Documentary

PROJECT
BY: Melissa Marchan and Vivian Africano
TABLE OF CONTENTS

WHAT IS THAT? MAIN ELEMENTS

01 General explanation 02 What it need?

STAGES SCRIPT
03 How to create a 04 Written part
documentary
01
^WHAT IS A
DOCUMENTARY?

Main aspects
Documentary is…
It is a non-fictional representation that
uses current and present material, such as
a recording of a live event, statistics,
interviews, etc. to address a social topic
of particular interest and potentially
affecting the audience.
 Documentary is …
Like a fiction film, it is important to realize that a
documentary is constructed and should not be
seen as a recording of reality, but seen as another
type of representation of it.
MAIN ELEMENTS

RECORDING STOCK
ACTION MATERIAL

People are captured Recycled material

doing daily activities at from other archives
work, home, streets or saved not used
etc. .. It also includes before.
shots of the landscape.
PEOPLE
TALKING
Individuals talking to each other
where the presence of the camera is
not intrusive.

INTERVIEWS
One or more people answer formal
and structured questions.
 Accurate representations of situations Titles, headings, animations
from the past or that by their nature can’t
be captured. Blank screen: for the audience to reflect
on what they are narrating.
 MAIN ELEMENTS

SYNCHRONIZED
SOUND

It is the sound captured during

recording. NARRATION

It can be the voice of the author

of the documentary or the
SILENCE voice of another participant.
it is used to cause a change of mood in the
viewer or to sharpen the attention of what
is happening visually.
STAGES – How to create a documentary?

PRE-PRODUCTION PRODUCTION POST-PRODUCTION

Covers all decisions and

All the filming or
adjustments prior to It is the part of the
recording of the material
recording, choosing the process where all the
is carried out. The
subject, carrying out the recorded material is
interviews are the heart
research, forming a transformed into the final
of the documentary
working team, getting work. It is usually done
because it collects
the equipment and by the editor.
authentic information but
deciding all the details of
also delves into the
the recording itself.
truths.
 Its characteristics are:

 Idea: this is the starting

WHAT IS A point. Write a couple of
lines and reflect what
SCRIPT? you want to say.

 Argument: it is the
It is a series of guidelines narrative development
that provides us with data of the idea, the actions
on what a specific product through which it will be
will contain. characterized are
counted.
TECHNICAL
SCRIPT
The technical script or
filming script is prepared
by the director and is
usually for his exclusive
use. It is usually written
shortly before filming,
sometimes during
rehearsals.
CONTAINS:

CAMERA
DIALOGUES FRAMING
POSITION

TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF
SOUND EFFECTS, MUSIC
LIGHTING
LET'S GET
STARTED!
A PICTURE IS
WORTH
THOUSAND
WORDS
The whole project is related to an English-
speaking country
COUNTRY: ENGLAND

- Now we are going to define roles

- Assign work
- Start investigation
What are we going to do?
The idea is to make a documentary in
which you are going to deal with various
cultural aspects of the country that was
assigned to you.

MAIN ASPECTS:
1. National symbols
2. National Anthem
3. Costumes
4. Dance, music
5. Food - Typical dishes
6. Sports
7. Touristic places
TIMELINE

DAY 1 DAY 3 DAY 5

DAY 2 DAY 4
 THANKS !
¡LET’S WORK!

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