The Documentary Screenplay

What the documentary screenplay is and how the form differs from fiction screenwriting

The Form

The documentary screenplay -- the written document that guides the documentary production before the footage is shot and that describes the treatment of the documentary subject in the narrative form that the director will pursue -- is the least standardised form in the screenplay category. The fiction screenplay has specific format conventions that the industry enforces. The documentary treatment is as varied as the documentary forms it describes.

The Varieties

The varieties: the observational documentary that follows subjects in real time produces the treatment that describes the access, the subjects, and the intended editorial approach without the scene-by-scene breakdown that the structure is not yet available to provide. The re-enactment documentary produces the more specific scene description that the re-enacted content requires. The essay documentary produces the voice and the argument that the personal documentary form requires.

Screenplay.biz Coverage

Screenplay.biz covers the documentary screenplay because the accountability journalism of the craft requires covering the full range of screenplay forms, and because the documentary has produced some of the most significant screenwriting of the past decade in a form whose craft requirements are less consistently taught than the fiction screenplay.

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