I’m making a short documentary for my college doc course. My idea is to document my thought process while experimenting with sound design. The documentary would end with me having created a new and out-of-the-box piece of music.
Two questions:
What makes a documentary valid? I’m afraid my idea could be perceived as a random youtube video about music production.
Does my documentary need to have a message?
–Johnna
“Documentary” generally means that a piece has been created by filming what is actually going on in the real world, as opposed to a fictional “narrative” story, where nothing is real. … Read the rest
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