An overview of how documentaries are designed and produced, from research to execution. Participants develop the specific class projects to be shot and edited in subsequent terms. Hands-on lecture demonstrations on camera, lighting and sound.
Students establish a basic technical understanding of the field equipment.
Class time is devoted to raw footage review and problem solving, as well as on-going study of the documentary process. Planning and execution of team projects in the field using digital video cameras. Preliminary editing by late in the term. Each editing pair works on a single project.