. Documentary Filmmaking Learn how to become a documentary filmmaker So you want to become a documentary filmmaker? Being a documentary filmmaker is an exciting career choice filled with unknowns and adventure. It's a creative career that will challenge your creative limits and teach you more than you ever thought imaginable. By default documentary filmmaking is an education experience. Besides the obvious filmmaking education component of it, there is also the educational element of whatever subject you're shooting. For example, if you're shooting a political documentary you'll learn a lot about your political topic. If you're shooting a nature documentary you'll learn a lot about your nature subject. Best of all, documentary filmmaking is often much cheaper than regular filmmaking since you won't have to worry as much about studio space, expensive actors or million dollar scripts. In short, documentary filmmaking is great for anyone looking to get into the film industry on the cheap. The cost of creating a documentary could be anywhere from free to millions of dollars. However, most documentary filmmakers get their documentaries made for anywhere from $500 to $10,000. This will include the cost of most travel, a little extra film equipment, studio space, tours or tour guides, research and development and so on. If you're interested in documentary filmmaking you may be interested in our 4 month intensive online film course. We'll teach you how to properly use a video camera, write scripts, plan your documentaries and edit your documentary footage. We are literally a one stop shop for filmmakers. To learn more about our documentary filmmaking course please click on our homepage. Other Film Articles Best Film Schools Filmmaking Documentary Filmmaking Video Editing Software Best Video Editing Software   .

Frequently Asked Questions Film School Home Who can enroll? What do I need to enroll? How much does the course cost? How long does the course take? What is the course curriculum? What have your past students done?	Course Breakdown Ideas & Funding Screenwriting Cinematography & Composition Feature Films Short Films Documentaries Preproduction / Post Production Music & Sound Publicity / Marketing & Distribution Film Jobs	Film School News Jan 5th 2008: Lights Film School secures contract with musician to add a music video editing component to the course Read more... Jan 1st 2008: Lights Film School changes course reading material to include a new book on storyboarding and creating scenes frame by frame  Read more...