Documentary 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).
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction PART I • Understanding StoryCHAPTER 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 StoryCHAPTER 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 StoryCHAPTER 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
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ISBN
9781138123410
Publisert
2015-12-22
Utgave
4. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
657 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
358

Biographical note

Sheila Curran Bernard is an award-winning filmmaker and writer whose credits include projects for broadcast and theatrical release as well as museum and classroom use. She has taught at Princeton University, Westbrook College, and the University at Albany, SUNY.