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by Paul Kriwaczek
Documentary for the Small Screen
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Why this book?
A note about words
I The Nature of Television Documentary
1 Introduction
Haven’t I seen you on TV?
Smaller, faster, better, cheaper…
A heady time
2 What is a Television Documentary?
Showing not telling
The melting pot
57 different varieties
3 How do we Start?
This is how we see the world
4 Telling the Story
The subject
The thread
Change
Beginning and ending
The intention
Film time
II Constructing a Television Documentary
Section A: Building the Story
A view of the real world
5 The Building Blocks
Pictures and words
Acts and sections
Scenes and sequences
The narrative scene
Description and exposition
The interview
Titles and junctions
End credits
Section B: The Tools
6 The Lens
Focal length
Aperture
Depth of field
7 The Microphone
Section C: Building the Form
8 The Frame
Camera placement
Shot size
The wide shot
The long shot
Group shots
The full and mid shots
The medium close-up
Close-ups
The talking head
9 The Shot
The narrative of the shot
Speed of movement
Direction of movement
Subject and camera movement
Motivation
Zoom and track
Pan and crab
Crane and tilt
Crash zoom and whip pan
Combined movements
The hand-held shot
Shot sound
10 The Sequence
The choice of shots
Continuity
Cut-aways and cut-ins
Pace
Rhythm
Sequence sound
Sequence music
Sequence narration
The cut
Matching the shots
The fade and the dissolve
Image manipulation
III Producing a Television Documentary
Section A: Pre-production
11 The Proposal
Where?
Who?
What?
12 Costing a Production
The schedule
Development
Pre-production
Production
Post-production
Budgeting notes
Production staff
Contributors’ fees
Production expenses
Production office costs
Purchased materials
Facilities’ costs
Costume, make-up, scenery, props, VisFx
Shooting, lighting and sound
Editing
Stock and duplicating
Graphics
Music
13 Outline, Treatment, Script
Outline
Treatment
Script
14 Research
Content research
Production research
People
Locations
Events
Other materials
The research report
Section B: Production
15 Production Planning
Managing the team
Preparation
16 The Shoot
The shooting day
Section C: Post-production
17 Editing
The editor
Editing technologies
Viewing the rushes
The rough cut
The fine cut
Sound editing
Music
Track laying and dubbing
18 The Review
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