How to learn to produce documentaries?

Question

I have several ideas for documentaries. None of them involve any fancy production or cinematographic techniques. Most of it would be interviewing people and simple camera works along with including some graphic material, which can be electronically produced on a laptop. This should be much simpler than making feature movies as no actors or special effects are needed. Think documentaries that people post of YouTube.How can I acquire all the skills involved in producing a simple documentary like that? What minimal hardware setup would suffice (what kind of camera, lights, etc)? What kind of software should I acquire for the production thereof. I would prefer to enable myself to do everything involved, from filming, direction, sound, narrative, graphic design, production etc.Are there online tutorials that provide a basic setup for how to start as a documentary maker?

Answer 1

I am a nationally award winning producer and editor. You are talking narrative type technique which I love to do. I love to have no narrator but let the talent tell the story. There is a lot of prep on this or pre production and it took me 20 years to get it down. Sign up for me as a tutor and I will give you as much as you need. I know every trick there is.. You are not asking an easy task. Yes it can be edited on a good laptop.. I can help you with all that. Technique Preproduction. Post production Production. How to shoot to edit. How to ask the right questions,, How to light for emotion.. There may be some tutorial on that but mostly technical and you are asking for all it takes. no way. .I tell you what we can do one together and you can learn as we go. But unless you have experience behind the camera, the as a editor and compositor, producer. director. Lighting tech. art director Music producer. Well you get the idea.. I love doing these but the secret is pre production and the right

equipment... I am here to help .