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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415843308
ISBN-139780415843300
eBay Product ID (ePID)215919049
Product Key Features
Number of Pages358 Pages
Publication NameDocumentary Storytelling : Creative Nonfiction on Screen
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
SubjectFilm / General, Film / Genres / Documentary, Film / Screenwriting, Film / Direction & Production
TypeTextbook
AuthorSheila Curran Bernard
Subject AreaPerforming Arts
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight18.2 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number4
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal070.1/8
Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition
Table Of ContentCHAPTER 1 Introduction PART I * Understanding Story CHAPTER 2 Story Basics CHAPTER 3 Finding the Story CHAPTER 4 Story Structure CHAPTER 5 Time on Screen CHAPTER 6 Creative Approach CHAPTER 7 Close Viewing PART II * Working with Story CHAPTER 8 Research CHAPTER 9 Planning CHAPTER 10 Selling CHAPTER 11 Shooting CHAPTER 12 Editing CHAPTER 13 Narration and Voice-Over CHAPTER 14 Storytelling: A Checklist PART III * Talking About Story CHAPTER 15 Alex Gibney CHAPTER 16 Susan Kim CHAPTER 17 James Marsh CHAPTER 18 Cara Mertes CHAPTER 19 Stanley Nelson CHAPTER 20 Deborah Scranton CHAPTER 21 Kazuhiro Soda CHAPTER 22 Orlando von Einsiedel
SynopsisDocumentary Storytelling has reached filmmakers and filmgoers worldwide with its unique focus on the key ingredient for success in the growing global documentary marketplace: storytelling. This practical guide reveals how today's top filmmakers bring the tools of narrative cinema to the world of nonfiction film and video without sacrificing the rigor and truthfulness that give documentaries their power. The book offers practical advice for producers, directors, editors, cinematographers, writers and others seeking to make ethical and effective films that merge the strengths of visual and aural media with the power of narrative storytelling. In this new, updated edition, Emmy Award-winning author Sheila Curran Bernard offers: New strategies for analyzing documentary work New conversations with filmmakers including Stanley Nelson ( The Black Panthers ), Kazuhiro Soda ( Mental ), Orlando von Einsiedel ( Virunga ), and Cara Mertes (JustFilms) Discussions previously held with Susan Kim ( Imaginary Witness ), Deborah Scranton ( The War Tapes ), Alex Gibney ( Taxi to the Dark Side ), and James Marsh ( Man on Wire ).