Introduction to Documentary Production

by Kochberg, Searle

• ISBN13: 9781903364376
• ISBN10: 190336437X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIV PRESS

Summary

Introduction to Documentary Production: A Guide for Media Students is designed for students in Higher and Further Education who are approaching documentary production for the first time. The book is written in an accessible style by Media staff at the University of Portsmouth all of whom have backgrounds in media production/journalism. The book covers the making of documentaries from concept through production to post-production, and includes close readings of documentary makers' intent and target audiences.

Table of Contents

acknowledgements	vii
notes on contributors	ix
introduction searle kochberg	1	(4)
structure and script jane young	5	(24)
deciding the concept	6	(2)
defining the structure	8	(4)
key issues to address	12	(3)
developing the script	15	(6)
ways of working	21	(8)
narrativity and intent in documentary production searle kochberg	29	(30)
the image	29	(3)
rhetorical style	32	(9)
narrative patterning	41	(7)
authorship	48	(11)
audiences and documentary marie womack	59	(18)
approaches to the concepts of documentary audiences	59	(2)
audience research: documentary as commodity, as form of social communication and as cultural response	61	(5)
documentary as mediated discourse: high-, middle- and low-brow aesthetics and spectatorship	66	(4)
pop culture as subversive?	70	(7)
production management janice kearns	77	(22)
scheduling and budgeting	79	(4)
pre-production	83	(3)
managing your production	86	(13)
documentary cinematography william garrison	99	(30)
passive versus active cinematography	101	(2)
camera	103	(17)
lighting	120	(5)
a journey of compromise	125	(4)
creative sound ron geesin	129	(28)
sound in life	131	(10)
audio post-production	141	(4)
sound sources	145	(1)
sound in documentary	146	(11)
digital technology and programme-making colin denahy	157	(14)
analogue signals and scanning	158	(2)
digital imaging	160	(5)
digital audio recording	165	(3)
broadcast formats and new media	168	(1)
digital technology and implications for programming ethics	169	(2)
editing in non-fiction and documentary film damian toal	171	(22)
editing as part of a patterned and formal system of communication	172	(2)
the principles of editing	174	(4)
planning for post-production	178	(4)
points to consider when organising and assembling material	182	(1)
producing a rough cut	183	(2)
developing the fine cut	185	(3)
summary of guidelines for editing documentaries	188	(5)
coda streaming media and documentary william garrison and searle kochberg	193	(6)
glossary	199	(6)
index	205