Making the Science Documentary
MB&B 140
Spring 2010 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
FILM 140 |
This course is designed to introduce a core set of scientific concepts and the basics of digital video production and documentary filmmaking to teach students the challenges of communicating science-related issues through visual media. The science topics will center on research being conducted at Wesleyan University on the cellular and molecular basis of diseases. Through a series of lectures and short written assignments, students will learn about four research laboratories in the MB&B and Biology Departments and get to know the scientists in the labs. In complementary sessions, students will be taught (a) technical skills of filmmaking, (b) fundamental differences between test-based and visual modes of communication, and (c) functional models of documentary filmmaking. Students will work toward a final project-an eight-minute documentary that could be centered on current research, historical perspectives, a scientist's biography, and or any other creative idea that engages viewers' interest in science. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Designing, Creating, and Realizing
This course is envisioned to teach students the challenges of communicating scientific concepts through visual media by providing training in the production of a scientific documentary.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA MB&B, NSM MB&B |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENVS) |
Major Readings:
Schroeppel, Tom, THE BARE BONES CAMERA COURSE FOR FILM AND VIDEO, Second Edition, revised
Rabiger, Michael, DIRECTING THE DOCUMENTARY, Fourth Edition, Focal Press
Chinas, Daniel, HUMAN BIOLOGY, Fifth Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers
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Examinations and Assignments:
4 film making exercises, 4 short written reports, 1 final project |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Course fee: $30.00 |
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