Meta Filmmaking and Framing John DeLorean

The Documentary Life

When filmmakers Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce met, it was a match in doc filmmaking heaven. Their first documentary film, The Art of the Steal, was a Netflix hit that would lead them to their next doc projects, and ultimately to their lives as full-time documentary filmmakers. Their current film, Framing John DeLorean, blurs the lines between fiction and non-fiction narrative, using name actors like Alec Baldwin and Josh Charles, meta filmmaking, and incorporating actual behind-the-scenes footage as a significant storytelling device.

Topics Discussed

• Lessening the lag time between your doc film projects
• How meta filmmaking and using behind-the-scenes footage became an impactful storytelling device for Framing John DeLorean
• Where the blurred lines between fiction and non-fiction meet and when not to cross those lines
• By nature living the doc life is an unsure, uncertain business that you have to be okay with in order to live it

Additional Resources

Trailer for Framing John DeLorean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIa1gn9wVNo

Chris in Cambodia Series

In Chris in Cambodia, TDL host and doc filmmaker, Chris G. Parkhurst shares some of his stories and lessons from his most recent trip filming in Cambodia, working on he and his wife, Steph’s, current documentary, Elvis of Cambodia.

In Part Seven, Chris, along with trusted friend and fixer/translator, Phon Kaseka, rides elephants in Mondulkiri province and commences filming in Kampong Thma province. This segments delves into the all-important relationship between doc filmmaker and fixer/translator.

How to Film a Drummer on a Cambodian Road

#Doclifer Stories

Where we share our listeners #doclives and filmmaking stories. This week’s #Doclifer Story, comes from Hasan Demirtas, who shares with us his journey to and through his first feature doc, You Name It, a film that explores three of the world’s prominent genocides.

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