Comments on: Learn It, Live It, Love It http://lifeswaltz.com/2008/11/learn-it-live-it-love-it/ A doc about triumph in old age Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:47:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ashley Karitis http://lifeswaltz.com/2008/11/learn-it-live-it-love-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Ashley Karitis Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:10:00 +0000 http://lifeswaltz.com/?p=8#comment-5 Hey Tyanne! Two things you could think about for your project:<br/><br/>1. Documentary is the reverse of fiction: the story emerges with the editing. <br/><br/>2. And, in order to have any story emerge: you have to shoot and shoot and shoot in order to get enough footage for themes and characters archs to evolve. So, without losing your job or sanity, DO spend as much time as possible with your subjects so you can capture their nuances and subtle characteristics.<br/><br/>GOOD LUCK!! Hey Tyanne! Two things you could think about for your project:

1. Documentary is the reverse of fiction: the story emerges with the editing.

2. And, in order to have any story emerge: you have to shoot and shoot and shoot in order to get enough footage for themes and characters archs to evolve. So, without losing your job or sanity, DO spend as much time as possible with your subjects so you can capture their nuances and subtle characteristics.

GOOD LUCK!!

]]> By: tyanneconner http://lifeswaltz.com/2008/11/learn-it-live-it-love-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4 tyanneconner Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:50:00 +0000 http://lifeswaltz.com/?p=8#comment-4 Your description of the documentary process- let the story emerge from the material- sounds like what I am doing for my thesis. I am interviewing first-generation college students (I do have a list of questions). Then I analyze the responses to find themes and go from there to build the story. I wish I had the resources to spend more time with people, getting to know them better and capturing richer information. But they keep telling me that this is a thesis, not a dissertation and to calm down! I guess I get excited about hearing people's stories! Your description of the documentary process- let the story emerge from the material- sounds like what I am doing for my thesis. I am interviewing first-generation college students (I do have a list of questions). Then I analyze the responses to find themes and go from there to build the story. I wish I had the resources to spend more time with people, getting to know them better and capturing richer information. But they keep telling me that this is a thesis, not a dissertation and to calm down! I guess I get excited about hearing people’s stories!

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