Updated and improved, with new case studies and conversations with award-winning filmmakers including Alex Gibney ( Taxi to the Dark Side ), James Marsh ( Man on Wire ), and Deborah Scranton ( The War Tapes ). Documentary Storytelling has reached filmmakers and filmgoers worldwide with its unique focus on the single most important aspect of documentary media-making: storytelling. Drawing on the narrative tools of the creative writer, the unique strengths of a visual and aural media, and the power of real-world content truthfully presented, Documentary Storytelling offers advice for producers, directors, editors, and cinematographers seeking to make ethical and effective nonfiction films, and for those who use these films to educate, inform, and inspire.Special interview chapters explore storytelling as practiced by renowned producers, directors, and editors. This third edition has been updated and expanded, with discussion of newer films including Waltz with Bashir and Why We Fight .

* Storytelling techniques are one of the most powerful tools in the documentary filmmaker's arsenal-learn how to harness them with this book

* Top documentary filmmakers provide their storytelling strategies

* Covers a wide range of documentary styles

（美）希拉•柯倫•伯納德（Sheila Curran Bernard），著名電影人、作傢和顧問，麥剋道威爾•科隆尼藝術村和弗吉尼亞中心藝術創作方嚮研究員，近來供職於普林斯頓大學。她在策劃、製作一些由美國國傢電視颱播映、影院放映、博物館以及課堂使用的紀錄片項目方麵經驗豐富，作品曾獲得艾美奬創作藝術奬、美國廣播電視文化成就奬，以及美國曆史學傢組織設立的埃裏剋•巴爾諾奬。