Attention, Documentary Filmmakers: 5 Strategies for Working with Archival Footage

READ MORE: 8 Great Documentary Discoveries from Hot Docs 2015 Alongside new strategies for shooting, structuring, narrating, interviewing, dramatizing and advocating, there have been myriad ways of employing archival footage. From films comprised entirely of archival footage or audio ("Senna," "Listen to Me Marlon"), to archival footage being held in reserve for a crucial and emotional reveal ("Waltz With Bashir"), to turning over the box and constructing a narrative out of the treasures in the pile ("Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck"), there seems to be no end to the ways in which documentarians can marshal archival material to support, amplify,...

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