Fully revised and updated, Archival Storytelling is a timely, pragmatic look at the use of audiovisual materials available to filmmakers and scholars, from the earliest photographs of the 19th century to the work of media makers today.

Sheila Curran Bernard is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and writer with credits on nearly fifty hours of theatrical and television programming, and the author of Documentary Storytelling, now going into its fifth edition. She is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Kenn Rabin is a consulting producer for narrative features and documentaries and an internationally-recognized expert on the use of archival materials in film storytelling, with over one hundred credits on projects including Troop Zero (Bert & Bertie), Selma (Ava DuVernay), Milk (Gus Van Sant), and the acclaimed PBS series Eyes on the Prize and Vietnam: A Television History.

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

PART 1 . ABOUT ARCHIVAL MATERIALS

CHAPTER 2 Still and motion picture photography: a brief history

CHAPTER 3 Recorded sound: a brief history

CHAPTER 4 User beware: evaluating the archival record

CHAPTER 5 Evidence on film: A conversation with Rick Prelinger

PART 2 . working with ARCHIVAL MATERIALS

CHAPTER 6 Finding what you need

CHAPTER 7 Should you hire a professional?

CHAPTER 8 Organizing and ordering third-party materials

CHAPTER 9 Creative and ethical considerations

CHAPTER 10 The power of eyewitness accounts: A conversation with Roberta Grossman

PART 3 . RIGHTS AND LICENSES

CHAPTER 11 Introduction to rights and licenses

CHAPTER 12 Public domain

CHAPTER 13 Fair use

CHAPTER 14 Fair dealing, moral rights, and more: A conversation with Hubert Best

CHAPTER 15 Licensing visuals

CHAPTER 16 Licensing music

PART 4 . Additional Material

CHAPTER 17 Afterword
About the authors

Index