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DOCUMENTARY
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Sarat Kumar Jena
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Course Name : Documentary
Code(Credit) : CUTM1275(2-2-2)
Course Objectives
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To introduce the learners about theoretical knowledge and practical aspects in 'Documentary Filmmaking'.
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To impart knowledge of Pre-production, Production and Post=Production in Documentary Filmmaking along with research and screenplay writing, technical aspects, social aspects, financial aspects, cast, crew and characterization.
Learning Outcomes
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After the successful completion of the subject the learners will be able to understand the theoretical and aesthetical aspects of documentary cinema.
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The learners will be able to produce a documentary cinema.
Course Syllabus
Module I
Documentary Theory
Understanding the Documentary
Observational and Verite documentary
The performative/fictive in Documentary: Using reenactment/reconstruction
Ethics and Representation
Module II
Pre-Production
Researching the Documentary
Modes of Research: Library, Archives, location, life stories, ethnography
Writing a concept: telling a story
Script Writing, Treatment
Writing a proposal and budgeting
Module III
People and Techniques
The Documentary Crew
Equipment
Scripting
Sound for Documentary
Module IV
Video Documentary Production
The Documentary Camera
Shooting styles
Production details and logistics
Editing styles
Indicative Reading List
Badley, W.Hugh. The Techniques of Documentary Film Production, London , Focal Press.
Barnow Erik and Krishnaswamy Documentary.
Das Trisha How to Write a Documentary.
Ellis , Jack EC, A New History of Documentary Film.
Mehrotra, Rajiv , The Open Frame Reader: Unreeling the documentary Film Ed. by PSBT.
Rabiger, Michal, Directing the Documentary.
Renov Michael “The Truth about Non Fiction” and “Towards a Poetics of Documentary” in Michael Renov ed. Theorizing Documentary AFI
Film Readers, New York and London: Routledge, 1993.
Evaluation
Central QA Policy
Session Plan
Session 1
Screening of Documentary
Rabindranath Tagore (1961) by Satyajit Ray
(Produced by Film Division of India)
Session 2
Screening of Documentary : Biography
The NAT THEORY (2014) by Sarat Kumar Jena
(Produced by The Puri Foundation, Gandhinagar (Gujarat))
https://www.youtube.com/user/jenasaratkumar
[Practical]
Session 3
Session 4
Introduction to Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT3MvbfotvQ
[Theory]
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Session 8
Session 9
Performative and Fictional by using Reenactment and Reconstruction Techniques
[Theory]
Session 10
Authenticity and Representation: Documentary and Realism
Realism in Documentary : Theoretical Aspects
[Theory]
Session 11
Introducing Documentary Filmmaking: Commercial vs. Documentary Cinema
[Theory] [Practical]
Session 12
Pre-production - I
Finalizing Theme, Subject, Problem Area
[Practical]
Session 13
Pre-production - II
Research
[Practical]
Session 14
Session 15
Session 16
Pre-production - VI
(a) Writing Documentary Proposal (Background, Problem, Finding)
(b) Finance of the Documentary
[Practical]
Session 17
Pre-production - VII
(a) Cast and Crew (Actor, Technical Staff, Supporting Staff)
(b) Shooting Equipment, Outdoor Location, Studio
(c) Designing Sound for Documentary
[Practical]
Session 18
Session 19
Production - I
(a) The Documentary Photography (Still and Moving Camera Operation)
[Practical]
Session 20
Production - II
a) Introduction to Production Design
[Practical]
Session 21
Session 22
Session 23
Session 24
Session 25
Session 26
Session 27
Session 28
Session 29
Session 30
Copyright
Distribution
Documentary Film Pitching
[Practical]
Case Studies I
Documentary Filmmaking on Environment
Case Studies II
Documentary Filmmaking on Social Change
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