why in editing, documentary is more complicated than fiction? please help!!!

diva

usually because you can make a scene up to connect two scenes and it flows. A documentary is only what happens and, unless you Mr. Moore, you have to struggle with finding the truth that closes the gap on two "scene" of your documentary.

This is just an educated guess. I don't honestly know though.

- C. Davis
YELLOW HAMMER PRODUCTIONS

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Originally posted by diva:
why in editing, documentary is more complicated than fiction? please help!!!

diva

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One of the technical reasons is the vast amount of tape that one acquires to produce a documentary.

This is where the NLE's capture tools are so important.

Some NLEs offer only very simple capture tools.

Others - such as ULEAD's MediaStudio Pro 7.01 - offer scene indexing and cataloging as explained by this September 2003 review by VIDEOMAKER MAGAZINE...

http://www.videomaker.com/scripts/article.cfm?id=9509

"In our opinion, the best new feature is the Scan DV Tape capture module."

"This dialog scans your entire tape in fast-forward mode (which takes 6-8 minutes), does a quick scene detect and saves a thumbnail frame of each scene."

"The result is a visual batch capture list."

"Not only is this the easiest and fastest way to execute a batch capture, Ulead exposes the time/date stamp data to the end user."

"Did you know that your DV tapes almost certainly have the year, month, day, hour, minute and second encoded on them right along with the time code?"

"If your tape logging has been less than perfect, seeing the time/date info from your vacation in late June (or was it early July?) of 1997 will really amaze you."

"You can, of course, save the batch list as a log file (DV Album) for future reference."

"It is not unlike Scenalyzer or Studio 8, except that it is not saving a bulky movie as the log file and is therefore much more convenient."

"The visual log files aren't large at all (less than 10MB), so you can spend a pleasant weekend, reliving memories scanning your DV movies and creating a visual catalog of your entire library."

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

I did a Doc on a comedy club and although by nature it was entertaining (because of the outstanding performances by the comedians) Finding a thread proves difficult. My teacher told us that in a "Perfect world" the director should not edit their documentary and dosn't have the objectivity needed to find a story. But being solo that wasn't an option for me, but I see how having an outside editor can really help in this instance. Good luck, I'm sticking with Narratives!!!!!!!!