Documentary Production.

Catalog description

This course is a hands-on workshop that takes advanced graduate students through the entire process of producing a short video documentary. It assumes previous training in video or film production. As students work through the preproduction, production, and postproduction stages, they will explore topics such as budget development, topic research and fact checking, screenwriting, interview preparation, equipment requirements, and editing. The course will emphasize effective crew communication, teamwork, individual responsibility, and other intangibles that go into producing a documentary work. Prerequisite: Graduate student status and previous coursework or training.