Directing the Documentary Third Edition
Michael
Rabiger
Michael Rabiger has worked in the cutting room in feature films, as an editor and
director in documentaries, and as a production and aesthetics educator for many years. He
has directed or edited more than 35 films and is director of the documentary center at
Columbia College, Chicago.. Most recently, he has led a multinational European documentary
workshop for the World Consortium of film schools, and has taught narrative writing,
directing, and production as Visiting Professor at New York University's Tisch School of
the Arts.
- New edition of a Focal classic.
- New examples from well-known films and projects.
- Projects guide the reader through all phases of creating a professional-quality
documentary.
"Intelligent and artfully written, Directing the Documentary should enjoy
a place of prominence in the library of every documentary videomaker."--Videomaker
Magazine |
The Third Edition of Directing the
Documentary, like the previous two, guides the reader through the process of making a work
for the screen. This includes the real problems of researching and focusing a documentary
film or video idea, of developing a crew, of directing the crew and participants, and of
maintaining control during shooting. It guides the reader through the complex evolutionary
process of post-production, when the film's true characteristics can really begin to
emerge and assert themselves. |
Up-to-date with examples of significant new films and new projects, it is
written in conversational, non-technical language, treating the reader as a colleague in
search of clearly explained knowledge. The author, a veteran filmmaker and teacher shares
anecdotes from his own professional experience where they usefully illustrate ideas,
principles, or pitfalls.
Part 1: Introduction, History and Future * Introduction * A Brief and
Functional History of the Documentary * Part 2: Pre-Production * The Preparation Before
Shooting * Developing a Crew * Part 3: Projects: Learning to See With A Moviemaker's Eye *
Introduction * Project 1 Picture Composition Analysis * Project 2 Editing Analysis *
Project 3 Lighting Analysis * Part 4 Technical Basics Before Shooting * Equipment
Selection * About Lighting * Avoiding Problems * Part 5: Projects: Learning Basic Shooting
Techniques * Introduction * Sound Experiments * Camera Handling * Part 6: Production *
Interviewing * Directing Participants * Directing the Crew * Authorship * Part 7:
Projects: Developing Skills as a Director * Introduction * Interview in Depth * Two-Person
Conversation with Conflict * Covering a Conversation Handheld * Vox Populi Street
Interviews * Covering and Event of Process * Part 8: Postproduction * A Postproduction
Overview * The Paper Edit: Designing a Structure * Editing: The First Assembly * Editing:
The Process of Refinement * Narration * Editing: The End Game * Part 9: Projects:
Developing Skills as an Editor * Introduction * Interview, Varying Image Size *
Conversation, Two or More Persons * Editing Unbroken Complex Take * Complex Editing
Process * Part 10: Aesthetics and Authorship * Elements of the Documentary * Form,
Control, and Identity * Reenactment, Reconstruction, and Docudrama * Ethics, Authorship,
and Documentary Mission * Part 11: Career Track * Education * Getting Work * Part 12:
Appendices, Glossary, and Annotated Bibliography * Index
Readership: Academic: Students in film schools. There are a wide variety of
courses dedicated to the documentary. Also, this title has a good history of trade sales.
ISBN: 0240802705 Paperback
Color plates: Line Illustrations: 130
Halftones:
Measurements: 10 x 7 In.
Pages: 432
Color plates: Line Illustrations: 130
Halftones:
Measurements: 10 x 7 In.
Pages: 432
Publication Date: Monday, November 03, 1997
Price: $49.99 |
