Introduction

In hybrid documentary the spectrum can be as broad, from the hideous, tricky and disturbing to the simple, transcendent and transformative. Furthermore, the approaches, techniques and intellectual frameworks deployed in hybrid documentary can have a potent effect on the way filmmakers challenge conventional methodologies surrounding the development and production of drama – challenges that have vital ethical implications and expand our understanding of the world and role of documentary and non-fiction content. The student films produced using these techniques had worldwide breakthrough festival success. Such techniques can be used by emerging and professional filmmakers alike. These development processes are a combination of theoretical lectures, workshops, exercises, street casting and intensely collaborative production methodology articulated in a format combining theory, examples, practical exercises and development guides.