Students will gain insights into the collaborative nature of working in career settings. Students read texts and handouts that provide perspectives on the collaborative nature of the filmmaking process. Students are encouraged to review links to web sites available on the instructor s web site that relate to film as a profession. The course does not address this goal specifically. There are only a few quizzes given in the course.
Students complete a few quizzes based on their reading of a history of documentary film.
But test-taking is not emphasized in this course. Library skills are not emphasized in this course. Condensing and summarizing. Students are encouraged to clarify and elaborate upon main ideas in their essays. When they are asked to evaluate films viewed in class or outside of class, they are encouraged to write beyond summary to make analysis of filmic content the basis of their response.