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Documentary storytelling : creative nonfiction on screen / Sheila Curran Bernard.

Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2023Edition: 5th editionDescription: xix, 373 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0049776117ISBN: 9781032267296 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Documentary films -- Production and direction | Documentary films -- Authorship | Media Studies

| Museology & heritage studies | The arts: general issues | Films, cinema | Documentary films

| Film production: technical & background skills | Screenwriting techniques | Film scripts & screenplaysDDC classification: 070.18 LOC classification: PN1995.9.D6 | B394 2023

Contents:

1. IntroductionPart I: Understanding Story2. Story Basics 3. Identifying the Story 4. Structure 5. Creative Approach 6. Watching Like a Filmmaker Part II: Working with Story7. Research and Casting 8. Project Development 9. The Film on Paper 10. Shooting 11. Editing 12. Narration and Voice-Over 13. Storytelling: A Checklist Part III: Talking about Story14. Julie Casper Roth 15. June Cross 16. Heidi Gronauer 17. Madison Hamburg 18. Stanley Nelson 19. Dawn Porter 20. Tracy Heather Strain 21. Orlando von Einsiedel

Summary: For nearly two decades, Documentary Storytelling has reached filmmakers and filmgoers worldwide with its unique focus on the key ingredient for success in the global documentary marketplace: storytelling. The book's website - available at www.documentarystorytelling.com - includes further interviews, related articles, and more. -Offers a practical guide to using the tools of narrative cinema in nonfiction film, focusing on storytelling as it applies to every part of the filmmaking process. -5th edition is updated to include new examples, increased coverage of documentary ethics and research for nonfiction film (especially using web-based material), an exploration of short-form nonfiction forms, and new interviews, giving documentary filmmakers the tools to make effective, ethically-responsible films for a range of different audience types. -Interviews with award-winning documentary filmmakers including Stanley Nelson (The Black Panthers), Orlando von Einsiedel (Virunga), and Cara Mertes (JustFilms), and [tbc - new names], offering contemporary insight into the craft.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

-Offers a practical guide to using the tools of narrative cinema in nonfiction film, focusing on storytelling as it applies to every part of the filmmaking process.

-5th edition is updated to include new examples, increased coverage of documentary ethics and research for nonfiction film (especially using web-based material), an exploration of short-form nonfiction forms, and new interviews, giving documentary filmmakers the tools to make effective, ethically-responsible films for a range of different audience types.

-Interviews with award-winning documentary filmmakers including Stanley Nelson (The Black Panthers), Orlando von Einsiedel (Virunga), and Cara Mertes (JustFilms), and [tbc - new names], offering contemporary insight into the craft.

"A Focal Press book"--Front cover.

Previous edition: New York: Focal Press, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

For nearly two decades, Documentary Storytelling has reached filmmakers and filmgoers worldwide with its unique focus on the key ingredient for success in the global documentary marketplace: storytelling. The book's website - available at www.documentarystorytelling.com - includes further interviews, related articles, and more. -Offers a practical guide to using the tools of narrative cinema in nonfiction film, focusing on storytelling as it applies to every part of the filmmaking process. -5th edition is updated to include new examples, increased coverage of documentary ethics and research for nonfiction film (especially using web-based material), an exploration of short-form nonfiction forms, and new interviews, giving documentary filmmakers the tools to make effective, ethically-responsible films for a range of different audience types. -Interviews with award-winning documentary filmmakers including Stanley Nelson (The Black Panthers), Orlando von Einsiedel (Virunga), and Cara Mertes (JustFilms), and [tbc - new names], offering contemporary insight into the craft.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface to the Fifth Edition (p. xiii)
Acknowledgments (p. xv)
Sources and Notes (p. xvii)
About the Author (p. xix)
Chapter 1 Introduction (p. 1)
Part 1 Understanding Story
Chapter 2 Story Basics (p. 25)
Chapter 3 Identifying the Story (p. 45)
Chapter 4 Structure (p. 63)
Chapter 5 Creative Approach (p. 95)
Chapter 6 Watching Like a Filmmaker (p. 115)
Part II Working with Story
Chapter 7 Research and Casting (p. 141)
Chapter 8 Project Development (p. 163)
Chapter 9 The Film on Paper (p. 181)
Chapter 10 Shooting (p. 197)
Chapter 11 Editing (p. 211)
Chapter 12 Narration and Voice-Over (p. 241)
Chapter 13 Storytelling: A Checklist (p. 259)
Part III Talking about Story
Chapter 14 Julie Casper Roth (p. 263)
Chapter 15 June Cross (p. 273)
Chapter 16 Heidi Gronauer (p. 291)
Chapter 17 Madison Hamburg (p. 301)
Chapter 18 Stanley Nelson (p. 315)
Chapter 19 Dawn Porter (p. 329)
Chapter 20 Tracy Heather Strain (p. 345)
Chapter 21 Orlando von Einsiedel (p. 353)
Index (p. 367)

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