MAKING A DOCUMENTARY (FM3063)

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In this course, students will have the opportunity to make their own documentary shorts and to begin work on longer form projects. They will also be introduced to some basic documentary genres and approaches such as social issues,
journalistic, dramatic, personal, poetic, biographical, experimental. They will learn how to research, script, shoot, and edit their work, also how to interview and improvise.

Code: 
FM3063
Name: 
MAKING A DOCUMENTARY
Discipline: 
FM (Film)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
CM1019CCI OR FM1019CCI OR CM1019CCDI OR FM1019CCDI OR CM1019 OR FM1019
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. choose the best documentary form that best embodies the ideas of each piece;
  2. create final projects demonstrating integrated mastery of interview techniques, camera, framing, research methods, sound, editing, lighting and expressive form;
  3. differentiate between different documentary styles;
  4. illustrate the development of their practical inquiry in approaching each assignment (story boards, floor plans, concepts, research, image and sound collection, etc.);
  5. illustrate the progress of their reflection and skill development in a completed director’s notebook;
  6. participate meaningfully on shoots and in class
  7. show increased critical analysis in feedback on classmates' edits.
  8. use the documentary form to ask questions of the world;

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