Module description

This ab initio ten-lesson course provides theoretical as well as practical advice on how to create an eight-minute documentary. It begins...

How to Make an 8-Minute Documentary (Hispanic Studies) (SPAN0096)

Module description

This ab initio ten-lesson course provides theoretical as well as practical advice on how to create an eight-minute documentary. It begins with five individual film exercises based on the five building blocks of a documentary, including (i) the self-portrait, (ii) the protagonist, (iii) tension within the frame, (iv) mood, and (v) stages of a process. Students then form groups and create their documentary in five stages, based on (i) research, (ii) the treatment, (iii) the storyboard, (iv) the shoot, and (v) editing and post-production.

Short Bibliography

Aufderheide, Patricia, Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: OUP, 2008).

Brown, Blain, Cinematography: Theory and Practice (London: Focal Press, 2002).

Figgis, Mike, Digital Film Making (London: Faber and Faber, 2007).

Glynne, Andy, Documentaries and How to Make Them (London: Creative Essentials, 2007).

Katz, Steven D., Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (London: Michael Wiese Productions, 1991).

Murch, Walter, In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing (New York: Silman-James Press, 2001).

Nichols, Bill, Introduction to Documentary (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002).

Parker, Nathan, Short Films: How to Make and Distribute Them (London: Creative Essentials, 2007).

Rabiger, Michael, Directing the Documentary (London: Focal Press, 2004).

Thurlow, Clifford, Making Short Films: The Complete Guide from Script to Screen (London: Berg, 2008).

Wohl, Michael, Final Cut Pro 6: Beyond the Basics (London: Peachpit Press, 2007).

HUNGARY|MODERN HISTORY|HABSBURG EMPIRE|EUROPEAN HISTORY|LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY

This module begins with the birth of modern Hungarian nationalism at the end of the eighteenth century when a rift first emerged between the Hungarian...