Course Title: Documentary Production
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Documentary Production
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
COMM2518 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
345T Media and Communication |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2018, Sem 2 2019 |
COMM2518 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
375T Vocational Design and Social Context |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2021, Sem 2 2021 |
COMM2518 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
515T Creative Industries |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 2 2023, Sem 1 2024 |
Course Coordinator: Andrew Harrison
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 4350
Course Coordinator Email: andrew.harrison@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 94.02.37
Course Coordinator Availability: Please check with course coordinator
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
NONE
Course Description
This course is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to produce a short screen based documentary. You will explore aspects of documentary production such as historical developments and contemporary approaches in documentary making, including ethical and cultural issues.
You will develop a short documentary as part of a team and through this process you will learn about image sequences as story telling tools, image composition and sound recording, as they apply to monologue and/or dialogue-based screen media.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- analyse historical and contemporary approaches to developing documentaries
- identify ethical and cultural issues in the development of documentaries
- discuss technical concepts and requirements for producing video and audio media for a documentary
- apply a range of technical skills and work effectively as a team member to produce a short documentary
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be actively engaged in learning that involves a range of activities such as studios, project work, lectures, tutorials, class discussion, individual and group activities.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
A list of recommended learning resources will be provided by your lecturer, including books, journal articles and web resources. You will also be expected to seek further resources relevant to the focus of your own learning.
The University Library has extensive resources for Media and Communication students. The Library has produced a subject guide that includes quality online and print resources for your studies http://rmit.libguides.com/media-and-communication.
The Library provides guides on academic referencing: http://www.rmit.edu.au/library/referencing and subject specialist help via your Liaison Librarian.
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you met the course's learning outcomes.
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.