Stories Make the World by Stephen Most Most

Stories Make the World by Stephen Most Most

In this book, award-winning screenwriter Stephen Most offers a captivating, refreshingly heartfelt exploration of how documentary film and other forms of storytelling remain so essential today.

“Stephen Most… offers an array of information, advice and a rich account of what developing and writing documentary scripts can implyThe book engages the professional and the media student equally, as Most conveys the complexity  of storytelling with an unprecedented variety of examples drawn from his Academy Award Nominee  films and Emmy-winning collaborations… A book that leaves the reader breathless, it interweaves the author’s personal experience and documentary case studies to excellent effect.” • The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

“Filled with fascinating detail and insight into a very broad range of storytelling, Stories Make the World is an important addition to the books on documentaries and on storytelling in general. It will be very valuable for all students and makers of documentary films and for everyone who cares about the power of documentary to tell dramatic stories and to enhance our understanding of the world.” • Eat Drink Films

“Stories Make the World is an insightful look into the craft of documentary filmmaking that should be required reading for media students. Story and honesty are needed now more than ever in an era of ‘fake news,’ half-truths, and technical virtuosity.” • John de Graaf, Director of Affluenza and fifteen other national PBS documentaries

“Stephen Most’s take on nonfiction storytelling is unique, compelling, and wonderfully expressed.” • Alexa Dilworth, Publishing Director and Senior Editor, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University

“This outstanding book interweaves its author’s personal experiences and documentary case studies to excellent effect. Students, teachers, filmmakers, and other storytellers will find it an engaging and informative resource.” • Maggie Stogner, American University

Stephen Most is a writer and filmmaker. He has writing credits on four Academy Award “best documentary” nominees and five Emmy-winning films, including Wonders of Nature, Promises, and Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time. His book River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin was published in 2006.

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ISBN 13	9781785335761
ISBN 10	1785335766
Titel	Stories Make the World
Autor	Stephen Most
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2017-06-01
Seitenanzahl	288
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