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Biographical Documentary (5 cr)

Code: 2E00FB45-3003

General information


Enrolment period

03.12.2022 - 16.01.2023

Timing

02.01.2023 - 30.03.2023

Credits

5 op

RDI portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Media

Campus

TAMK Mediapolis

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Media

Teachers

  • Arto Koskinen
  • Ari Koivumäki

Person in charge

Leena Mäkelä

Groups

  • 21MA

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