| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Title from PDF title page (viewed June 26, 2013). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Forming the Archaeologist/Documentary Filmmaker Team -- Brief History of the Documentary Film Genre -- Introduction of Video to the Home Market, Television, and Documentary Filmmaking -- Production Equipment and Screen and Standards Formats -- Popularity of Documentaries -- Documentary Film Stages -- Considering Making a Documentary -- Your Idea and Title -- Pitching a Proposal and Writing a Treatment -- Developing a Budget and Securing a Contract -- Shaping Your Archaeological Documentary -- From Outline to First Script -- Pre-Production-Production Costs, Funding, Assembling the Crew, Compiling the Shot List, Etc. -- Art of the Interview and B-roll -- Work Following the Interviews and B-roll -- Choosing the Narrator and Other Voice Talent -- Shot Making -- Shooting Re-enactments for Your Documentary -- Using Still Photography, Historic Film Footage, Illustrations, Maps, Historic Newspapers, and Animation -- Post-Production and Editing -- Thoughts on the Beginning and the End of Your Documentary Film -- The Digital Revolution and Its Role in Documentary Filmmaking -- Television, Theatrical Release, Finding a Distributor, Self-Distribution, and Others -- Promoting Your Documentary -- Documentaries in Miniature -- Creating Your Trailer -- Appendix -- Glossary. |
| Summary |
Documentary filmmaker Peter Pepe and historical archaeologist Joseph W. Zarzynski provide a concise guide to filmmaking designed to help archaeologists navigate the unfamiliar world of documentary film. They offer a step-by-step description of the process of making a documentary, everything from initial pitches to production companies to final cuts in the editing. Using examples from their own award-winning documentaries, they focus on the needs of the archaeologist: Where do you fit in the project? What is expected of you? How can you help your documentarian partner? The authors provide. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures in archaeology.
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Motion pictures in archaeology. |
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Archaeology -- Methodology.
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Archaeology -- Methodology. |
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Documentary films -- Production and direction.
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Documentary films -- Production and direction. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Zarzynski, Joseph W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pepe, Peter, 1952- Documentary filmmaking for archaeologists. (DLC) 2012037513 |
| ISBN |
9781611322033 (electronic book) |
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1611322030 (electronic book) |
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1611322014 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781611322019 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1611322022 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781611322026 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781611326864 (consumer ebook) |
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1611326869 (consumer ebook) |
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9781611322019 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781611322026 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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