Documentary Storytelling for Video and Filmmakers
Editorial Reviews
Review
'Bernard is keenly aware of the power of persuasive images, and her insistence on complexity and integrity is a consistent theme throughout the book.'
- The Independent
"What a valuable aid to documentary filmmakers. The importance of a topic won't cut it if the story isn't told well and Bernard's book cuts right to the chase."
- Paul Stekler, producer/director of "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire"
"Sheila Curran Bernard's Documentary Storytelling is an essential, pragmatic, common-sense approach to making non-fiction films for the student and/or first-time filmmaker, based on the author's deep awareness of documentary film history and theory, and her intimate knowledge of how today's most important documentarians formulate their works."
- Gerald Peary, film critic, The Boston Phoenix
"Sheila Curran Bernard's ability to dissect a wide range of narrative approaches and explore the elements that make dramatic stories so compelling
make this guide invaluable for documentary filmmakers as well as anyone who uses information and evidence to portray real events. But the value of this book goes beyond its service to story tellers; the consumers of documentary films and all journalism can benefit by more fully understanding the narrative structures that we all use to construct order and meaning in the world."
- Pennee Bender, Media Director, Center for Media and Learning, City University of New York, The Graduate Center
Review
"What a valuable aid to documentary filmmakers. The importance of a topic won't cut it if the story isn't told well and Bernard's book cuts right to the chase."
- Paul Stekler, producer/director of "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire"
“Sheila Curran Bernard's Documentary Storytelling is an essential, pragmatic, common-sense approach to making non-fiction films for the student and/or first-time filmmaker, based on the author's deep awareness of documentary film history and theory, and her intimate knowledge of how today's most important documentarians formulate their works.”
- Gerald Peary, film critic, The Boston Phoenix
"Sheila Curran Bernard's ability to dissect a wide range of narrative approaches and explore the elements that make dramatic stories so compelling
make this guide invaluable for documentary filmmakers as well as anyone who uses information and evidence to portray real events. But the value of this book goes beyond its service to story tellers; the consumers of documentary films and all journalism can benefit by more fully understanding the narrative structures that we all use to construct order and meaning in the world."
- Pennee Bender, Media Director, Center for Media and Learning, City University of New York, The Graduate Center
Documentary Storytelling for Video and Filmmakers
Documentary Storytelling for Video and Filmmakers, First Edition,Sheila Curran Bernard,Focal Press,0240805399,Authorship,Counseling - Vocational Guidance,Documentary films,Film & Video - Direction & Production,Film & Video - Screenwriting,General,Performing Arts,Performing Arts/Dance,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Production and direction,Performing Arts / Film / Screenwriting
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