Private. Public
In that most solemn moment, with death comes calling, what is private? What is public? Varanasi. Nov 2024
December 2024
Using Archival Photos in documentary films
In making Journeys – the documentary film about El Shaddai Trust, a charity working with children in need in India, I had to rely on archival photographs for the sequences dealing with the organisation’s beginnings. This is inevitable when retelling history. I was presented with a huge number of images in JPG format. The question
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Ships Crossing at Sea
Like ships passing at sea, we cross. Ne’er meeting. Varanasi. Nov 2024
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Documentary film editing: Developing story arcs
Techniques for editing a documentary film Long-format documentary film editing is more than just a technical endeavour of putting clips together in an NLE timeline. Of course, you know that already. You’ve shot your documentary film, over several weeks or even years. Now you need to put it all together in a coherent and engaging
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