A personal, professional and
affordable documentary
The mini-documentary is produced with high end equipment and in a professional set up. Post production takes place with industry leading tools and software (e.g. for colour correction and sound mastering). The process follows the same traditional principles and steps as a documentary production for TV, but on a smaller scale.
The 'making of' experience
Visually attractive description of the ‘making of experience’ (emphasis not on ‘process’ but on ‘experience’)
Birch
~60min interview
Generic b-roll
Resulting in
6 - 8min. mini-docu
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On location
Driving costs incl. (BE)
Premium soundtracks
Background music incl. licences
Premium Video
- Interview prep call
- In depth questions
- Colour correction & audio mastering
Digital High Definition file
- Download link
- Several resolution versions
for use eg. on smartphone,
social media, smart TV, …
Interview languages
I am fluent in Dutch, Spanish, English and German.
I can offer the interview in four languages. German and Spanish are my mother tongs from which Spanish is the one I am using for my kids. I have been working and studying in Belgium since 2020 in Dutch and my wife and I speak English together. You should join us for dinner to hear this in practice ;-)
What is A-roll and B-Roll?
A-Roll and B-Roll refer in video production to the type of footage taken.
A-Roll
Is the main interview footage. This covers the main story line and the spoken voice.
B-Roll
Is all the extra footage that is build around the A-Roll to enhance the main story.
Generic B-Roll
Generic footage of streets, nature and cities in different seasons, at different times of day and so on.
Same colour correction and shooting style as the interview for perfect visual match.
Selected B-Roll shots to fit the mood, ambience, topic, feeling of the interviewee story.
Personalized B-Roll
Extra shoots taken after the interview to enhance the story.
B-Roll footage that show the environment, living space with the interviewee to make the video memory more authentic. Showing close ups of interviewee while eg daily routines.
The process of making your mini-documentary
After a first short contact, we will set up an intake conversation. During this conversation, I can get to know you a bit better, get a sense of who your are and what are your expectations for your documentary. We will discuss which topics absolutely (not) to cover and decide on a shooting date.
After that, the preparation will start: high level on storyboarding of the documentary, preparing the interview, scouting for B-roll etc.
After the actual taping of A- and B-roll the post-production work will take several weeks, as it is a very labour intensive step: finalising the scripting, editing the interview, B-roll, soundtrack & music together, colour correcting, audio mastering and more.
Finally you will receive the finished version of your mini-documentary.
- do we put here that they can still make changes? or put that in FAQ?
Shooting ratio explained
The difference between footage taken and the final cut in filmmaking
To produce a documentary (or any kind of film) there is always more footage taken then used for the final version. In the process of editing and reviewing the material just the best parts that fit into a dramaturgical story line will be used. The ratio vary between the type of film, eg. an animal documentary require lots of shooting hours while a well scripted tv show will have less shooting hours for the same final result in duration.
In prepared interview-based documentaries and in my experience the ratio is around 10%. That means with 60 min of shooting I can edit and produce a well crafted and good quality mini docu of around 6 min duration.