From the course: Learning Documentary Video: 1 Planning and Pre-production
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Coming up with an interview plan
From the course: Learning Documentary Video: 1 Planning and Pre-production
Coming up with an interview plan
- One of the most important elements of many documentaries is the interview. Which can often serve as the foundation for the entire film. Interviews are multi-faceted. They can serve as wonderful interpersonal research where you talk to experts about your topic to learn information. And then, of course, when you identify great sources, they may be able to serve as the on screen interviews for the film. And so here I want to talk about coming up with a good interview plan in the pre-production phase. The first step in tackling an interview plan is to first look at the film plan. Here's a general plan we've drawn up for the project RELO doc taken from my proposal. The vast majority of the points I want to explore will be delivered, at least in part, by a talking head interview with B role. For each point, I need to decide who I want to act as the authority or storyteller. Try to be specific. Granted, some documentary filmmakers cast a wide net and just trust that they'll get what they…
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Planning and executing the research4m 56s
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Thinking about assets2m 13s
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Coming up with an interview plan5m 48s
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Conducting pre-interviews3m 2s
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Developing pre-production materials5m 38s
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Gathering non-production assets6m 37s
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Planning production assets3m 23s
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Planning the Project RELO shoot6m 41s
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