Biographical Documentary (5 cr)
Code: 2E00FB45-3002
General information
Enrolment period
24.11.2021 - 10.01.2022
Timing
10.01.2022 - 14.03.2022
Credits
5 op
RDI portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Media
Campus
TAMK Mediapolis
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
15 - 25
Degree programmes
- Cross-study in the Tampere Universities Community
- Degree Programme in Media
Teachers
- Media-ala Virtuaalihenkilö
- Ari Koivumäki
Person in charge
Leena Mäkelä
Groups
-
20MA
-
19MA
Objectives (course unit)
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.
Content (course unit)
Lectures about documentary expression and working methods in television, radio and podcast productions. Developing documentary ideas in groups and scheduling the projects. Small scale audio or video projects.
Assessment scale
0-5