DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING - THE BASIC RULES OF INTERVIEWING PEOPLE

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Free Online Course: DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING - THE BASIC RULES OF INTERVIEWING PEOPLE provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for Less than 1 hour of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING - THE BASIC RULES OF INTERVIEWING PEOPLE is taught by Hein Ungerer.

Overview
  • DOCUMENTARY FILM INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES

    Have you ever wondered how documentary filmmakers manage to get their subjects to open up their personal lives on camera? There is nothing more absorbing than seeing people talk about their deepest felt passions and convictions.

    There is a great degree of skill and dedication involved on the part of the interviewer in getting interviewees to comfortably talk with a camera facing them and recording everything they say.

    In this course you will learn some of the techniques you can use to unlock your interviewee and give you, the filmmaker, those gems that will allow you to develop a strong documentary narrative.

Syllabus
    • Interviewing Skills For Factual Filmmaking - Introduction
    • Lesson 1 - Interviewing - Getting Under The Masks
    • Lesson 2 - Interviewing - Three Types Of People
    • Lesson 3 - Interviewing - Finding The Real Person of Interviewing - Building Your Cocoon
    • Lesson 4 - Interviewing - Four Key Aspects
    • Lesson 5 - Interviewing - Some More Skills