This book tells how to create effective visual stories for making documentary films. While most of the examples in the book are length documentaries, it still has a lot of good information for someone wanting to product 3 to 7 minute videos for their own organization.
A very helpful introduction to the world of documentaries
I found this book extremely useful and does as it claims-- covers all aspects of documentary production. Although written intially before NLE, it has adequately been updated to cover NLE. I found the planning part very useful but had to make my own notes to organize the author's thoughts. Otherwise would have deserved 4 stars.
Understandable
This book was an invaluable reference when I found myself (unexpectedly and quite unwillingly) involved in the production of a documentary. I'm a CPA-turned-housemover, and I could understand it. Enough said.
Badly written verbose book
This book has very little content. The author spends more time discussing the cosmetics of documentary filmmaking than content. It is repetitive, random and disorganized. There are a few gems of wisdom, but they are hard to find. If this book was condensed to a 10 page outline, it might actually be more useful than its current 350+ pages.