A documentary is a film that is supposed to document reality. There are various types of documentary films including historical, political, educational documentaries among others.
Some firms are dedicated to documenting and distributing educational films. Such film companies have an education division that which is main aim is to bring compelling real-life stories to libraries, schools, and also other instructional environments across the world. They also broaden the influence and the impact through the films by mobilizing communities so that they can organize host, and execute their educational filming events.
Such companies understand that many compelling real-life stories can educate, entertain and also engage diverse audiences by producing emotionally gripping, universally crucial themes. Such documentaries films are essential educational tools, hence bringing such stories to schools, libraries, and any other instructional environment is essential. Making a documentary is exciting and learning how you can do it is important. One doesn’t need to have a filmmaking degree to learn. All you need is the desire to tell the story and then the readiness to figure out every step of this process. The following are some guiding steps for making an educational documentary.
First, you need to have a documentary idea. the main key is to choose a topic that you feel passionate about. When you pick a topic that you feel passionate about you will have a great idea, for the entire process. The next step is for you to create an outline. You have to come up with a clear plan on the structure and the topics that you want to be included in the documentary. Know the storytelling style. Then you have to gather your audiovisuals. Collect any existing footage and audiovisuals on the topic. Some of these can include old-school movies, audio recordings, photos, music, national achieve among others. You then need to decide what new footage is needed to tell your story and then start shooting. You can capture interviews with the students, school events like football games among others.
The next step is to produce or edit the trailer. When you have collected 3-5 hours of raw footage, then this is the time that you start putting together a mini-version of the documentary which is the trailer. A trailer takes about 3-8 minutes and it captures the principle of your documentary. A trailer is an essential tool that will help to build a buzz and help you to raise any extra cash that you will need for your documentary. After the trailer, you need to shoot the rest of the remaining footage. you will continue gathering the interviews for revises and various footage so that you can cover the various areas which you had outlined to be included in your documentary.
Then you have to create a catalog and organize it. All your interviews must be transcribed and then ensure that you know exactly where the footage is stored. Write a script, which is going to outline the basic order of your documentary sequence. You need to know how to start and end the documentary. Another step is to edit it before you can upload this documentary online or you can have it on DVD. You also have to promote, distribute and also showcase.