Documentary Film and Filmmaking
FILM 386
Spring 2014 not offered
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This is a hybrid production/studies course that explores the history, theory, and practice of nonfiction filmmaking and asks students to create short documentaries themselves. Through lectures, screenings, and discussions, we will trace the emergence and development of documentary conventions and genres, paying particular attention to how different "modes" of documentary filmmaking have evolved over the years and how structural and stylistic choices represent reality and shape viewer response. Students will engage with the issues discussed in class through documentary filmmaking exercises and projects. We will focus on three projects that require students to work first in the poetic mode, then the expository mode, and finally in the observational mode of documentary filmmaking. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA FILM |
| Course Format: Studio | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: FILM450 OR FILM451 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Erik Barnouw, DOCUMENTARY: A HISTORY OF THE NON-FICTION FILM
Bill Nichols, REPRESENTING REALITY
Alan Rosenthal, WRITING, DIRECTING, AND PRODUCING DOCUMENTARY FILMS AND VIDEOS
Selected readings by John Grierson, Dziga Vertov, Carl Plantinga, Richard Barsam, and others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
One take-home essay exam, two papers, short exercises, a documentary film project. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course is open to film majors who have completed FILM450 or FILM451 and may be taken as a production elective. |
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