Michael Moore Film Tips

An article containing an unlucky number of tips for documentaries. This was full of good tips to make a documentary interesting, and maybe, just maybe, entertaining. His tips were to be humorous, don't regurgitate the same bunk everyone already knows, leave the audience to do some work, something about over-priced popcorn, the "left" needs to be funnier, name the real villains, make it personal, look at the media's response, Americans love non-fiction, only people who disagree, create the film from the audience's point of view, treat the audience like they have brains, and that sound is more telling than the picture. Basically you should involve the audience as smart passengers in the documentary. The film shouldn't be boring, and it shouldn't be pretentious. This is a really good set of tips for aspiring documentary makers, it can help them avoid making a boring, condescending lecture with the maker's opinion shoved down your throat. While I personally will probably never use this, it is a good kick in the rear for rookies to actually put some effort into creating an enjoyable experience.