DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
- Course
- RTVC302 - DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
- Department
- Radio, Television and Cinema - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 5
- T+P+L
- 2 + 2 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce the development of documentary film in terms of its history, its genres and its pioneers. Students will also consider the relation between reality and representation, and the distinction between fiction and documentary filmmaking. This course integrates the basic historical, theoretical and practical approaches to the basic techniques of documentary production in different mass media tools. The historical diversification and evolution of the documentary film and television will be emphasized in the course. With documentary demonstrations, discussions of sample documentary films, and out of class assignments, this course provides the fundamental theoretical knowledge and skills that are required for documentary production.
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
No evaluation items have been defined.
Course outcomes
- 01 Students will be able to define the fundamental aspects of documentary production.
- 02 Students will be able to recite the history of documentary.
- 03 Students will classify the core movements of documentary.
- 04 Students will be able to analyze the films of important names of documentary history.
- 05 Students will be able to identify the contemporary trends in documentary production.
- 06 Students will be able to define and interpret the difference between reality and cinematographic reality.
- 07 Students will be able to compare the characteristics of documentary and fiction.
- 08 .
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | How Can We Define Documentary Film? |
| Week 3 | The Struggle With Nature: Robert J. Flaherty, "Nanook of the North" |
| Week 4 | Futurism and Dzigo Vertov's Kino-Eye: "Man With a Movie Camera" |
| Week 5 | John Grierson and the British Documentary Movement: "Night Mail" |
| Week 6 | Propaganda Films of the Second World War |
| Week 7 | Revision |
| Week 8 | MIDTERM EXAM |
| Week 9 | Direct Cinema |
| Week 10 | Cinema Verite |
| Week 11 | Ethnographic Cinema |
| Week 12 | Truth, History and Documentary, "The Thin Blue Line" |
| Week 13 | Documentaphobia and Mixed Modes: Micheal Moore's "Roger and Me" |
| Week 14 | FINAL EXAM |
| Week 15 | - |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Grant, B.K. & Sloniowski, J., 2014. Documenting the Documentary: Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video. Wayne State University Press, Detroit.
- 02 Nichols, B., 2010. Introduction to Documentary. 2nd Ed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis.
Learning Outcomes
- L01 Students will be able to define the fundamental aspects of documentary production.
- L02 Students will be able to recite the history of documentary.
- L03 Students will classify the core movements of documentary.
- L04 Students will be able to analyze the films of important names of documentary history.
- L05 Students will be able to identify the contemporary trends in documentary production.
- L06 Students will be able to define and interpret the difference between reality and cinematographic reality.
- L07 Students will be able to compare the characteristics of documentary and fiction.
- L08 .
Program Outcomes
- P01 Becoming aware of sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic engineering and agricultural science
- P02 Having sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic agricultural production especially in pomology, viticulture, olericulture, floriculture and agronomy, and their breeding
- P03 Being well equiped with practical experiences in agriculture
- P04 Finding the source of environmental, biotic, abiotic, technical and economical problems in agricultural crops which reduce yield and quality, and create solutions to related problems
- P05 Defining, classifying and naming cultivated crop plants and knowing how to manage them
- P06 Breeding of horticultural and field crops, developing new cultivars and producing propagation materials of new developed varieties
- P07 Applying up-to-date methods and techniques for preserving genetic resources and environment for sustainable use in agricultural commodities
- P08 Evaluating, asseying and analyzing the changes in cultivation of horticultural and agronomic crops in respect to irrigation, fertilization, defining pests and diseases and after postharvest handling
- P09 Establishing and managing orchards, vineyards and field crop productions and greenhouse operations
- P10 Obtaining data in horticulture and field crops along with researching, considering, recording, consulting and expert abilities, project writing and applying
- P11 Identifying different roles in enchancing individual abilities and skills beside taking responsibilities, participations in team works under any given conditions
- P12 Easily accessing to appropriate information and thinking analytically in their interested area and subjects. They can do accurate timing and planning in agricultural productions in year round. They think analytically, prepare questionaries, have an exploratory and creative vision and use the obtained knowledge for the benefit of farmers and societies
- P13 Having ability to transfer information and also able to easily communicate with the people in the field at different levels. They have self - confidence and self- improvement skills as well
Po-Lo Matrix
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| L08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |