Learn everything you can about your documentary subject. Sometimes the story lines are obvious, sometimes not. Do a lot of digging and follow leads. This is where you put on your reporter hat. Gather facts and search for leads on interesting characters and story lines.
a bird's eye view. a bird's eye view. 1. A view looking down at an object or area from a high elevation. As much as I'd love to go to the observation deck of the Empire State Building and see New York City from a bird's eye view, I'm afraid that my acrophobia will prevent me from enjoying the experience.
bird's eye view meaning, bird's eye view definition | English Cobuild dictionary. bird's eye view. ( bird's eye views plural ) You say that you have a bird's eye viewof a place when you are looking down at it from a great height, so that you can see a long way but everything looks very small. 1 n-count A bird is a creature with feathers and wings. Female birds lay eggs. Most birds can fly.