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Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
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VA342 | Introduction to Documentary Film | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
Prerequisite | Junior Standing | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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Lecturer | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Currently not available |
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Assistant | Assistant E-mail | |||||||||
Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to introduce students to the art of documentary filmmaking and to develop the professional skills used in the field. The class explores a variety of components of non-fiction filmmaking from the conceptualization of an idea through postproduction. Structured around hands-on assignments, where students practice visual storytelling and interview techniques, the course is supplemented with lectures and discussions about the different documentary traditions, genres and styles. In addition, the class covers basic technical aspects needed for professional documentary filmmaking such as camera operation, composition and framing, location sound, editing techniques, and postproduction workflow | |||||||||
Textbook | The search for Reality - Michael Tobias , From word to Image- Marcie Begleiter, Single Camera Video Production - Robert M. Rusburger, The Art of Watching Film - Petre Boggs | |||||||||
Additional Literature | ||||||||||
Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
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Teaching Methods | activity in debates, presentations - assignments, project, portfolio, participation | |||||||||
Teaching Method Delivery | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | |||||||||
WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
Week 1 | Course Introduction. Expectations&Overview.What is Documentary?Documentary Genres. - Cinema Vérité : "Grey Gardens" by Albert and David Maysles | The search for Reality - Michael Tobias | ||||||||
Week 2 | Documentary Film Dynamics : Fiction, Non-Fiction Films. | |||||||||
Week 3 | How to start Documentary Films? Narrative and Non-Narrative Films. "Man with a Movie Camera" Dziga Vertov | |||||||||
Week 4 | Proposal ,Treatment,Synopsis writing,Composition and Scenario, Visual Documentatiton. | From word to Image- Marcie Begleiter | ||||||||
Week 5 | Editing Concepts: Misé-en-scene, Framing, tips and Techniques in Documentary Films - PROJECT I | Shooting a Film - Mehmet Aslantepe | ||||||||
Week 6 | Editing Techniques, Software and Montage. | Editing Digital Video - Robert M. Goodman | ||||||||
Week 7 | MID-TERM (PROJECT II) | |||||||||
Week 8 | Camera Operation, Framing, Lightning, Microphone using, Preparing Schedule | Single Camera Video Production. Robert Rusburger | ||||||||
Week 9 | Character casting in Documentary Films(Character Portraits), "Nobody's Business" by Alan Berliner | Design for the real World - Victor Papanek | ||||||||
Week 10 | Social,Political and Propoganda Documentaries. "Sicko" by Michael Moore. | |||||||||
Week 11 | Truth and Fiction in Documentary. "Thin Blue Line" by Errol Morris | |||||||||
Week 12 | PRESENTATION FOR FINAL PROJECT (PROJECT III) | |||||||||
Week 13 | Post-Production for Final Project | Post Production Black & White Steve Macleod | ||||||||
Week 14 | Final review of all projects, Closing remarks | |||||||||
Week 15 | FINAL - SCREENING for whole semester |
Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
Final Exam | 1 | 35 | 5 | |
Semester Evaluation Components | ||||
Attendance&Participation | 1 | 10 | ||
Mid-term exam | 1 | 25 | 4 | |
PROJECT I | 1 | 15 | 3 | |
PROJECT III | 1 | 15 | 2 | |
*** ECTS Credit Calculation *** |
Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
Lecture Hours | 3 | 15 | 45 | Presentation | 4 | 6 | 24 | |||
Project | 5 | 9 | 45 | Midterm Project | 6 | 2 | 12 | |||
Final Exam Study | 12 | 2 | 24 | |||||||
Total Workload Hours = | 150 | |||||||||
*T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 6 | ||||||||
Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 08/09/2021 |