FILM6501 Documentary: Real Life in Virtual Space
| Offered By | School of Humanities |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject | Film Studies |
| Offered in | FILM6501 will not be offered in 2009 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
This course offers a broad study of documentary film and theory which addresses the many kinds of style, form, content and social performance issues related to documentary filmmaking and reception. Individual films will be studied and compared throughout the course. They will range from early documentary through to animated and experimental/art documentary, transcultural, and web-based documentary; screenings will include documentaries made for television as well as for theatrical release. The course will particularly focus on the significance of documentary as a ?non-fiction? format and will interrogate the relationship between past and present filmmaking technologies and the blurring of fiction and non-fiction in documentary film. Discussions will also include the categories of docudrama and ?mocumentary?. Students who take this course will develop a broad understanding of ?non-fiction? film and the ways in which documentary films operate in a social context ? as unreal presentations of time and space in real life. |
| Indicative Assessment |
Tutorial presentation (30%), 1500 word essay (30%), 4,000 word essay (40%). |
| Workload |
2 hour lectures and 1 hour tutorial per week |
| Course Classification(s) | TransitionalTransitional courses are designed for students from a broad range of backgrounds and learning achievements, which provide for the acquisition of generic skills; or an informed understanding of contemporary issues; or fundamental knowledge for transition to Advanced or Specialist courses. |
| Preliminary Reading |
Nichols, Bill, Introduction to documentary, Bloomington, Ind.:Indiana University Press, 2001 Winston, Brian, Claiming the real: the Griersonian documentary and its legitimations, London: British Film Institute, 1995 |
| Programs | Master of Visual Culture Research |
| Academic Contact | Dr. Catherine Summerhayes |
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