Lucy Walker Talks Storytelling Through Documentaries: ‘It’s Difficult, You’re Asking People to Share Their Secrets’

variety.com:

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Recognizing the brilliance of British director Lucy Walker, both as a filmmaker and as an advocate for the documentary format, Shekhar Kapur hurriedly arranged an additional masterclass on Saturday at the International Film Festival of India, where he is festival director.

And hosted the session himself. Their conversation ranged from technology and technique through to the filmmaker’s responsibility towards the subject.

In particular, it dug deep into how and where to find a story. After an era of editing with film stock, Walker said that around the time she went to film school computer editing came in and changed the game. “You could start to be able to build stories in the editing room.

And do some of the writing later. You [still] have to choose good enough ingredients for your recipe. But I felt like the tools [offered] different options, allowing you to create a proper movie that audiences would find really satisfying, even if at the beginning you didn’t know where you’re going.