Professional paper
PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTARY FILM
Vesna Nosić
; Gimnazija "Matija Mesić" Slavonski Brod
Abstract
The Film club of Matija Mesić Secondary School was founded at the
beginning of the school year 2006/2007. The club's activities are organized in three
departments: 1) theoretical work (approaching some cinematic forms, characteristics
and kinds of documentary film, camera and its stand), 2) showing and analysis of
documentary films, 3) practical work with camera, shooting, showing and analysis of
footage.
The theoretical and practical preparation steps followed to produce our own
documentary film: 1) shooting preparation (findinf ideas/topics;
data/material/location research, looking for protagonist(s); writing synopsis and
screenplay), 2) pre-production (continuitiy), 3) production (actual shooting), 4) postproduction
(watching footage; choosing best shots, sequences and soundtracks;
editing; opening and end credits; test screening for well-chosen audience), 5)
distribution (making prints, creating DVD-box and poster).
Our first film, 'The Bell-Ringer', made in 2007, tells the story of an old bellringer
in the Slavonian willage of Kaniža. The next film, 'The 90th Anniversary of
the Matija Mesić Secondary School', made in 2008, covers the history of that school
in Slavonski Brod from 1918 to 2008.
The film club functions within the Technical Culture Association, which
provides the equipment and technical assistance.
Keywords
film club; productions of documentary film
Hrčak ID:
47698
URI
Publication date:
23.11.2009.
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