Beyond the Classroom


Advanced Documentary Production
Practice
0150
FMS -
No cross-list
Natalie Minik
TH 1:30-4:00
Pre-Reqs
FMS 10 or 13
Class Notes
Student are allowed to take this course twice. This course fulfills both practice and upper level FMS degree requirements.
Course Description
An intensive workshop environment where students produce in-depth documentary projects over the course of the semester. Advanced Documentary Production provides the resources to do long-form documentary research, fieldwork, and editing. This course encourages collaboration and creativity in student’s documentary approach via fieldwork assignments, class discussions, instructor feedback, and peer critique. Students will learn how to evaluate documentary storytelling through hands-on experience and develop their understanding of visual language by watching professional and student-produced work. By the end of the semester, all participants will have a documentary film or media project to screen or exhibit.