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Documentary Filmmaker Training

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

What will I learn?

This course offers a quick, hands-on guide from initial ideas to finished short documentaries. You will learn to pick compelling stories, research well, and organise shoots using detailed shot lists, access plans, and consent procedures. Gain skills in designing interviews, using visual styles with compact cameras, capturing clear sound on location, and editing ethically to produce tight, captivating films suitable for festivals and online audiences.

Elevify advantages

Develop skills

  • Master interviews to quickly capture genuine, emotional on-camera narratives with assurance.
  • Develop story structures including precise loglines, compelling arcs, and unique perspectives for short docs.
  • Achieve professional cinematography on a tight budget using basic equipment for sharp, film-like visuals.
  • Record high-quality dialogue and ambient sound in challenging outdoor locations.
  • Edit ethically to produce impactful 5-10 minute films that honour subjects' privacy and dignity.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and 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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