Product Details

• Directors: David Hoffman
• Format: Black & White, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Varied Directions
• DVD Release Date: January 1, 2003
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001LQJVM
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #95,266 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Russell Sparkman, OneWorldJourneys.com

"I laughed (It's All Good), marveled (Turner Kansas) and even cried (Second Home - which is especially poignant these days).

Product Description

How do you successfully create, sell, develop, produce and distribute a documentary? David Hoffman is a veteran filmmakers/producer/director/distributor who has gotten his shows on prime time national TV more than 100 times, made 4 Doc style features, dozens of educational films and 150 doc style commercials working every size budget.

In this 1 hour 45 minute DVD, Hoffman shows clips of dozens of films and tells the behind-the-scenes stories of how the films came to be made. He produced this program this past Christmas for his colleagues to see. Now you can see it too.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, January 6, 2007

By	Vicente M. Sanchis Arino "herodotus" (GILET, VALENCIA Spain) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Making Documentary Films with Veteran Producer David Hoffman (DVD)

If you are looking for a DVD to learn 'How to do documentaries', you are going to be very disappointed, as I was.
I bought this DVD based on the information and the opinion of someone else who rated this item. Maybe the rating is accurate for himself, but there is little or no information about making documentaries. It is a simple, and in my opinion not very interesting, story of what Mr. Hoffman had made during his life. Some documentaries in the 60's and 70's about singers, and many commercials for big corporations from 80's.
No advice on how to do anything related to serious documentary filmmaking, no comments on how to improve your skills. Just short excerpts from his old documentaries.
If you a fan of Mr Hoffman, buy it. But if you want information on how to do your documentary, look somewhere else.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good film, February 20, 2006

By	Joan Thornton (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Making Documentary Films with Veteran Producer David Hoffman (DVD)

I was trying to find a film that would be personal and show me how people go about making documentaries because I never went to film school, but I am trying to find my way in the industry. I thought it was very helpful, and fun to watch. I feel like I learned a lot from Mr. Hoffman.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars So so product, bad materials, August 3, 2009

By	Orlando Mergal "http://www.accuratecommunicat... (Carolina, PR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Making Documentary Films with Veteran Producer David Hoffman (DVD)

I purchased one of these DVDs and watched it once. I put it on a shelf for a couple of years and when I tried to play it again it wouldn't work. I contacted the author about obtaining a replacement disc. He asked for a small amount and I agreed to pay it. After that he never answered my emails again. His poor materials are only matched by his worse customer service. Stay away!!!