Pre-Production Tips to Boost Your Documentary 🎬

In this video, we'll take a look at the Pre-Production process in to make a Documentary. We'll explore 4 simple steps that will help make better films and be more prepared when making your Documentary. When your shooting a documentary it's important to do pr-interviews, storyboard and mood board so you can creatively plan for your documentary.

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00:00 Introduction
01:12 What I use for Pre-Production
01:51 How and why I conduct Pre-Interviews
04:36 VERY IMPORTANT DONT SKIP!!
05:38 Scripting your film
08:25 Mood Board
09:12 My Favorite Music Site
10:08 How I choose the music for my films
11:08 Choosing the right Reference photos
12:28 Color and tone for your film
13:02 Storyboard
13:47 Shot list
14:24 Schedule for your filmmaking
15:20 Documentary Filmmaking Course