Documentaries

The unique format of documentary filmmaking – a “documentation” of reality – is familiar terrain for the corporate DVD producers of Anvil Media.

Among our video production team stand journalists such as Anvil Media’s executive producer, Darryl Anderson, former news reporter at Channel Ten News and previously a senior reporter and producer for Australia’s popular rural affairs program “Cross Country”. As an experienced reporter, Anderson understands the exceptional format of the documentary.

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Australia’s livestock export industry documentary

Meat & Livestock Australia A behind-the-scenes look at Australia’s live export industry through a riveting documentary.

Community education DVD using 3D animation

Murray Darling Basin Authority How can we watch fish swim upstream when there’s a weir in the way? Only animation can make it possible.

Document a historical native title agreement

National Native Title Tribunal An agreement between the Tubbagah people of the Wiradjuri nation and Dubbo City Council that benefited the entire community.

Educational DVD

Cotton Australia Anvil Media interplays music, narration and live filming of cotton production to tell the story of cotton.

Educational video targeted to primary school students

Australian Egg Corporation Ltd A young target audience is educated with entertaining device of animation and an engaging voiceover.

Television documentary production

Outback Angel Meg McKay The inspiring story of outback nurse Meg Mackay. A co-production of Anvil Media and independent producer Katrina Roe

The science of Stomp

Stomp The science of Stomp

Water Down Under

The Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee "Water gives life." That’s the message from the farming families whose survival hangs on this rich water source.

2 ways to approach DVD production

A corporate video production team that features experienced journalists is primed for the documentary format, considering that there are just two approaches to corporate DVD production:

  1. As a journalist – shoot first, script later, best used under tight timings
  2. As a filmmaker – script first, shoot later, when timings are flexible, although spontaneity is limited.

Documentaries rely heavily on journalism and “reporting” devices such as interviews, narration, stock footage and scientific graphics. Our corporate DVD producers confidently use these audio-visual production tools to guide your target market through the fascinating story of your cause, work or brand.

5 types of documentaries

Drawing on our strong experience in broadcast journalism, our corporate video producers will guide you in the right style of documentary to achieve your strategic objectives.

Do you want to generate exposure for a social-justice cause?

Educate your customers in a position held by your company through a documentary that acts like an educational video?

Inform the public about an environmental or agricultural threat through a factual audio-visual production?

Tell your shareholders the story of your company’s rise to success in a corporate DVD that follows the documentary format?

Entertain viewers with a re-enactment of an event through a “mockumentary” that plays on Australia’s mischievous sense of humour?

A documentary could be the right avenue for you.

Just five documentary styles include:

  1. “Pure” documentaries, drawing on the specialised devices of journalism
  2. Creative documentaries, which position a real subject according to the viewpoint of the video producer
  3. “Mockumentaries”, an entertaining and irreverent take on the documentary format
  4. Docudramas, in which our corporate video producers can leverage real-life characters to re-enact the event
  5. Expository documentaries, where video producers can use narration to instruct the viewer in an authoritative tone.

Documentary techniques

Our corporate video producers create documentaries that align with your strategic objectives, using classic documentary techniques such as:

  1. Stock footage of historical events, which cut costs and authentically work historical scenes into your audio-visual production
  2. Real-time filming or recreations of events
  3. Narration and voiceover, which can educate shareholders and the public in a position that your company holds
  4. Interviews with real-life subjects.

The documentary is an intriguing and engrossing format that is rising in popularity among mainstream audiences. As a non-fiction treatment, it allows you to position yourself as an authority on your subject, engaging them in a detailed or personal subject.