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[softball]

I don't tend to be a fan of documentaries that start out with the conclusion and attempt to build backwards

That is how most documentaries are made. Michael Moore's films are not documentaries, however.
When you go looking for funding for a doc, you start with a premise that you are going to prove. That is what gets you the money.
I am not sure why you have a problem with this.

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

That is how most documentaries are made. Michael Moore's films are not documentaries, however.
When you go looking for funding for a doc, you start with a premise that you are going to prove. That is what gets you the money.
I am not sure why you have a problem with this.

There is a huge difference between a premise and a conclusion. When you work from a premise, you may still end up with a different story if the interviews and the data reveal something different from what you went looking for. Working from a conclusion, you would just eliminate all the data that doesn't agree with you and go from there.

It is the different between drawing a conclusion based on the information you have, or selecting info to support your pre-set conclusion.

[DannyCox]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

or selecting info to support your pre-set conclusion.

Oh, we're talking about Al Gore now!

[softball]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

There is a huge difference between a premise and a conclusion. When you work from a premise, you may still end up with a different story if the interviews and the data reveal something different from what you went looking for. Working from a conclusion, you would just eliminate all the data that doesn't agree with you and go from there.

It is the different between drawing a conclusion based on the information you have, or selecting info to support your pre-set conclusion.

But we were discussing documentary film making. Documentaries usually have a point to make and a conclusion to support. It is not news, but it is journalism. I have worked on more docs than I can remember and I would say that most work this way. The outcome is not always pre ordained, but the path is set and the research done to support your theory. When the outcome is a surprise, then that is just a bonus to a good film maker.