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Create Documentary Films, Videos and Multimedia

Create Documentary Films, Videos, and Multimedia by J R Martin is about the art and technique of documentary production for all types of projects that might employ documentary style story telling methods to tell non-fiction stories. These include traditional film, video, photographic, audio, presentations and multimedia projects.

The book is based on 29 years of teaching film and documentary production, 35 years of production experienced and making award winning documentary films and non-fiction projects. It covers all aspects of theory and production based on experience in the field and actual case studies of various types of documentary projects.



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Musée Lumière Lyon, France

June 8th, 2011

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The first public pay-movie event was held in Paris at the Grand Cafe on December 28, 1895  by the Lumière Company which attracted 33 spectators. The series of short one minute films were documentary subjects. The Cinematographe was invented by the Lumière Brothers, Auguste and Louis who lived in Lyon in the Monplaisir District.  This event and the history the various Lumière Brothers inventions are on display at the Musée Lumière in Lyon, France.

 

 

 

 

 

Cinématographe-en-caméra

Workers Leaving The Factory is among the short (one minute) films included in the first screening program.  Arrival Of A Train is not included, which may be one of the first to reach large audiences, and is known as the first “Actuality” documentary as it simply recorded the reality of the train arriving in the station.

 

J R MARTIN

 

ARRIVAL OF A TRAIN

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June 16th, 2010

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Create Documentary Films, Videos and Multimedia is an in-depth look at what documentary filmmaking is based on and how to make all types of documentary projects.

This 380 page book explains how to make Documentary Films, Videos and Multimedia projects using traditional nonfiction storytelling techniques.

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