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Documentary Storytelling, 4th Edition

by Sheila Curran Bernard
December 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
358 pages
10h 40m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 14 Storytelling: A Checklist

Here’s a list of questions to be asked at each stage of production, and especially as you near the end of the editing process:

  • Given a choice between your film and the latest sitcom or indie drama, which would you choose? Are you telling a compelling and dramatic story and giving the viewer a reason to watch?
  • Does your film involve the viewer in a story unfolding on screen, rather than talk at them?
  • Are there interesting questions being asked and answered throughout, offering mystery, intrigue, and suspense?
  • Are you offering new information and an unusual perspective, or just rehashing tired, unchallenging material?
  • Have you established your story and themes sufficiently, so that viewers can anticipate where ...
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ISBN: 9781135015817