Are documentaries scripted? When I say scripted I mean entirely, and not solely for parts where voice over will be included. I've been reading about how tv news stories/news packages are compiled, and they are usually guided by scripts that are written detailing where everything should go within them and how they should play out.
For a documentary, is a longer one created? Instead of a few minute long tv news story/news package --one can be made for a documentary that's much longer in length? The scripts for news involve including notes on where specific quotes/soundbites from interviews should be placed, voice over, images seen for b-roll, and other cues --are those things needed for documentaries if scripts are written for them?
Have you ever produced/filmed/made a documentary? If so, did you write a script for it/was a script written for it? What did it consist of, if so? How long was it? How was it used? Know anyone who has made/produced/filmed a documentary? If so, was a script written for theirs? What did it consist of, if so? How was it used? How long was it? If you or the other person didn't have one written/use one, why didn't you? Was it unnecessary? Why, if so?
For a documentary, is a longer one created? Instead of a few minute long tv news story/news package --one can be made for a documentary that's much longer in length? The scripts for news involve including notes on where specific quotes/soundbites from interviews should be placed, voice over, images seen for b-roll, and other cues --are those things needed for documentaries if scripts are written for them?
Have you ever produced/filmed/made a documentary? If so, did you write a script for it/was a script written for it? What did it consist of, if so? How long was it? How was it used? Know anyone who has made/produced/filmed a documentary? If so, was a script written for theirs? What did it consist of, if so? How was it used? How long was it? If you or the other person didn't have one written/use one, why didn't you? Was it unnecessary? Why, if so?