Module Information
Module Identifier
FM20720
Module Title
Documentary Screens
Academic Year
2017/2018
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 1
Pre-Requisite
Successful completion of Part 1
Other Staff
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 x 2 Hour Lectures |
| Seminar | 10 x 1 Hour Seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Assignment 1: 2500 word essay | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Assignment 2: 2500 word essay OR 1x5 minute video essay | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Assignment 1: 2500 word essay - (to a new title) | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Assignment 1: 2500 word essay - (to a new title) OR 1x5 minute video essay | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. To demonstrate an intelligent awareness of debates about documentary film and documentary film movements.
2. To critically evaluate models of documentary theory.
3. To critically apply models of documentary theory to the texts under consideration.
4. To show an analytical understanding of a range of filmic texts.
Brief description
‘The Documentary Tradition’ module takes a chronological journey through the development of documentary film and television from its beginnings to the 1980s. ‘Documentary Screens’ seeks to expand this to the present day and across multiple media and formats.
Content
Course delivery:
10 x 2 hour Lecture/Viewings
10 x 1 hour Seminars
Issues of Historiography and Documentary Theory
Documentary Pioneers I: Flaherty
Documentary Pioneers II: Vertov
Grierson and the British Documentary Movement
Jean Rouch and Cinema Verite
Direct Cinema
The Essay Film
First Person Documentaries
The Creative Documentary
Interactive Documentary
10 x 2 hour Lecture/Viewings
10 x 1 hour Seminars
Issues of Historiography and Documentary Theory
Documentary Pioneers I: Flaherty
Documentary Pioneers II: Vertov
Grierson and the British Documentary Movement
Jean Rouch and Cinema Verite
Direct Cinema
The Essay Film
First Person Documentaries
The Creative Documentary
Interactive Documentary
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | |
| Communication | Oral communication through the interactive nature of the lecture/workshops (not assessed) and written communication through the essays (assessed). Visual communication will be developed (and assessed) through the video essays. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Feedback provided on the first assignment in order to improve in the second assignment. |
| Information Technology | Use of IT in research for assignments. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | |
| Problem solving | This will be developed on a weekly basis through discussion of topics in the lecture/workshop and in the assignments |
| Research skills | Developed through the assignments (written and visual) |
| Subject Specific Skills | Students will develop skills in documentary analysis which they can then apply to their practical engagement with documentary in their creative practice. |
| Team work |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5