Documentary Seminar Post – Five

The list of questions I have suggested.

How did you get started?
– What path did you take from there?

When starting out in the field, did you have mentors or did just, figuratively speaking, learnt to swim on the job?

When you have an idea, or a lead for a doco, what’s the process to see it happen?

Most difficult part of your job

Most exciting part of your job

Do you struggle to tell an unbiased story / is there such thing as a truly unbiased documentary?

  • Richard with Ecco Homo about your friend and interviewing friends

 

When creating a documentary, is being passionate about the topic / subject important?
– Is there a struggle between creating documentaries that you are passionate about and what there is economical and corporate pressure for you to make?
– Examples of both / either

 

 

What is one thing you shouldn’t do when creating a documentary.

 

If you could give one piece of advise to someone wanted to get into documentary what would it be?

 

What piece of work are most proud of?

  • Why?

 

Do you go out and find topic and projects to work on, or do you get people approaching you saying ‘I have this idea, help me make it.’

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