CMNS3160
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course explores documentary production and provides students with the knowledge, skills and technologies to devise documentaries for the screen. Students work in teams to develop an original short documentary for submission to a real-world media industry output such as a local, national or international video festival, broadcast, web, mobile or transmedia environment. The course examines diverse modes, experimental movements and transmedia documentary practices across 20th and 21st century screens, and their social, political and cultural implications. Students develop the ability to analyse evolving forms of documentary storytelling. During the course students develop a professional approach to their crew roles, participants and documentary practice. The ethical relationships and responsibilities between filmmakers, participants and viewers in global screen cultures are also considered.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 1 - 2023.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Employ documentary storytelling, methods, modes and practices in the production of a short documentary video;
2. Develop knowledge of transmedia approaches and practices in documentary
3. Apply professional practices of documentary development and production;
4. Analyse and apply elements of the documentary genre in a project pitch and in production
Content
Students will be introduced to the different stages of documentary production from concept, research, pitch, proposal, script, prototyping, production, postproduction and transmedia delivery and examine diverse narrative and experimental modes and practices for the screen. Topics will include:
- Research and screen writing skills for documentary media;
- Ethical considerations and responsibilities involved with working with people to produce a documentary for the screen;
- Camera, video and sound production, editing and post production techniques;
- Social, political and cultural impacts of documentary modes and practices within historical and contemporary contexts
- Crew roles and working with a team.
Requisite
If you have successfully completed CMNS2160 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Professional Task: Development of a Documentary Proposal and Pitch
Presentation: Documentary Production, Prototype & WIP Presentation
Project: Documentary Project Post Production & Delivery
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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