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Documentary

- A documentary is a non-fictional production intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purpose of instruction or maintaining a historical record. This genre varies drastically in approach and style. Shooting documentaries is a lot like shooting news in many ways. It's part like making a movie and part news gathering. Budgets vary drastically when making a documentary, so depending on the type of doc you're working on, this will make a big difference in the type of camera you need. If it's in your budget, the digital cinema camera is a great choice for getting clean audio into the camera which is really important in documentary work and will allow you to have the cinematic look because of that nice big sensor. If you need to shoot in a less controllable situation, like a protest, then a camcorder or ENG camera would be a great choice. You won't miss the shot changing lenses. If you're working with a lower budget, you'll want to use a hybrid camera with a zoom…

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