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Documentary of a PersonLaajuus (5 cr)

Course unit code: ET-A33

General information


Credits
5 cr

Objectives

The students are able to come up and implement a small scale documentary of a person, to develop topics suitable for a documentary and to design expression and implementation methods. The students know the principles of acquiring personal interviews and other material. They know the ethical and artistic demands of a documentary. The students know the distribution channels and customers for documentaries in Finland. They are able to evaluate documentaries critically.

Content

Lectures about documentary expression and working methods in radio and television. Developing documentary ideas in groups. Organising groups and scheduling projects. Under teacher’s supervision, the groups assemble to listen to and watch the assignments being produced and to discuss how the projects should progress. Final evaluation.

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