Documentary Filmmaking from Scratch

From an idea to a finished documentary

Filmmakers Jose Prada and Rene Strgar guide the full arc of documentary work — developing the initial idea, shooting it, and carrying it through post-production into something that communicates a real story visually. It's framed as a from-scratch course, so no assumed documentary-making background is required.

What you'll learn

• How to shape a raw idea into a workable documentary concept
• The production process behind non-fiction storytelling
• Carrying a project through to a finished, post-produced piece

Who it's for

Aspiring documentary makers, hobbyist filmmakers, and anyone with a true story they want to tell on camera but don't yet know the process end to end.

Documentary work lives or dies on structure and follow-through, and having two working filmmakers walk the entire pipeline is a practical shortcut past a lot of trial and error.