Further reading

In this list I selected a couple of texts as an introduction into the workshop „How to make a short documentary with a smartphone“. While this list is far from comprehensive, it should be a good starting point to explore these topics in greater depth. Please feel free to add any of your own suggestions.

Cover photo: Rainer Halama

Mobile Video Journalism

• Al Jazeera Media Institute: Mobile Journalism Booklet
• How a Sky News reporter uses her mobile phone to ‘go live’ in 90 seconds (en)
• BBC-Academy: Smartphone journalism: Video (en)
• Mojo Manual

Misc. tutorials/info/etc.

• Wikihow: Make a Short Documentary Film (en)
• Michael Moore’s 13 Rules for Making Documentary Films
• FiLMiC Beginner Tutorial: How to Focus, Expose and Record with FiLMiC Pro (en)
• The Language of film analysis (de/en)
• How to Write a Documentary Script (en) by Trisha Das
• A sample documentary script
• A PRIMER OF DOCUMENTARY FILM TECHNIQUES (en)
• 6 Modes of Documentary
• How to shoot science

How to Light an Interview

• 3 Simple Tips for Filming Without Lights (Interior)
• Rembrandt Lighting (Video Interview Techniques)

Legal conditions

• A sample release form for video interviews (en)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain#Fonts_and_typefaces

Wikipedia/Commons projects and help pages

• Commons:List of Wiki video projects (en)
• Commons:Video (en)
• Commons:Free media resources
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Makes Video/Video training (en)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Makes Video (en)
• A how-to video on how to film a video about food (en).
• Highly visual topics with easy opportunities for contribution. (en)
• Wikipedia:WikiTV/VWA/Lehr- und Lernmaterialien (de) esp.: Wikipedia:WikiTV/VWA/L&L Dokumentation (de)
• Wikipedia:WikiTV/Schnittserver/Specification (en)/ Wikipedia:WikiTV/Schnittserver/Spezifikation (de)

Workshop: How to make a short documentary with a smartphone

Part 1: The best apps for making videos

Part 2: Mobile journalism must haves

Part 3: General filming tips

Part 4: Michael Rosenblum’s “five shot” method for meaningful video sequences

Part 5: Tips for shooting dynamic video interviews

Part 6: Working with video apps

Part 7: How to make a documentary

Part 8:  Further reading