How To Make A Documentary (Movie) For Beginners

Hello sist and brothers, this time I will discuss about one of my hobbies, namely Film Making and I will membahastentang how to make a documentary like the title of this article,

In this way of making a documentary, there are special tips that movie that you create will have a meaning that memorable, like the audience, as well as to adjust the budget. Here are the steps how to make a documentary film that you must take to make a documentary.


1. DETERMINING THE THEME

Determine the theme of the documentary is not difficult, you can try to find a theme in newspapers, radio, television or any other media as inspiration. Once you find the right theme, you have to dig a conflict that you want to highlight in the film. Do a proper research on the subject in a documentary you and also matters related to the subject. Research is very important because the documentary was not fiction, and should be supported by strong data and facts.

2. FILM TO WRITE STATEMENT

Film statement that the idea of ​​writing in the form of storyboard as a guide in the field. To produce a film statement you must first finish writing the screenplay.

3. MAKE TREATMENT OR OUTLINE

Outline usually also referred to as script. With the script you can channel all story ideas to the crew on duty during the filming took place.

4. NOTING SHOOTING

Shooting should you notice is shooting and shooting schedule list. Shooting list is co-incident whatever you want to get, while shooting schedule is a record for a movie shoot schedule.

5. EDITING SCRIPT

During the editing process there are a few things you should do, namely making transcript of the interview, make logging pictures, and makes editing scripts. In the process, you may have to do editing to adapt to circumstances on the ground or other needs.

Below is an example of a framework of how to make a documentary that you can use as an illustration to make your own movies framework.

Title: Forests Newsletter

Theme: The destruction of a forest area, due to illegal logging

Message: The management and illegal logging, destroy forests and lead to floods

Story: Persistence communities in Berau, in keeping forests and their customary land together

Form: Multikarakter (interview community members)

Potential Conflicts: When a lot of economic resources are depleted forests, the death of members of the public because of the floods, felling forest trees

Element: Video Footage forest in Berau, Kalimantan. Photo Berau forest in Borneo.

newspaper clippings

Duration: 40 minutes, MiniDV format (Betacam, or Celluloid)

Similarly, basic guidelines how to make a documentary for beginners that you can try. Here there is a reference documentary may be an inspiration for you in how to make a documentary.

The documentary "I Want To Be A Pilot" is an example of how to make a documentary of Diego Quemada-Diez, a filmmaker from Spain. This documentary tells the story of a Omondi who lives in Kibera, a slum in Kenya East Africa's largest. With the submission of the form of poetry Diego shows how to make a documentary about Omondi dream to fly in space with the aircraft that often he had seen flying over the city.


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