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.
Simple eye in invertebrates. A simple eye (sometimes called a pigment pit) refers to a type of eye form or optical arrangement that contains a single lens. A simple eye is so called in distinction from a multi-lensed compound eye, and is not necessarily at all simple in the usual sense of the word. The eyes of humans and large animals, and camera lenses are classed as simple because in both cases a single lens collects and focuses light onto the retina or film.