Observing protagonists is a central element in many documentaries. But how do you get good footage to tell an interesting story? How do you identify a protagonist? How do you get them to trust you and to film them so closely? How do you work with them? What creative choices do you have to make? How observational is observational in the end? In this session, you will see two state of the art examples of filmmakers getting extraordinarily close to the protagonists. Come and find out their secrets in this session!
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