Documentary Editing Tip #9: Biographical Arc
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In 2012, I began directing a documentary about an 82-year-old visionary and was immediately confronted with a daunting question: how do you define a narrative arc over the life span of an individual?
Today’s Documentary Editing Tip reveals the answer. I created a short video to reveal techniques employed in biographies ranging from William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe to Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightening:
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