How to Make a Documentary Film : Scripted vs. Unscripted Documentary Films

Professional advice on filming your own documentary! Learn about scripted and unscripted formats and how to produce a documentary film in this free video.

Expert: Kevin Lindenmuth
Contact: www.lindenmuth.com
Bio: Kevin Lindenmuth has worked in the film/video business for more than 20 years. He received his B.A. in film/video production from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1987.
Filmmaker: Travis Waack

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[TheDarrennewman]

and if you want to make any sort of success from a documentary it must be scripted to some aspect to know what you need where you will need it what you want to capture its ok if your making a family xmas film to just run with it but for a doc it needs a purpose and a focus and believe me a script and plan of shooting do's exactly that! you wont find investment or even people to take you serious if you dont have one! its away of 100% getting what you started to get!

[TheDarrennewman]

and to be honest i dont hink your really qualified to be giving lessons on documentarys gotta get a few years behind you a few success stories and then maybe then you can give some advice learn what you want to teach first but in all pretty good speech just a bit out of a text book kinda stuff but keep up the good work!

[TheDarrennewman]

professional advice ? and you edit with wipe across's ect 1st tip for you dont use to many effects when you make a documentary make it look like its been edited using software you get free on a Magazine you bought..you have thought alot about every thing else good sound, lighting might want to use a soft box to stop the glare in the glass's and the shadows on the wall, and stop using all them wipe across's if you want to use something just use a fade to black to go into the next subject.

[nigel101]

id like to know who this person is before i get advice.

[THEDEJAVUEFFECT]

what is the best way to record voice overs then load them into your editing software ? do u go to a studio and comment voice overs ? having them converted into mp3's ? anyone ? i am goin to film something big soon and im not using a boom mike this is why i ask. the rest of my cast when commenting will be shot close up in quiet rooms in dolby digital 5.1 through the camera mike.

[blurvisionfilms]

this really helped me a lot. I thought i would have to go to blockbuster and rent 5 to 6 documentary movie every weekend just to get the concept of doing one. I'm subbing and befriending you.

Thanks again

[CatFlashBlue]

For the most part- except for the unavoidable- I strongly like the idea of unscipted. Scripted documentaries almost, sometimes, seem like they are false, like they aren't the truth as if you are putting words into someone's mouth and not letting them answer the way they would really want to. But all's well it ends well. Thanks for this advice!

[ireynolds1]

thanks alot