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Documentary Filmmaker Training

Documentary Filmmaker Training
4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country

What will I learn?

This course provides a rapid, hands-on route from initial concept to a refined short documentary film. Participants will learn to choose compelling narratives, conduct thorough research, and organise shoots using detailed shot lists, access plans, and consent protocols. Key skills include designing effective interviews, employing visual storytelling with compact cameras, capturing pristine location audio, and performing ethical editing to produce concise, captivating documentaries suitable for film festivals and digital platforms.

Elevify advantages

Develop skills

  • Master interviews to elicit emotional, on-camera narratives swiftly and assuredly.
  • Develop story structures with precise loglines, arcs, and perspectives for short documentaries.
  • Achieve cinematic visuals using low-budget equipment and compact cameras.
  • Capture clear dialogue and ambient sound in challenging real-world locations.
  • Edit ethically to create compelling 5–10 minute films that respect subjects' dignity.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

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