Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
4 Hour(s) 45 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
James Buffin
Rating
Course Overview
Documentary Filmmaking from scratch - no previous Documentary, Filmmaking or Documentary Editing experience necessary
Documentary Filmmaking has never been more accessible. There is nothing between you and the Filmmaking dream of making a Documentary. Take this course and start your Filmmaking journey right now.
The pro guidance and downloadable resources in this course will support your project from start to finish.
Learn and practice repeatable steps to keep things on track and get your Documentary film made in a most straightforward way. This process-focused course will lift you over many predictable hurdles so you can get straight to the point: use Documentary Filmmaking to express your voice. Why reinvent the wheel? Take a proven Film Making path, centered on one big principle: simplicity.
This course guides you through the steps of Documentary Filmmaking and keeps you on track with downloadable worksheets in the following:
developing your theme
evolving your idea into a specific achievable concept
choosing your tools
finding crew
finding subjects to be in your film
selecting locations
tips on shooting
tips for interviews
tips for equipment
story structure case study
shooting for the edit
success checklists leading up to shooting
tips for data management
complete guide through editing process
"Both your courses led to more than a few epiphanies. Love the way you reinforced the theory with practical exercises. Extremely helpful in so many respects. Wished I’d taken this course years ago… at least I did now!"
Course Content
- 5 section(s)
- 73 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Pre-Production
- Section 3 Prep
- Section 4 Production
- Section 5 Editing
What You’ll Learn
- Step by Step instruction in documentary filmmaking, You'll learn how to shoot for the edit, Stay organized with your documentary project using the included worksheets, Case study in story structure and documentary editing, Documentary Filmmaking is barrier-free. Any tools including iPhone Filmmaking can be used!, You'll learn Documentary principles you can use for any Video Production, Process-centered approach, great for documentary journalism too
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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RRamon Elber Fernandes Soares
O conteúdo é bom mas em minha opinião deveria ter mais exemplos práticos ou outros recursos visuais como animação e slide por exemplo. Boa parte do curso ocorre apenas com a câmera parada no professor ensinando e isso acaba ficando meio cansativo de assistir.
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AAngie Brooks
Great class. I learned a lot. But I would have liked to see more visual examples when he spoke of different things vs watching him talk.
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CCatherine Auman
The instructor is warm, encouraging, and knowledgeable. Can't say I learned everything I need to know to make a documentary, but I did learn enough to get started. Great course.
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GG.Rajasekaran
Well the course was different than what I expected. Being a beginner i expected to have lessons on the art and craft of Documentary film making but the course turned out to be heavily loaded with ideas and tips about the process of making a documentary. The course does not even deal with shots and documentary aesthetics. Nor do we find help regarding the technical part of filming documentaries. But Mr. James Buffin has completed what he promised - of helping us understand the steps and work flow kind of stuff with sincerity . Yes those are indeed vital part of film making. The part on story structure had some useful insights with a practical illustration of Mr.Buffin's own short documentary film. Except this single illustration we don't find any illustration or video clips that would explains the crucial aspects of documentary film making. Here it was a bit disappointing but over all the course was worth pursuing as the process approach is hardly emphasized in any other course. Mr. James seems capable of delivering another course for those who would look for learning the aesthetics, art and craft of documentaries. I wish he puts together a course soon.
