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Non-fiction Film October 2007 Be willing to set aside your pre-conceived notions. Be willing to drop your personal space barriers. As interviewers, we expect that the people with whom we talk will be open and vulnerable. I found that the more I was willing to do the same, the better my interviews became.
Documentary filmmakers do what they do out of passion, but passion can become self-indulgence. Make your documentary for others, not yourself. If it fails to resonate with others and it never finds an audience, your pool of investors will dry up and you’ll go back to working Master Control in some UHF TV station.
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