Re: [Frameworks] Scriptwriting for Documentary
Thanks so much - will check out the Atkins Willette book. I've found Directing Documentary by Michael Rabiger very helpful also. Samirah On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 3:37 PM Scott Dorsey wrote: > I have worked on documentaries that were carefully storyboarded shot by > shot > beforehand. I have also worked on some where the camera crew was told to > "go out and get shots of that event" and the script was put together after > the fact, looking at the footage that came in. > > Good docco cameramen think of the story as they are shooting and they stop > and try and gather bits and pieces of scenes that fit together. This makes > it easier when they come back to figure out how to make them work, because > they were shot to work that way. > > I have seen storyboards, film-style scripts, and two-column scripts, and > all have some place somewhere. > > The best book I know of on docco production is "Filming TV News and > Documentaries" by Atkins and Willette. It is somewhat dated even by 16mm > production standards, and it's not exclusively about screenwriting, but > the nature of documentary production is that all of the different jobs are > mashed together and the lines between them are blurred. > --scott > ___ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Scriptwriting for Documentary
Thank you for this - I actually have these documents. I'm really wondering about this because I think we don't address this subject enough when we teach scriptwriting, and am sure different filmmakers do scriptwriting for their films. For ex., Raoul Peck's *I Am Not Your Negro* worked with James Baldwin's text, but also must have been a script to start out with or as at some point in the process. Would be curious to hear from any filmmakers about how they approach this in their work. All best, Samirah On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 2:08 PM Francisco Torres wrote: > some ideas- > > > http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/programme_doc_documentary_script.pdf > > > https://documentarycameras.com/how-to-write-a-documentary-film-script/ > > 2020-08-09 12:56 GMT-04:00, Samirah Alkassim : > > Greetings. > > > > Does anyone have advice about sources (books, articles, etc.) about > > scriptwriting for documentary - as in pre-production or during shooting? > > > > I'm very sloppy and approach it as logistical issues during > pre-production, > > production and editing, but wonder if anyone has a particular "system" of > > organization that works. > > > > Thanks, > > Samirah > > > ___ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Scriptwriting for Documentary
some ideas- http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/programme_doc_documentary_script.pdf https://documentarycameras.com/how-to-write-a-documentary-film-script/ 2020-08-09 12:56 GMT-04:00, Samirah Alkassim : > Greetings. > > Does anyone have advice about sources (books, articles, etc.) about > scriptwriting for documentary - as in pre-production or during shooting? > > I'm very sloppy and approach it as logistical issues during pre-production, > production and editing, but wonder if anyone has a particular "system" of > organization that works. > > Thanks, > Samirah > ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
