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How to Make a Documentary Film

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Professional advice on producing a documentary! Learn about film equipment, how to budget, cast, shoot, edit, and distribute your documentary in this free video series.

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Summary: The development of film came alongside the rise of America as a world empire. The technology developed in the late 19th to early 20th century and quickly became a staple of modern culture and mass consumption. Many trace the beginning of film to a moment also considered the advent of the comic strip as we know it: Eadweard Muybridge's famous pictures of a horse's stride, which proved that in fact there is a moment when all four hooves are off the ground. This series of photos looked like a comic yet sparked a crazy idea in the minds of other artists: What if we took pictures like that and flashed them in sequence like in children’s flipbooks? The birth of celluloid film ten years later came in Louis Le Prince's "Roundhay Garden Scene."

In this free video series, professional filmmaker Kevin Lindenmuth gives you expert advice on how to produce your own documentary. He leads you through everything! And his video quality is excellent! This guy knows his stuff and is a born teacher. He explains what you need to start a documentary and how to budget, cast, shoot, edit, and distribute your finished product. Kevin has been there! He knows. He also shares ideas on scripted versus unscripted projects, how to choose subject matter, how to use music in the film, and much more. Watch these, and you’ll be ready for the Academy in no time!

About the Expert

Contact: lindenmuth.com

Expert: Kevin Lindenmuth has worked in the film/video business for over 22 years. He received his BA in film/video production from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1987. Most of his professional life was spent working in New York City in all the major aspects of video production. He is an independent moviemaker who helped pioneer SOV moviemaking in the early 90’s and paved the way for their acceptance to mega-chain videostores (Blockbuster, Hollywood) with his well-received vampire movie ADDICTED TO MURDER (1995). He has produced 18 genre movies (12 now available on DVD) and 5 documentaries (broadcast on PBS).

He is the author of two books on independent filmmaking, both published by McFarland Books Publishers (1998 and 2001) and was interviewed in the book THE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS GUIDE TO WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN FOR INVESTORS (by Gabriel Campisi, 2004). Occasionally his articles can be seen in FANGORIA magazine.

Visit Kevin at the linked website; his handle is "The Gravedigger."

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