7 Documentary filmmaking trends to ditch in 2023

Want to become a better documentary filmmaker in 2023? Try ditching these 7 trends. Because while there’s no right or wrong way to make a documentary film, these tips will definitely help push your filmmaking in the right direction for the year to come.

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0:00 - Intro
1:37 - Overusing Slowmotion
3:00 - Difference between Broll and Scenes
3:59 - Show, don’t tell
5:34 - Consider abandoning this piece of gear
7:04 - Using drones as a crutch
8:20 - Think twice about Autofocus
10:30 - Over-the-top Color Grading

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