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GUIDES

FourDocs Guides provide really useful information on how to plan, shoot, edit and compress your documentary ready for uploading to FourDocs.

FourDocs Guides Index - Library of documents

Get Thinking

A few ideas to get you started
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Get Shooting

Guide to filming your FourDoc
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Get Editing

How to edit and compress your film
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Be Legal

How copyright affects you
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More Shooting

Decide where to place the camera
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Directing Tips

Directing tips from the experts
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Try Shooting

Have a go at being a director
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Get Technical

How to use your camera
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Basic Lighting

How to light your shoot
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Sound

Making sure you get it right
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Editing Tips

Professional advice on how to edit
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The Cutting Room

Have a go at editing
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Get Planning

Planning your documentary
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Documentary History

Background to the documentary genre
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Documentary Theory

What are documentaries for?
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Narration

How to write good voice-over
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Compression Clinic

How to compress your film
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Editing Essentials

More technical editing advice
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