Documentary Storytelling (4^th Ed.)
Creative Nonfiction on Screen

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).

CHAPTER 1 　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　Introduction

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　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

CHAPTER 10　　　　　　　 Selling　　

CHAPTER 11　　　　　　　 Shooting　　　　　　　　　　　　　

CHAPTER 12　　　　　　　 Editing　

CHAPTER 13　　　　　　　 Narration and Voice-Over　　　　　　　　　　　

CHAPTER 14　　　　　　　 Storytelling: A Checklist

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　　　

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.