1st Edition
Story Producing for Reality Television and Documentary Scripting the Unscripted
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The Story Producer
3. The Building Blocks of Unscripted
4. The Big Picture--Development and Show Bibles
5. Story Producing in Pre-production and Production
6. Post-production Overview
7. Import, Organize, and Sync
8. Take Stock of What You Have
9. Outline the Story Architecture
10. Script Your Story
11. Assemble Your Story
12. Revise and Lock Your Story
13. Legal, Ethical, and Mental Concerns
14. AI and Technical Innovations
15. Industry Advice
16. Glossary of Terms
Appendixes:
A. Adobe Premiere Pro
B. Avid Media Composer
Cortney Taborn
C. DaVinci Resolve Studio
Joshua Ireland
Biography
Ashley Zahorian is an Assistant Professor at Regent University teaching film and television in the School of Communication & the Arts and the President of CMAX Media Corp. She is also an award-winning producer and director passionate about creating media that explores the expanses of the human experience and affirms human dignity. She has over twelve years of experience in producing and directing unscripted formats including Beyond Escape (Regent Film Institute, 2026), The Preacher to the Popes: Raniero Cantalamessa (Vision Video, 2023), FantomWorks (Velocity/MotorTrend, 2014-2017). Films and shows on which she was a producer or director have won twenty-six awards.
