Documentary storytelling : creative nonfiction on screen / Sheila Curran Bernard

By:

Bernard, Sheila Curran

Language: English Publication details: New York : Focal Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xix, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780415843300 (pbk.)
0415843308 (pbk.)

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LOC classification:

PN 1995.9 B521d 2016

Contents:

Introduction Part I. Understanding story : Story basics ; Finding the story ; Story structure ; Time on screen ; Creative approach ; Close viewing Part II. Working with story : Research ; Planning and pitching ; Treatments and proposals ; Shooting ; Editing ; Narration and voice-over ; Storytelling: a checklist Part III. Talking about story : Alex Gibney ; Susan Kim ; James Marsh ; Cara Mertes ; Stanley Nelson ; Deborah Scranton ; Kazuhiro Soda ; Orlando von Einsiedel Part IV. Additional material : Films

Summary: "Documentary Storytelling has reached filmmakers and filmgoers worldwide with its unique focus on the key ingredients 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"

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"A Focal Press book"--Page 1 of cover
Fourth edition originally published in 2016 by Focal Press

Introduction
Part I. Understanding story : Story basics ; Finding the story ; Story structure ; Time on screen ; Creative approach ; Close viewing
Part II. Working with story : Research ; Planning and pitching ; Treatments and proposals ; Shooting ; Editing ; Narration and voice-over ; Storytelling: a checklist
Part III. Talking about story : Alex Gibney ; Susan Kim ; James Marsh ; Cara Mertes ; Stanley Nelson ; Deborah Scranton ; Kazuhiro Soda ; Orlando von Einsiedel
Part IV. Additional material : Films

"Documentary Storytelling has reached filmmakers and filmgoers worldwide with its unique focus on the key ingredients 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"

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