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Documentary for the Small Screen (Paperback)

by Paul Kriwaczek (Author) "Television, in all its forms, is a dominant feature of today's world culture ..." (more)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Focal Press (8 Oct 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0240514726
ISBN-13: 978-0240514727
Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.6 x 1.6 cm

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Film and video have grown to be as significant in our time as books, newspapers and magazines. Documentary film-making is fast becoming as important and useful a skill as the ability to write well. Like writing, it can be learned by anyone.

Film and video have grown to be as significant in our time as books, newspapers and magazines. Documentary film-making is fast becoming as important and useful a skill as the ability to write well. Like writing, it can be learned by anyone.

Documentary for the small screen is both for those who are new to documentary film-making but want to know how to create productions of a professional standard, as well as for those already working in the medium who wish to improve their skills by taking a closer look at the way they carry out their tasks. It is written in a logical, straightforward way, the first half taking the reader through an analysis of what documentary actually is, to constructing it through developing the story and assembling the appropriate building-blocks. In the second part, the pre-production stages of preparing proposals, costings and outlines, and researching the subject are all carefully examined, as are production planning and the shoot, followed by the post-production stages involved in editing and reviewing the completed film.

Paul Kriwaczek is an award winning documentary maker who has a wealth of experience to pass on, having worked for many years at BBC Television where he wrote, directed and produced documentary, drama, music and science programmes.

a step by step approach to documentary making - from research, script preparation and filming to team roles.
different aesthetic treatments and styles described by leading documentary makers in the field
practical examples illustrated by stills, scripts and approaches to actual productions

From the Author
What I wish I had known when I started making tv docs.
My book is an attempt to put on paper some of what I learned in 25 years of making tv documentaries. It's the stuff I wish somebody had told me when I started. Not so much a 'how-to-do-it', more a 'how-to-think-about-it' book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A superb text book for documentary making, 1 Feb 2000

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This book is clear and concise. It is also -thank God, stimulating and well written. Documentary making for TV is an art as well as a craft and Paul K captures both. As a documentary maker I would recommend it to anyone.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Documentary Makers Dream, 19 Dec 2002

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This book is brilliant. If you are planning to enter the world of TV documentary making and were looking at a one year course or even a one month course that will cost you hundreds of pounds, then close your wallet and order this instead. It may not get you the contacts that a course will, but it will teach you everything you need to know and you can't have a personality clash with a book!

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2.0 out of 5 stars heavy going - no sense of fun, 28 April 2006

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Dont buy this. Although a how-to book necessarily will be a bit dry, i found this overly so. What makes a book like this great is if retainis the sense of fun throughout. This one didn't. Or perhaps the moral is: dont read so much about it, just get on with it.

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