SHOOTING CORPORATE DOCUMENTARIES.
Shooting corporate documentaries is both tiring and challenging. You have to be ready to exert more than 100% of your energy during the making of the story. First of all, like any other film crew, you'll have to work with a team of dedicated personnel - ever ready to meet the demands of the shoot. The steps to be followed to successfully implement a plan are many. It is primarily important to know from the client about his needs & requirements (what do they intend to say and to whom?), before making a script as per the story and ensuring that its length never exceeds the final time limit.
Shooting plans are made as per the script requirements. One has to hire an efficient crew equipped with camera & accessories, light, reflectors, monitors etc. Starting shooting as per schedule (taking interviews from top bosses, if required) is a must and finally when the shooting is over at each place, one has to re-check if anything has been left behind which needs further shooting. It's no doubt tiring, but satisfying as well.
Finally, the voice over, dubbing etc. are done in a modern digital studio as per the script and the director sits with the editing crew, while the editor trim the 'stock', add 'stills' with it, if need be, before putting it into the timeline graph (i.e., the graph that merges the visuals with the sounds, including voice over and music) to make a preliminary 'rough cut'. Subject to approval by the corporate head responsible for this job, this rough-cut is re-edited, 'credit titles, name of the story etc.' are put into it and the documentary is ready for viewing.
The following 'still' photographs show how the shooting of the documentary progressed. The name of the documentary is "In quest of excellence", which is based on "corporate social responsibilities like agriculture, education, sports, water supply, healthcare and cultural activities etc." practiced by Tata Sponge Iron Limited, Joda, Odisha. Shot sometimes back, the documentary was directed by me and Mr. Partha Bhattacharjee was its director of photography. Your comments/criticisms are always welcome.
Happy viewing...
Shooting corporate documentaries is both tiring and challenging. You have to be ready to exert more than 100% of your energy during the making of the story. First of all, like any other film crew, you'll have to work with a team of dedicated personnel - ever ready to meet the demands of the shoot. The steps to be followed to successfully implement a plan are many. It is primarily important to know from the client about his needs & requirements (what do they intend to say and to whom?), before making a script as per the story and ensuring that its length never exceeds the final time limit.
Shooting plans are made as per the script requirements. One has to hire an efficient crew equipped with camera & accessories, light, reflectors, monitors etc. Starting shooting as per schedule (taking interviews from top bosses, if required) is a must and finally when the shooting is over at each place, one has to re-check if anything has been left behind which needs further shooting. It's no doubt tiring, but satisfying as well.
Finally, the voice over, dubbing etc. are done in a modern digital studio as per the script and the director sits with the editing crew, while the editor trim the 'stock', add 'stills' with it, if need be, before putting it into the timeline graph (i.e., the graph that merges the visuals with the sounds, including voice over and music) to make a preliminary 'rough cut'. Subject to approval by the corporate head responsible for this job, this rough-cut is re-edited, 'credit titles, name of the story etc.' are put into it and the documentary is ready for viewing.
The following 'still' photographs show how the shooting of the documentary progressed. The name of the documentary is "In quest of excellence", which is based on "corporate social responsibilities like agriculture, education, sports, water supply, healthcare and cultural activities etc." practiced by Tata Sponge Iron Limited, Joda, Odisha. Shot sometimes back, the documentary was directed by me and Mr. Partha Bhattacharjee was its director of photography. Your comments/criticisms are always welcome.
Happy viewing...
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