Pt. 1. Introduction, History, and Future. 1. Introduction. 2. A Brief and Functional History of the Documentary -- Pt. 2. Identity and Authorship. 3. Finding Your Creative Identity. 4. Developing Your Story Ideas -- Pt. 3. Screencraft. 5. Screen Grammar. 6. Screencraft Analysis Projects. 7. Basic Shooting Projects -- Pt. 4. Preproduction. 8. Initial Research and the Proposal. 9. Research Leading Up to the Shoot. 10. Developing a Crew -- Pt. 5. Production. 11. Equipment Selection. 12. About Lighting. 13. Avoiding Problems. 14. Interviewing. 15. Directing Participants. 16. Directing the Crew. 17. Authorship. 18. Production Projects -- Pt. 6. Postproduction. 19. A Postproduction Overview. 20. The Paper Edit: Designing a Structure. 21. Editing: The First Assembly. 22. Editing: The Process of Refinement. 23. Narration. 24. Editing: The End Game. 25. Postproduction Projects -- Pt. 7. Aesthetics and Authorship. 26. Documentary Theory and the Issue of Representation.

27. Elements of the Documentary. 28. Form, Control, and Identity. 29. Re-enactment, Reconstruction, and Docudrama. 30. Ethics, Authorship, and Documentary Mission -- Pt. 8. Career Track. 31. Education. 32. Getting Work -- Pt. 9. Other Information -- Filmography of Director Michael Rabiger.