Thanks for tuning in. Here I plan to write about aspects of documentary-making, whether that is online journalistic-led doc-video along the lines of The Guardian’s documentary video and The Washington Post’s documentary video, or more ‘traditional’ documentary-making, for cinematic or TV screenings.
It might also touch on fiction film, what may be learned from it, and how it could be used in documentary. (Yes I know it has already, eg Errol Morris’ The Thin Blue Line, but it could perhaps take other elements of fiction to present documentary. This is clearly a future blog post.)
In any case, what I don’t plan to talk about is how Final Cut Pro can’t do a certain kind of correction or how the focus ring on the Sony Z1 camera can be a bit tricky. The idea is to write more about issues, ethics, things that face the video journalist/doc maker on the job and in the cutting room. And maybe afterwards, if there are repercussions. At least that’s the plan.
When I thought of doing a blog, it was January 2008 when I was Scarpa-deep in snow filming in a rural village near Pskov, Russia. So it’s pretty likely the first ‘real’ post should be something on subtitles.
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