Whether you are the beginner or you are in the middle of filmmaking, seeking documentary filmmaking tips, or just trying to enhance your documentary quality. Follow these simple steps to boost your documentary excellence.

2. When you have to start making your very first
documentary, you need to understand one simple but
important thing which is to make a documentary is an
art, not a science. Here are some quick points to
remember while avoiding the unnecessary hassles in your
first attempt to make a good documentary.

3. IDEATION
It is the foremost and initial part of the whole. An ‘idea’ refers to
the pillar of whole documentary which you are going to shoot.
Everything which you are going to make will project the idea that
you have benchmarked. So while you Start deciding anything for
an idea, you must be very sure of that decision.

4. RESEARCH
It will forever and ever remain the gold-dust of all process
especially while making a documentary. Without a good
research, you will find your documentary in disarray. Doesn’t
matter the scale of your production, the basics are still the basic
and a good research is still counted well for a good production.
Research includes every small to smallest thing in every detail
possible.

5. TARGET AUDIENCE
You will now decide the target people for your production, which
means the people for whom you are making it. Whether they are
small, old in age group or they are poor or rich in general. It is
necessary to do it because your target audience will decide your
skin of the production.

6. PERSONAL FLAVOR
Each film-maker has its personal bringing to the documentary.
For example the short documentary made by James Cameron
on similar topic will certainly differs from the one made by
Steven Spielberg. No matter that you are big or small
documentary film maker, you can pour your secret ingredients
into your production.

7. PROFESSIONAL VALUE
Every professional video which is made for mature audience is
always calculated with a degree of professionalism in mind. For
an instance you cannot just choose a sincere topic to shoot and
perform immature thoroughly in technical aspects. Make sure
you have sound technical team and good quality production
equipments.

8. There can be as many parameters while producing a
good documentary; however it is for you to decide
what exactly your requirements are. Documentary
production has never been an easy task, you have to
put in your complete mind and soul.
Keep Calm & Capture Awesome Moments !!