Documentary storytelling:making stronger and more dramatic nonfiction films

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bernard Sheila Curran.
Published: Focal Press,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam Boston
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 2nd ed.
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Carrier Form: xiv, 379 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780240808758 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0240808754 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: J952
CLC: J952
Call Number: J952/B521-1/2nd.ed.
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-363) and index.
Includes filmography: p. 365-368.
Introduction -- PART 1: Story design. Story basics -- Documentary storytelling -- Approach -- Structure -- Manipulating time -- Case studies -- -- PART II: Ideas to treatments. Research -- Casting -- Pitching and proposal writing -- Outlines, treatments, and scripts -- -- PART III: Shooting and editing. Shooting -- Editing -- Writing narration and voice-over -- Storytelling: a checklist -- -- PART IV: Conversations about story. Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan -- Victoria Bruce and Karin Hayes -- Ric Burns -- Jon Else -- Nicholas Fraser -- Susan Froemke -- Sam Pollard -- Kenn Rabin -- Per Saari -- Onyekachi Wambu -- PART V: Additional material.