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Learning Documentary Video: 1 Planning and Pre-production

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Overview

This course—the first in a three-course series—shows how to develop your documentary idea into a story, pitch your idea, and plan for production.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome
Exercise files

1. Beginning with an Idea

The birth of an idea
The idea for Project RELO
Developing your idea into a framework
Developing your documentary pitch
Delivering the pitch
Writing a documentary proposal

2. Pre-Production: Getting Your Documentary Organized and Grounded

Planning and executing the research
Thinking about assets
Coming up with an interview plan
Conducting pre-interviews
Developing pre-production materials
Gathering non-production assets
Planning production assets
Planning the Project RELO shoot

Conclusion

Next steps
The finished documentary, "Veteran's Work: The Project RELO Story"

Taught by

Ashley Kennedy

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