Mister Michael Moore gave the world a little insight into how he makes his successful documentaries successful in a relatively easy to follow list necessary pointers. He asserts that documentaries should be treated like movies that make us laugh, cry, feel good about ourselves, or teach us something new. The audience should leave the theater with a sense of personal discovery and wonder that can not be achieved through a lecture style documentary. Be bold and make the documentary personal. Don't be afraid to appear in your own documentary or simply add a your own voice to the mix. Trust your audience and yourself because if you don't like your work or if you don't smile or crack up over it, how can you expect anyone else to do the same? Finally, give a bit of extra respect to your sound worker. The work that they do could make or break your film. The sounds that they produce can carry the story a long way.
This list has a lot of useful pointers contained within it. I felt as though some of the pointers were not explained too well, but for the most part, I understood what was being said. These pointers will be useful for when I will eventually have to make a documentary myself. It feels as though some of these pointers will be hard to implement, but having the general knowledge just helps in general.
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