Documentary Director and Production (Third Edition)

Author: (USA) Robert Rosenthal, translated by Zhang Wenjun
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: This book combines the author's extensive experience and outstanding achievements in documentary direction, production, and teaching, with a focus on creative concepts as the main thread. It is supported by classic and detailed examples, comprehensively elaborating on and exploring the challenges often encountered in the process of documentary production—from conception and creation to distribution. Topics include documentary ideas and topic selection, key points in writing project proposals, research content and methods, film structure, the director's responsibilities, interviews, on-site shooting, scriptwriting, editing techniques and complexities, budget analysis, production and funding approaches, as well as problems and challenges. The book provides practical solutions, strategies, and techniques for addressing these issues. It not only possesses a complete systematic and theoretical foundation but also demonstrates strong practicality and guidance. This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate or graduate students in film and television direction and production at universities and colleges, as well as a valuable, high-quality reference manual and practical guide for documentary creators and professionals.