Short Documentaries
Why You Might Be Interested in Short Documentaries
“Documentary” can include nonfiction projects of various sorts, including profiles of people, profiles of projects, and the documentation and explanation of processes, events, and natural phenomena. These kinds of videos can provide your students with a window into the lives of others and into places and processes that may be otherwise inaccessible.
Please take a look at the video below and in our “Short Documentary” YouTube playlist to see the projects we’ve created with PCC faculty and other collaborators.
For short documentaries, we usually have a crew of one to three people and use professional gear, including a high-definition video camera with 4K capabilities, various microphones, and other field recording gear. We’ve also used iPhones in a variety of ways along with double-system sound recording.