This is an introduction to my learning process of the art of documentary, I have just begun to study documentary as a form, its origins and its present state. Although I have never been an avid fan of documentary I find it fascinating that the form is so rich and comes in many different styles. Before this I mainly focused on surrealist and artistic works so grounding my style documentary is going to be an interesting journey for me. Upon beginning the class I believe documentary to be stern form of film in which cannot be artistic however after looking at some examples and studying different forms I was able to see that this was not the case.
The next few weeks I will be learning about the different stylistic and technical elements of documentary and developing my own ideas for our four minute documentary. Though we have not begun our own ideas yet I have already started to develop some understanding of where I may go in my concept. This proves to me that there is many a story to be told documentary not just the common everyday aspect but also the magical and even surreal.
There is also been some change as we have changed tutors, our class began with a tutor who was very knowledgeable in the form but had strong opinions and strayed us away from certain documentary types however a new teacher is open to all forms of documentary and has also what or why knowledge of the form and experience in making documentary. This change has opened some more doors for ideas and opportunities and has allowed us to be a little more open with ideas.
Overall I'm looking forward to taking this class and discovering how I can better my skills in filming editing and my overall knowledge of documentary as well as how I can betray my style in an effective way. This
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