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Lumier's camera, the Cinematographe, was portable and light enough for location shooting.
Louis Lumier's camera, the Cinematographe, was portable and light enough for location documentary shooting.

Create Documentary Films, Videos and Multimedia published by Real Deal Press covers making documentary films and videos. Also using documentary story telling techniques for many other types of non-fiction projects.

Based on the J R Martin’s 35 years of production experience and 28 years of teaching filmmaking the book begins with a look at Documentary and Non-Fiction Story Telling. Other chapters cover Development and Researching, Interviewing for Documentary and Non-fiction projects, Equipment, Budgeting, Funding and many other topics. A number of Case Studies of different type documentary projects walk the reader through actual documentary projects from idea to screen and distribution.

Create Documentary Films, Videos and Multimedia by JRMartin

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In 1895 Louis Lumier made Arrival Of A Train, documentary, the first to reach the Public
In 1895 Louis Lumier made Arrival Of A Train, documentary, the first to reach the Public
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Documentary Point-Of-View

Every documentary film, video or photograph has a Point-of-View (POV). It is important for the creators of the documentation to consider what that POV may be.

Excerpted from Create Documentary Films, Videos and Multimedia by JRMartin

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History And Evolution of Documentary And Nonfiction Filmmaking

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The first documentary to be screened to the public by Louis Lumiere

There is an important reason and need to offer an explanation of the history and evolution of the concept of documentary filmmaking.

To this end it is necessary to look at many other issues that deal with the telling or reporting of nonfiction realities via the many methods of conveying such realities in books, magazines, newspapers, television and the internet. These issues have to do with the expectations of the public and ourselves as to how information is reported and disseminated in our culture, how it’s perceived and how subjectively the information is presented .

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