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Biographical Documentary (5 cr)

Code: 2E00FB45-3004

General information


Enrolment period

02.12.2023 - 08.01.2024

Timing

01.01.2024 - 30.04.2024

Credits

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Media

Campus

TAMK Mediapolis

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Media

Teachers

  • Ari Koivumäki
  • Arto Koskinen
  • Ari Koivumäki

Person in charge

Arto Koskinen

Groups

  • 22MA
    Medianomi (AMK) 2022

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