This Much Is True is a landmark volume about the art of directing documentaries, with contributions from some of the most eminent documentary filmmakers working today, including Nick Broomfield, Andrew Jarecki, Kim Longinotto, Kevin Macdonald, James Marsh and Albert Maysles.
Each chapter focuses on a particular element of the filmmaking process, and takes the form of an in-depth and highly personal conversation, presented in unvarnished documentary form. Taken as a whole, the book represents a uniquely candid and well-informed account of what it takes and what it means to make documentaries.
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21
Exploring
the
world
Ultimately,
documentaries
can
take
people
on
a
gripping,
dramatic
journey
without
travelling
very
far
at
all.
The
biggest
journey
we
all
make
is
between
some
sort
of
ignorance
and
some
sort
of
realisation,
whether
it
takes
place
in
the
suburbs
of
London
or
in
the
high
plains
of
Chile
–
the
location
is
academic.
It’s
not
really
the
point.
Each
time
we
watch
something
that’s
moving
and
true,
we
can
learn
something
more
about
ourselves.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Exploring the world
- 2 Telling the truth
- 3 Getting to the bottom of things
- 4 Thinking on your feet
- 5 Access
- 6 Interviews
- 7 Emotion
- 8 Making a point
- 9 Thinking in pictures
- 10 Telling past-tense stories
- 11 Making films funny
- 12 Documentaries and music
- 13 Character-led filmmaking
- 14 Editing
- Afterword
- Index
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