HOW TO MAKE DOCUMENTARY WITH IMPACT,

USING GOOD STORYTELLING

Jaap van’t Kruis

Selasa, 31 Mei 2022

Impact: Change the idea in society

Goals: make some switch subjective from the maker to the audience
Storytelling: art to communicate based on relief story

- Documentary Investigation?
- Power of narration on documentary film?
- How to get the field data in the extreme situation?
- Do we need some script to guide our film?
- So, can we say it as a by setting? (Compare with fiction film)
7 important tips
1. Start with a good idea in 3-4 sentence
2. Make it personal dan be curios. Decided social issue and repeat and rethink again and again.
Based on self-experience
3. Investigate toughly and gain trust
4. Find the right protagonist
5. Without conflict there is no story… conflict as a salt of the story to make a good film.
6. A story needs development and change.
7. Telling a universal story.
METHODOLOGYCAL RESEARCH
- Interviewee : Who are them and why them had been chosen as a key informant. Going to find
deepest answer for the radical reasoning.
- Personal quotations --- personal opinions
- What kind of church praxis do you purpose?
elements of documentary film
1. a great protagonist
2. conflict
3. change, transformation of the protagonist
4. find your own perspective ---3 c (character, conflict, change)
Film maked on max 5 minute
RESEARCH ISSUES
- LGBT di Kota Tentena
- Ekonomi Kaptalisme Pertanian Ijon
- Orang Tua Terlantar di Panti Sosial
- Ana Ngkadoe di Luar Nikah pada Masyarakat Pamona
- Penambang Pasir Tradisional dan Korporasi
WE NEED:
 Facts
 Emotional Stories
THE WAY WE MAKE FILM
1. Voice Over (45 seconds)
- What scene are you going to film? (ask audience….)
- Is there any archive material?
 - What B-roll (footage tambahan) are you going film?
Gambar apa yang tepat untuk tema film yang akan kita narasikan. Narasi perbandingan
keadaan untuk sebuah gambaran konflik.
1. Material to cover interview
2. Scene
3. Archive’
4. No pans please
5. Total or whie shots and close shots
B-Roll Example:
6. Scene he/she is working
7. Scene with family
8. Wide shots of location
9. Close up shots
SELCE CT YOUR BEST QUOTES ABOUT THE TOPIC
CAMERA AND AUDIO
The interview looks to interviewers
Or interviewee looks in camera
Beware of good light
Beware of audio (no noise in the background)
Check your audio
Camera check