Learning documentary practice undoubtedly shapes the profession’s future development. Although specialised schools and study programmes in documentary film have emerged around the world in the last two decades of the twenty-first century, many documentary filmmakers have received training in other fields or have taught themselves through personal experience. The development of real-life cinema has traditionally been linked to other disciplines such as anthropology, politics, philosophy, and history, as well as to other artistic branches such as literature, theatre, architecture, and digital arts.
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Schools: between formal and non-formal
- Did you attend a film school or specialized documentary studies?
- Where would you say you learned film, in an academic institution or in another place?
- How much of your training would you attribute to experiences outside of formal education?
- What has been the most fruitful experience, person, relationship or discovery in terms of teaching about film?
- Can you share any examples?
- Do you think that film can be taught or learned?
- How?
Experience as a continuing school
- It is well known that experience is a degree in terms of mastery and expertise. And in terms of learning?
- What aspects do you continue to learn about film as you make (or think about) films?
- What is the most important or revealing thing that life experience and film practice has taught you about film and documentary film in particular?
- What aspects, if any, of what you knew or thought you knew about film when you started or when you left school have you abandoned or have lost value for you over time?
Other disciplines: expanding creation
- Do you have training in any discipline outside of film, before or after your film career?
- Have you practiced that other practice?
- Whether or not you have specific training in another area: how have other disciplines influenced your cinema?
- How do they influence the creative process or are they reflected in your work?
