MAKING A DOCUMENTARY in Spring 2023 (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.

Course Master: 
MAKING A DOCUMENTARY (FM3063)
Term: 
Spring 2023
Discipline: 
FM (Film)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 12:30
Pre-requisites: 
CM1019CCI OR FM1019CCI OR CM1019CCDI OR FM1019CCDI OR CM1019 OR FM1019
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Isabelle Carbonell

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;

Syllabus

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Book List

TitleAuthorPublisherISBN Number
DIRECTING THE DOCUMENTARY, 7TH EDITION
RABIGER, MICHAEL
ROUTLEDGE
9780367235574

Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, January 16, 2023
End Date: 
Monday, May 15, 2023
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
12:10
13:30
C-501
Friday
12:10
13:30
C-501