Documentary Filmmaking
- CAPITAL C – A Documentary on Crowdfunding seeks Funding (plus Filmmaker Interview)
A film about the phenomenon crowdfunding is being funded with the help of crowdfunding. So help and support it!
- GoPro HD Hero 2 gets big firmware upgrade resulting in 24fps and higher bitrates
Update adds 24p, 35Mbps data rate, log curve encoding, Neutral color profile and reduced sharpening and noise reduction.
- The Changing Face of Documentaries – Keynote from David Lyle (CEO, National Geographic Channels US)
David Lyle shares his vision of how factual programming is having to adapt to audiences as they get used to different types of storytelling.
- Canon announced new EOS D1-C DLSR Camera with 4K Video Recording
Camera captures 4.096 x 2.160 video at up to 24p without upscaling, 18 MP full frame sensor. Price expected: USD 15.000
- Jeremy Paxman’s infamous Michael Howard interview
We all know the situation when interview partners continuously try to avoid answering simple questions. But for investigative filmmakers it can be essential to get answers. See how Jeremy Paxman did it.
Tutorials & Guides
- How to create subtitles/closed captions for films and videos
In order to really reach a global audience it is very important to offer subtitles. [...]
- Save Money on Documentary Filmmaking – Part I
As soon as you are planning to shoot a doc in a foreign country production costs i.e. for calling locals or team members can explode. But there are plenty of solutions to save money.
- Music Documentaries – Guide to the Genres
There are as many different types of music documentaries as there are styles of music, [...]
- War Documentaries and War Propaganda – Guide to the Genres
Aside from atrocities and brutality, war means business. Not only to the arms industry but [...]
- Documentary Filmmaking Talks – Nicolas Philibert
Acclaimed filmmaker, Nicolas Philibert shares his very particular and personal approach to documentary. In 2001, [...]
Lastest Wiki ‘Guide to the Genres’ Articles
- Music Documentaries – Guide to the Genres
There are as many different types of music documentaries as there are styles of music, but one of the first instances of music actually being combined with “film” in the [...]
- War Documentaries and War Propaganda – Guide to the Genres
Aside from atrocities and brutality, war means business. Not only to the arms industry but also to film producers and military propaganda units (a recent film that dealt with war [...]
- Direct Cinema and Cinéma Vérité – Guide to the Genres
Although the terms Direct Cinema and Cinéma vérité are often described as being quite similar, they are in fact two opposing ways in trying to meet the same goal – [...]
- Mockumentary – Guide to the Genres
Fake documentaries aka Mockumentaries & Pseudo-Documentaries. The documentary genre is as old as the history of the movies – the first images put to film weren’t exactly “art stuff” but [...]
Lastest Reviews
- Pina – Documentary – Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel [REVIEW]
German-born Pina Bausch (1940 – 2009) was a pioneer in the international world of dancing. Combining modern dance with elements of pantomime, song or acting, she is regarded as the inventor of the so-called „Tanztheater“.
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front [REVIEW]
This Academy Award 2012 nominated film centers on environmentalist Daniel McGowan, a former member of the “Earth Liberation Front”, a worldwide collective of eco-guerillas.
- “180″ Movie – Ray Comforts Hitler vs Abortion Film [REVIEW]
180 Film: You like Hitler? You don’t believe in God? Good chance you are pro-abortion then!
- Big Vinny [REVIEW]
The Big Vinny is another great short doc by the makers of the “California is a place” series and portrays “Big Vinny” Rich Lieberman, a former used car salesman from Alameda: “Every terrible expression you’ve ever heard about car salesmen – it’s true!







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