A Deposition Documentary begins with video taping each key witness who is deposed. Deposition Documentaries can be dispositive! These are short movies that refine volumes of testimony into a concise presentation that gets to the point, as told by the witnesses who might potentially be testifying in trial.
The credibility of a key witness or defendant can be effectively asserted or destroyed with his or her own testimony. The point: A camera that catches everything. It illuminates the subtle insincerities that are betrayed by the pauses, blinks, glares, stares, hesitations, stutters and mannerisms of an untruthful witness. Conversely, a sincere witness who has no difficulty remembering facts becomes all the more credible. Filming should begin when the first important witness is deposed and editing should start as soon as the first videotape becomes available.
