ACF202 - Documentary Production

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne)
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 1 Unit Chair:

Vikrant Kishore

Trimester 2 Unit Chair:

Vikrant Kishore

Previously:

ACM217/ACM317 Documentary Production Practice

Prerequisite:

Students must complete: ACF103

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 3 hour Seminar per week

In-person attendance requirements:

Students must attend and participate in project-based activities at the Burwood campus on the scheduled days during the trimester, commencing in week 1.

Note:

Student enrolment quotas apply to this unit

Content

The topics to be addressed in this unit includes: contemporary practices, audiences and institutions, modalities of documentary, power and ethics in documentary practice; distinctions between documentary, news, infotainment, and other non-narrative forms; the identification of source material including archive material, and production techniques specific to documentary making.

Assessment

Assessment 1 (Individual) - Project Pitch (1200 words equivalent - written and oral presentation) - 30%

Assessment 2 (Group) - Proposal and Treatment (1200 words) - 30%

Assessment 3 (Group) - Documentary Production (1600 words) - 40%

Unit Fee Information

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