Learn about Documentaries

Discover how to plan, shoot, and edit documentary films that inform, inspire, and entertain your audience.

All Documentary content:

  1. Documentary in Motion: Advanced Slider Action

    Documentary in Motion: Advanced Slider Action

    Tutorial Advanced

    If you've already brought a slider along to your documentary shoot, you can achieve more creative motion with a few slider adjustments.

  2. Documentary in Motion: Basic Slider Techniques

    Documentary in Motion: Basic Slider Techniques

    Tutorial Beginner

    Sliders can introduce dynamic motion to documentaries in many ways, including establishing shots and slides over static photographs, but portability is...

  3. How to Add Motion to Your Documentary With a Timelapse

    How to Add Motion to Your Documentary With a Timelapse

    Tutorial Beginner

    One of the simplest ways to add motion to your documentary is actually by leaving your camera alone for a few hours, while it captures a time lapse.

  4. How to Use the Five 'W's for a Fantastic Documentary Interview

    How to Use the Five 'W's for a Fantastic Documentary Interview

    Tutorial Beginner

    Who, What, Where, When & Why: we may have all heard of them, we may understand the reason for them, but how do we best employ them? In this video you...

  5. Master the Documentary Interview With These Practical Exercises

    Master the Documentary Interview With These Practical Exercises

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this video tutorial from my course The Documentary Interview, I'll talk you through some practical exercises that you can work on to help build your...