Viewfinder – with Matt York and Brian Peterson
Matt and Brian discuss documentary videography and its growing interest among our viewers.
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Adaptation: Animal Behavior Conditioning
Chris Liles, Honolulu, HI
Considered an art form by many, documentary video production has its own special challenges and rewards. In this second of three parts series on how to make a documentary, we'll explore how to plan your approach, find your subject and begin the process of bringing your vision to fruition.
Once...
READER SHOWCASE - Charlie/ Morgan
Short Video Contest Winner: AKA Donut Dollies
Category: Best Documentary
Producer: Jack Schell, Gun Barrel City, TX
Prize: Prize: Bogen Manfrotto 745B Tripod with 701RC2 Head ($408)
Stats:
Scanner: Microtek 900 (professional, maybe around $900)
Editing software: Sony Vegas+DVD 6
Sony Sound Fordge
Abrosoft Phantamorph ($30)
Digital Juice (flag + music)
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 late 1950s, documentary filmmakers began to take advantage of the new, very portable 16mm film equipment and took their filmmaking to the streets, alleys, jungles...
Few other communication forms have the power to reveal a unique perspective, capture imagination and even motivate change. In this three-part series on how to make a documentary, you'll discover how you can move your story from dream to distribution.
Walk onto the working set of any television production studio...
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
As I recall, the truly first application for home video was highly personal, yet generalized. Home movies, as the name implies, began prior to the advent of the camcorder. Kodak had such great success with still photography, they branched out to silent movies. Some of your parents and their...
Eight months in the backcountry wilderness of Yellowstone hunting grizzlies with nothing more than a Canon XL1s is literally a walk in the park for Wyoming native Shane Moore. In fact, he's most at home in challenging environments, whether at the top of the steamy canopy of the Amazon...
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. Even something simple like a wedding day makes wonderful content for a documentary.
As videographers, we need to answer this fundamental question with our work:...
