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Documentary Storytelling, 5th Edition
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Documentary Storytelling, 5th Edition

by Sheila Curran Bernard
July 2022
Intermediate to advanced
394 pages
10h 58m
English
Routledge
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CHAPTER 13Storytelling: A Checklist

DOI: 10.4324/​9781003289678-15

Here’s a list of possible questions to be asked as you are developing your film:

  1. What is the story? (This can be a refinement of your log line.)

  2. Why tell this story? (This is kind of a “so what” question. Why does it matter, why should an audience care?)

  3. Why tell this story now, at this time?

  4. To whom do you think this story will matter?

  5. Why are you (and or you and your team) the best person (people) to tell this story? This can be because you have unique access, or it’s your personal story, or you are bringing your own expertise to a topic.

  6. What is unique about your project—maybe it’s access, or how personal it is, or your approach compared to others’ approaches?

  7. What else ...

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