Introduction to Collaborative Documentary Filmmaking
FILM 104
Spring 2022 not offered
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Service Learning |
In this immersive, time-intensive, hands-on introduction to the documentary film process, students will create compelling stories where real people are the protagonists and narratives are informed by real life. Through close study and analysis of feature-length and short documentaries, plus active research, writing, producing, directing, shooting, sound recording, editing, and re-editing, students work in three-person crews to rigorously explore the power and possibilities of nonfiction storytelling and record, engage with and understand our present moment. Each fall the course has a theme around which film screenings and student projects are organized; for 2021 the theme is sustainability and environmental justice. Students should expect to spend up to 10 hours of work per week outside of class time shooting, editing and working collaboratively with their classmates, including multiple weekends. Film production experience is not required, and experience with Adobe Premiere software is helpful but not required. Lessons include how to craft a compelling non-fiction narrative based on interviews and research, how to build partnerships with the protagonists of the stories you want to tell, how to shoot on-camera interviews and observational footage, how to record and edit sound, and how to edit using Adobe Premiere. Students will present works in progress in all phases of the creative process and actively participate in constructive critical discussions of one another's work. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA FILM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (HRAD-MN) |
Major Readings:
Readings will be provided by the professor and include work by Michael Rabinger, Sheila Curran Bernard, Bill Nichols, and Errol Morris.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Pre-Production portfolio, production exercises, rough cut, final cut |
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