos on the Bridge, the audience is given a ringside seat to the infighting among writers and producers during...
You could argue that the first films ever made were documentaries.
As early as the late 1800’s, motion picture pioneers tinkered with continuously-running photographic...
The orbit of John Grierson’s legacy touches almost everything we know about documentary. The five-foot something Scotsman with an orator’s voice single-handedly birthed the...
Producer, director and screenwriter Spike Jonze reminds the aspiring documentarian: “Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.”
How do you string all that unscripted material together, actuality, interviews and visuals, to craft a story that brings insight and understanding — a...
Before getting into how best to harness objectivity to serve your documentary story, a quick historical review of this most-coveted of journalistic ideals might...