How the hell do they really actually make these tense as hell documentaries and pull it off? What I mean is: by getting good interviews from key players inside these operations and doing it without getting kidnapped or killed in the process.
Example - "Dope" on Netflix. There have been a lot of good documentaries over the years but im just using this one as an example at the moment because its pretty current and a pretty good show as well. I just finished up the third season and am still kind of dumbfounded how these producers and cameramen end up getting their interviews and camera shots etc from the dealers/cartels and still end up walking out alive to tell about it.
In the first episode in the 3rd season (The Devils Oldest Trick) at about the 27-28 minute mark, a guy in a yellow mask proceeds to explain what he does and everything, and then says that he doesn't trust anyone, is very meticulous about what he does and who he lets in, and didn't even want to do the interview, but he was ordered to "from the top". He gives me nothing less than that feeling that he would literally shoot you dead on sight if he has the slightest thought that you are ANY kind of a threat to him.
In the 4th episode (This isn't Miami Vice), at around the 29 minute mark, cops bust in on the dealers while the show is literally in the middle of filming the interview. How did the people associated with the show get out alive without being suspected as a snitch and blamed for possibly tipping off the authorities?
Dont rattle off a bunch of silly things like "its probably payoffs/bribes" or anything like that because you definitely wont have me convinced.
So what's the method?
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Originally Posted by sah_24
