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Documentary storytelling : creative nonfiction on screen / Sheila Curran Bernard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bernard, Sheila Curran, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Documentary films--Production and direction.
- Documentary films.
- Documentary films--Authorship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (379 pages)
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Routledge, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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 ).
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Acknowledgments; Sources and Notes; About the Author; CHAPTER 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 and Pitching; CHAPTER 10 Treatments and Proposals; 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; PART IV Additional Material; Films; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780203756317
- 0203756312
- 9781135015824
- 1135015821
- 9781135015817
- 1135015813
- OCLC:
- 933433244
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