| Title: A: The Writing Code - Roughcut Promo Reel | ||
| Client: National Endowment for the Humanities, National Science Foundation. And viewers like you.... | ||
| Funding Source or Outlet: Federal Foundation or Endowment | ||
| Production Cost: Medium budget ($1M - $5M) | ||
| Production Type: Documentary | ||
| Released On: Video (other than HD) | ||
| Shot On: HD | ||
| Description: Federally funded, multi-part series explores mankind's single greatest invention - writing. Interviews with over 200 scholars at more than 100 locations from Iran to Egypt, London to LA. Series examines writing's earliest precursors (8000BCE) to the birth of writing, the invention of printing and the world-changing impact of the digital revolution. | ||
| Keywords: Dialogue, Documentary, Multiple Images, POV, Quick Cuts, Real People, Seniors, Spokesperson, Story Telling, Titles, Titles as VO, Visual Storytelling , documentary, worldwide, international, Iran, Egypt, scholars, interviews, man-on-street, writing, art, literature, invention, demonstration, England, Egypt, Iran, Internet, IM, texting, books, language, Cherokee, schools, education, teaching.Hieroglyphics, Times Square N.Y., Interview, Talking Heads |
Norman C. Berns
Before film, my first love was theatre. For awhile, after moving to New York, I produced and directed dinner theatres and ran an off-off (and even further off) Broadway company. Lots of work, lots of time until I finally realized that earning a living in theatre was nigh onto impossible for me.
I found work as a still photographer, eventually moving to film sets as an assistant cameraman, then slowly inching toward production. I joined DGA as an assistant director, moved to production managing and finally came full circle, upgrading my membership to Director.
My latest project was the three-part, federally-funded PBS series, The Writing Code, detailing the history and future of writing. We're now raising funding for Part Four (The Digital Revolution) and Part Five (The Power of the Pen).
Along the way, I began to teach the skills I'd learned. I now offer public classes and private consultations in most as
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