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Filmmaking for fieldwork : a practical handbook / Andy Lawrence

By: Lawrence, Andy [author]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020Description: xi, 220 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 x 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781526131553; 1526131552Subject(s): Ethnology -- Methodology | Motion pictures -- Production and directionLOC classification: GN346 | .L39 2020
Contents:
Section 1: Why make a documentary film? -- Technique -- Approach -- Ethics -- Section 2: Preparation: Writing a film proposal -- Selecting equipment -- Establishing control -- Lighting -- Section 3: Recording: Fieldwork relationships -- Image -- Sound -- Operating in key situations -- Archive -- Section 4: Editing: Preparation for an edit -- Designing your film -- Beginning an edit -- Rough cutting to find a story -- Technique and style -- Feedback -- Titles and credits -- Fine cutting -- Editing and mixing sound -- Mastering -- Section 5: Distribution: Sharing your work -- Writing about your work -- Film festivals and screening events -- Publication -- Afterword: The journey continues -- Acknowledgements -- Picture credits -- List of figures -- Appendices: 1. Kit list -- 2. Forms -- 3. Recommended viewing -- 4. Further reading -- Index.
Summary: "Designed for researchers seeking new ways to explore their field and media professionals aiming to extend their practice, this filmmaking handbook shows you how to plug in to issues at the intersection of documentary cinema and ethnography. Exploring the unique potential for filmmaking to describe lifeworlds and the role of video editing in generating new ideas about human experience, it offers practical and theoretical advice for those making their first films. Based on over twenty years of teaching and industry experience, Filmmaking for fieldwork aims to inspire the development of core skills in camera use, sound recording and editing that can be applied to sensory, observational, participatory, reflexive and immersive modes of storytelling. Written for a multi-disciplinary audience, this book covers all stages necessary to produce a documentary film, from conception through to preparation, production, editing and distribution."--www.bookdepository.com.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211), filmography (pages 208-209) and index

Section 1: Why make a documentary film? -- Technique -- Approach -- Ethics -- Section 2: Preparation: Writing a film proposal -- Selecting equipment -- Establishing control -- Lighting -- Section 3: Recording: Fieldwork relationships -- Image -- Sound -- Operating in key situations -- Archive -- Section 4: Editing: Preparation for an edit -- Designing your film -- Beginning an edit -- Rough cutting to find a story -- Technique and style -- Feedback -- Titles and credits -- Fine cutting -- Editing and mixing sound -- Mastering -- Section 5: Distribution: Sharing your work -- Writing about your work -- Film festivals and screening events -- Publication -- Afterword: The journey continues -- Acknowledgements -- Picture credits -- List of figures -- Appendices: 1. Kit list -- 2. Forms -- 3. Recommended viewing -- 4. Further reading -- Index.

"Designed for researchers seeking new ways to explore their field and media professionals aiming to extend their practice, this filmmaking handbook shows you how to plug in to issues at the intersection of documentary cinema and ethnography. Exploring the unique potential for filmmaking to describe lifeworlds and the role of video editing in generating new ideas about human experience, it offers practical and theoretical advice for those making their first films. Based on over twenty years of teaching and industry experience, Filmmaking for fieldwork aims to inspire the development of core skills in camera use, sound recording and editing that can be applied to sensory, observational, participatory, reflexive and immersive modes of storytelling. Written for a multi-disciplinary audience, this book covers all stages necessary to produce a documentary film, from conception through to preparation, production, editing and distribution."--www.bookdepository.com.