FLM 160 - Documentary Production 1

Credits: 4
4 Skills Lab Hours

Description
This course focuses on student-created nonfiction filmmaking through an exploration of documentary production. Students begin the semester by learning about the styles, structures and historical impact of documentary filmmaking as an art form. Then, students work together in field and studio environments to complete exercises to build their recording technique.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

Outline the fundamentals of documentary film through a report.
Identify documentary styles and structures through documentary film screenings.
Categorize types of documentary film by completing a film analysis.
Assess sources to conduct documentary research.
Apply intermediate production skills through nonfiction film exercises.
Apply a variety of narrative, essayistic or experimental principles through a documentary treatment.
Examine their work in the context of contemporary and historical cinema.
Critique classmate documentary exercises through peer review.
Compose a nonfiction film proposal using foundational storytelling concepts.

Listed Topics

Origins of documentary
Categories, models and modes of documentary
Cinema Verité
Documentary cinematography
Landscape filmmaking
Documentary interviewing
Nonfiction dramatic structure
Essay film
Process filmmaking

Reference Materials
Instructor-approved current films, textbooks and materials

Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals:

Communication
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 02/28/2025
Last Reviewed: 02/28/2025

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