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5 Tips for Shooting 360 Documentary

• December 3, 2018
• Tagged as: 360 doc filmmaking, 360 doc films, 360 documentary, 360 documentary film, 360 documentary filmmaking, 360 storytelling, 360 video, diy documentary, doc filmmaking, documentary film, documentary filmmaker, documentary filmmaking, how to be a documentary filmmaker, how to make a 360 documentary film, how to make a 360 video, how to make a documentary film, immersive documentary, immersive storytelling, immersive video, storytelling

Special to TDL by Josh Davidsburg   We’ve all seen it. You’re scrolling through facebook, and a video catches your eye. You click to make it full screen and suddenly your phone becomes the camera. You…

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100 – Happy Thanksgiving Finale From The Documentary Life

• November 23, 2018
• Tagged as: diy documentary, diy filmmaking, doc film, doc filmmaker, doc filmmaking, documentary, documentary film, documentary filmmaking, documentary podcast, documentary podcasts, how to be a documentary filmmaker, how to become a documentary filmmaker, season finale, thanksgiving, the documentary academy, the documentary life

Happy Thanksgiving Finale From The Documentary Life It is the week of giving thanks, as we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the U.S.  Coincidentally, it is episode #100, our last episode of Season One of the…

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Top 5 Ways to One-Man Band Your Doc Series

• November 22, 2018
• Tagged as: diy documentary, diy filmmaking, doc filmmaker, doc filmmaking, documentary, documentary film, docuseries, how to become a documentary filmmaker, how to make a documentary film, how to make a documentary series, how to make a docuseries, one man band, one man crew, one person crew, one-woman crew, solo filmmaking, tips for making a documentary film, what we do

Special to The Documentary Life by #doclifer, Doug Fraser, the founder of (and one-man band for) What We Do, a short documentary series that peers into the passions, hobbies, and jobs of people around the world.  …

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98 – Working with Werner Herzog and Les Blank with Maureen Gosling

• November 9, 2018
• Tagged as: a dangerous idea, burden of dreams, diy documentary, documentary, documentary film, documentary filmmaker, documentary filmmaking, drew barrymore, flower films, how to become a documentary filmmaker, how to make a documentary film, les blank, les blank films, maureen gosling, the long shadow, werner, werner herzog

Working with Werner Herzog and Les Blank with Maureen Gosling Maureen Gosling is not only the editor of my favourite documentary film of all time, but quite possibly my favourite film of all time. Period. …

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97 – Understanding Doc Society with Maxyne Franklin

• November 2, 2018
• Tagged as: britdoc, doc academy, doc film, doc filmmaking, doc society, documentary, documentary film, documentary film group, documentary filmmaking, film groups, good pitch, how to make a documentary film, how to raise money for a documentary film, ida, impact art, impact award, impact field guide & toolkit, maxyne franklin, the impact field guide, the impact producer

Understanding Doc Society with Maxyne Franklin Doc Society (formerly BritDoc) is a non-profit that has been working directly with documentary filmmakers since its inception in 2005, to make the most impact in the world with…

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96 – Short Your Way to a Feature with Jon Kasbe

• October 26, 2018
• Tagged as: africa, diy documentary, doc film, doc filmmaking, documentary, documentary film, documentary filmmaking, elephants, film in africa, film in kenya, filming in africa, filming in kenya, filmmakers, filmmaking, ivory trade, jon kasbe, kenya, poaching, when lambs become lions

Short Your Way to a Feature with Jon Kasbe Jon Kasbe may not be a name that you are familiar with… yet. Unless you are intricately connected to film festivals or an avid follower of…

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95 – America to Steve James

• October 19, 2018
• Tagged as: america to me, blackbox, blackbox global, diy documentary, documentary, documentary community, documentary film, documentary filmmaking, docuseries, independent film, independent filmmaking, oak park, oak park and river forest, participant media, starz, starz docuseries, steve james, the documentary life

America to Steve James Steve James is one of the most recognizable names in documentary.  Many of us #doclifers have been inspired by his films and the way in which he makes them.  He was…

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94 – Documentary Film Distribution with Jon Reiss

• October 12, 2018
• Tagged as: #doclifer, distribution, documentary, documentary distribution, documentary film, documentary film distribution, documentary filmmaking, film distribution, floating giants, jon reiss, kevin svenkeson, svenke films, the documentary academy, thinking outside the box office

Documentary Film Distribution with Jon Reiss No one knows documentary film distribution in quite the way that film distro wizard, Jon Reiss does.  The founder of Hybrid Cinema and author of film distribution Bible, Think…

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93 – The Full-time Doc Filmmaker, with Mat Hames

• October 5, 2018
• Tagged as: doc filmmaker, doc filmmaking, doc films, documentary, documentary film, documentary filmmaker, documentary filmmaking, independent lens, mat hames, pbs, rooster teeth, rt docs, rtdocs, what was ours, when we rise

The Full-time Doc Filmmaker, with Mat Hames Mat Hames is one of the few, fortunate ones in our doc world that makes his entire living doing his passion of documentary film. Whether it is through…

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5 Tips for Getting the Best Sound for Your Documentary

• October 1, 2018
• Tagged as: amelie, boom, boom pole, boompole, documentary film, documentary filmmaker, documentary filmmaking, documentary sound, indie film hustle, indie filmmaker, indie filmmaking, jean umansky, lavalier, sennheiser, sound, sound department, sound editing, sound effects, sound engineer, sound man, sound person, sound woman, tips for good sound, walter murch, wired lav, wireless lav

I first got my start in documentary back in 2003. It was in the country of Cambodia – a country I knew very little about. I had been hired on as the sound person – a…