Introduction
What you get in this course
Meet your instructor
How to use this course
Welcome to your documentary adventure
What is documentary?
Why make documentaries?
Picking your topic
Picking your title
The one-liner
The one-pager
Intro: A deeper look at story development
Story structure
Intro: Treatment writing
Treatment writing part 1
Treatment writing part 2
Treatment writing part 3
Treatment writing: Visual and Sound Description
Tension and release
Another way to visualize your film's structure
Select your tools
Crew roles
To crew or not to crew
Subjects
Wrap on pre-production
Welcome to prep
Contacting subjects
Locations
Scheduling
Crewing
How to get the interview
Types of shots
Shooting tips
Testing
Audio check
Camera check
Edit test
Story structure part 1 - Introduction
Story structure part 2 - beginnings
Case study part 1
Story structure part 3 - middles
Case study part 2
Story structure part 4 - endings
Case study part 3
Shoot for the edit
Shot list
Success checklist
Two weeks before shooting
One week before shooting
Shooting day schedule
Three days before a shooting day
Two days before a shooting day
More shot tips: Interviews
One day before a shooting day
Welcome to production
Advanced interview tips part 1
Advanced interview tips part 2
Advanced interview tips part 3
Success on shoot days
Post-interview tips
Return to base
Welcome to post-production
Tips for data management
Pre-edit checklist
Editing part 1
Editing part 2
Editing part 3
Editing part 4
Editing part 5
When to stop
Feedback
Perfection
Thank-you