Who's shooting/editing a documentary right now??

to be honest, youtube needs a lot of this content than showcasing gears

You know it's good when you start taking notes

A breath of fresh air to find a filmmaker who talks about fundamentals of filmmaking! Thanks a lot for this, Mark!

Thank you Mark, this was EXACTLY what I needed to structure a doc 🤩 its about my father - an aging professor, still working on his life mission.

Mark you're one of the best youtubers right now on the whole filmmaking realm. Finally someone that don't make the gear, typical transitions and the slow motion his main focus!

That scene with just the piano was intense as is wow

Your channel definitely deserves to be subscribed to, I can't imagine an enthusiastic or a professional doesn't see the value of your educational content

You remind me of early Peter McKinnon when he used to do more helpful tutorial type stuff rather than the blogs he does now.

3 things to keep in mind when shooting a documentary : story story story.

You the man!!! You help people like myself who have creative ideas but no formal experience, explore the world of documentary filmmaking. Thanks bro ❤️⚡👌

Please, so many more of these about the formatting about this type of content . i mean this is seriously so helpful.

I'm a beginner in the filmmaking process after 50 years a a cinimatogrher with a still camera -I'm challenge and inspire by your tutorials..thank you

Seriously, this is the KZfaq channel I've been looking for!! Marks videos are legit the only videos I re-watch regularly 😂 Also, #markboneheadphones 😉

So glad I’ve found this channel. Probably one of the few channels on here that deep dives into the ‘why’ and not just the ‘what’ of filming. So many channels are just technicians talking about their techniques and equipment. This channel is so incredibly refreshing. Storytelling is the heart of filmmaking and unless you can craft this art first and know WHY you are shooting, you could just end up shooting a soulless, aesthetically visual masterpiece with no true heart. Keep this sort of advice coming please man. I’m learning a lot

Mark, your videos are so refreshing while most youtubers in my sub list are only doing reviews and giving technical tips for filming. Please keep on doing this. You and Creative North's Jonny are my favorite experts in this field as you actually ARE shooting docs WHILE doing youtube!

I don't even make documentaries but hell this is a great thing to learn. Glad I found your channel!

Great principles to use and keep in mind. Am in the planning / scripting stage of my first KZfaq documentary as we speak. Am doing my 2nd pass on the overall plot structure. This video is very helpful, both for a reminder and for new insights - thanks!

Love the real/raw look behind Mark! You’re right, a lot of KZfaq content on this subject is about transitions and gear, not so much about what actually goes on in front of the lens. Love your channel man and I’m glad I came across it!

Post-Its are so ESSENTIAL! That tactile connection and visual planning is what my brain needs to work. Great video Mark.✊🏾

With every video you post I feel like I’m really getting the info I’ve been searching for! Thanks

This is lit, thanks for the valuable information! How about: How to budget and finance a documentary? And please more on structuring and writing documentaries. 🙏 #markboneheadphones

Man, your KZfaq channel is SO refreshing!! So many new, unique, and useful tips/tutorials on techniques that MATTER. You’re covering stuff that no one else is on KZfaq. Really appreciate all the wisdom! Keep it up!

You explain story structure so well and why we need some form of conflict in videos, there’s so much gold in this video 👊🏻

I searched how to film a documentary over a month ago. This Exactly what I needed then.

#markboneheadphones imagine listening to the silky tones of mark bone through those bad boys

The fact that you are in the zone makes makes your speech great, you said it better than ever

I’m beyond appreciative of your videos. You’re giving out information that most people don’t even know, and that’s why I have such a high respect for your work. Keep killing it!

I just finished my first mini documentary over the weekend and I'm super proud of it. I look forward to improving my craft and shooting more documentaries, so this video is quite timely for me. Thanks! #markboneheadphones

Dude, I discovered you recently and let me tell you that your advice is awsome... I do like the technical stuff but I also feel that there ia a lack of structure information and in this matter your content is really great. Keep it up and I hope to keep on learning more from you!!! #markboneheadphones

Thank you Mark. So generous of you to give us all this practical information.

I just found your channel. It is really what I needed at this point in my career. Thanks for putting this channel out there.

This documentary series has been soo helpful! Want to try out making my own projects now that i know how! #markboneheadphones

Just found your channel last evening, you've already created a really good resource for Dp's and Directors who've just started out. Also would the love the headphones for a podcast I'm starting haha #markboneheadphones

Mark you're a breath of fresh air for content on youtube, I agree gear can help, but understanding the meat of the documentary is what is really important. I'll be in Japan in April and this helps with my ideas

one of the most underrated channels and resources and film making!

Very nice video. Stickies really saved my documentary film. One thing about documentary its really hard to control your story structure while shooting, so most of the structure is engineered in post productions, that is when the stickies does its magic. Also you can get colored stickies.

Thanks for the lessons in the video and I saved it to my channel in case I need to watch it again and get it right.

Thanks so much for getting into the nitty gritty of it all. It really helps understand the process more. My question is about money. How do you get paid to make documentaries? Who commissions them and how does that part of the business work?

This z for the first time I m watching a real tutorial on teaching filmmaking, it's straight,raw,indepth,technical those thing which helps out .. thnks fr the master class ..I love it really lookin forward for more stuff like this ,as I learned alot from this ..and thnks fr not talking about gear and luts hahaha 👍👍👌👌👌😊😊,😍😍

Such great content and tips here Mark! I remember watching Rescate about a year ago and was sooo blown away! My first documentary two years ago was on human trafficking in los angeles, I didn't have "the gear" but the story itself was enough to make you feel moved so thank you for reminding me of that!

I don't care to hear about the luts, I'm a filmmaker, this is gold Mark thanks!

Love your content. Just found you today, and I’m never letting go. All the way from Nigeria

This is ace, we are soon going to be moving to the USA from the Uk, for my wife’s job. I wanted to document that. with where we live now and where going too and the change in that. With jobs, the dogs, problems that come about sorting a place to live that stuff. Thanks for you help nice one. Go steady Sam

Well as someone who has known you since the very, very beginning, I can say how proud I am of this amazing little 'You-Tube-that-Could'channel... and to think that you had some struggles in school with story-writing! Now you're doing it through film, and it's amazing! Plus, I'd love those headphones too. Love, Mom #markboneheadphones

I learned more in this video about documentary filmmaking than in months of reading and looking at youtube tutotorials. Thanks Mark!

hai hai, new follower here. KZfaq algorithm brought me here and let's just say ... I've basically binge watched all your videos. Great content, can't wait for more!

This is invaluable and exactly the type of guidance I've been looking for so thank you SO much for making this video. I've done all the research about gear etc but really I wanted help with storyline. So happy I stumbled upon this. Thank you so much!

Hello Mark, this is what I Am Lookingfor, thanks so much

Ok, finally a tutorial that is about content and not only gear. Man, you just got a new follower right here, please keep on doing more content like this! Thanks!

Thanks Mark! A nice look at the process of filmmaking. Love it!

I've just watched some of your trailers and the photography looks amazing. Some of the life stories of f.e. ambulance drivers has a lot of drama potential, fe. why the driver choose to persist eventhough he witnessed such horrors. Or the biker story, I can imagine a lot of different concepts about his path. Inspiring and great.

LOVE the idea with the coloured post-it notes! Loads easier to see laid out like that.

Seriously - tips and informations you are sharing are one of the best on KZfaq. They help a lot. Thanks and keep it up! Fingers crossed for the final edit.

Thanks Mark for your highly engaging and thoughtful video. I am going to suggest this video to my students!

love the post it notes. Deffo using this. THANKS!

@Mark Bone this is clutch info. Working through a short doc about a retiring artist just now - re-inspired! Thanks man

Appreciate this. Recently got a drone and my 1st camera rig setup. Have plenty of footage but lacked a clear direction. This helped TREMENDOUSLY. Subbed

Really enjoyed this one, great content, really useful, thanks Mark

Mark Thank You!

Really excited to see how this film is gonna turn out. Love your work man

Hey Mark!! You guys are killing it in Canada. I sure you know Peter M. One of my favorite KZfaq favorites. I am shooting a doc in 2020. I am following you Bro. Keep it coming. I am listening. #iAMYourCameraGuy Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us newbies! 100%

I want to start my documentary . I became very passionate about this project ❤️

I’m excited for this video, looking to make a mini doc on my fraternity very soon!

Just outstanding video Mark! Such a huge thank you for sharing this with me. OMG if time turned back about 20 years, and you were my tutor an Uni (studied Art, Design & Media - The moving Image/Film making) I would absolutely have been dedicated to my course! (unlike what really happened, and now is the time I want to learn!)

Thank you for sharing! I'm always getting something out of your videos.

Damn that zoom in intro 🔥

Please do more of an in-depth analysis on plot structure! Thank you for the content you have shared thus far! Stellar!

Thank you so much! I’m currently planning a documentary on my mother right now! All of your videos are so helpful! I appreciate you sharing this

Thank you for sharing this valuable information, it has helped me soooooooo much in just the short time I’ve been watching your channel. Thank you!!!

The theory on documentary film making is exactly what i've been looking for. More of this please.

Mark Bone deserves a Million subscribers 😤

Mark, this is gold. In your latest video you announced a doc course. Can't wait for it. Exactly what I'm looking for.

I've watched this video like 4 or 5 times! :) you nailed it bro! Stay safe!

Literally my favourite KZfaqr and creative at the moment. Thanks for sharing this as I've literally just got into documentary film making . Kudos bro⚡

Thank you so much for sharing! Always looking forward to your content.

This is the content ive been looking for thank you God bless

Loyal subscriber Mark! Love your content and would love listening to you with those headphones! Thanks man keep it up...

thanks so much Mark!! for this information! greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷

I'm really impressed by the quality of this video. Very well done!

still learning, love to hear it 🧠 another excellent video. can’t wait to implement some of these ideas into my films

Sitting at a desk editing is very hard, I edit on a lazy boy next to my bed in my bedroom with the TV on, I could edit literally for 12 or more at a time.. I'm so comfortable.. Thanks for yr tips I'm about to start a documentary on my mom's life this week.. thanks for all yr help 🙏

You give really good tips/advice! Thanks a lot!

Just started university and studying Film Practice which is basically film school for making documentaries and we are getting into the editing part of it and those headphones would be amazing to acquire for next level editing! In addition heard your advice and bought my self a top handle for my DSRL. Keep up the good work and keep inspiring people!! #markboneheadphones

This was great Mark..right on time for me..you just earned a subscriber 🤟🏻🎥🙏🏻

This is awesome. Super helpful. I liked the editing room piece. Fun to see other filmmakers at work! The little back light is a great gadget.

Super helpful! Thanks!

another substantial video. we need a lot of this guy on this platform! great content as always, man!!

Awesome video and content. Cheers from Mexico.

Absolutely loved this. Thanks for sharing. Keep doing this. You will become one of KZfaqs best. I have a doco that I have been trying to get finished for two years that I filmed in India. It’s been in post production (the back of my mind) for too long. You’ve inspired me to finish it.

Mark, how bout creating a filmmaking class or two at the Artscape Launchpad here on the Toronto waterfront. They have some great equipment and studios but have little in the way of instruction. Love what you are doing here on KZfaq and could see some great hands classes here in TO. It maybe worth looking into!

I loved this video! I'm planning to make a documentary for school soon and this series has already helped me a lot, thanks so much Mark!

Thank you Mark. such invaluable insights and direction. Top content man!

Thanks for this walkthrough. I've always thought about making docs, but I know they can be quite an undertaking. I'm already subbed, so if you drop any more tips I'll be here.

Dude this is amazing !! Literally, you have no idea how much this refreshed my mind for a doci I'm about to go shoot. Thank you so much for this dude!!!

Yay its the sticky note video. Just got me a box of sticky notes for my travel video.

So helpful Mark! Thanks so much!

Fantastic ! this info is gold. Helped me a bunch - thank you

I believe that you are like ... third person on youtube i've hit subscribe button and bell instantly after watching only one video. Great knowledge resource :) Keep'em coming! Regards.

I don’t do documentary but I think the content on your channel is great 👍 Thanks for sharing!