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This section provides useful information on how to plan, shoot, edit and compress your documentary.

Controls

Get shooting: guide to filming

Studio kit

How to edit and compress your film

Three people talking in a room

Be legal: how copyright affects you

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Decide where to place the camera

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Directing tips from the experts

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Have a go at being a director

Computer keypad

Technical: how to use your camera

Studio equipment

How to light your shoot

Microphone

Rows of video tapes

Professional advice on how to edit

Pencil and paper

Planning your documentary

Old-looking camera

Documentary history

Documentary theory

Computer keypad

Narration: how to write a good voice-over

Editing kit

Editing essentials

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