Type of Credit: Elective
Credit(s)
Number of Students
This course will cover advanced documentary making process from developing and pitching a short documentary to the final cut. Students will create and produce documentary and enhance their film production knowledge base and techniques. They will explore the potential of their creativity in filmmaking, and the capability of working in teams as in film industry.
能力項目說明
After this course, the learners will be able to: 1. work in a professional documentary production team to use cameras, audio systems, lighting systems, editing systems, and all of the supporting equipment and facilities. 2. create and produce a short documentary based on team work. 3. have a better understanding of the technology of filmmaking and to explore a whole spectrum of film industry. 4. develope and to pitch a short documentary from treatment to film production.
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週次 Week |
課程主題 Topic |
課程內容與指定閱讀 Content and Reading Assignment |
教學活動與作業 Teaching Activities and Homework |
學習投入時間Student workload expectation |
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課堂講授 In-class Hours |
課程前後 Outside-of- class Hours |
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1 |
Introduction to course content and Documentary Film; You and Film Authorship: The Work of the Director |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
3 |
3 |
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2 |
The Nature of Documentary: Documentary History |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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3 |
Constructing Reality: Documentary is Not Reality , But a Construct Drama |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
Student crew team up begins |
3 |
3 |
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4 |
Documentary Film Language: Form and Style, Direct Cinema and Cinéma Vérité, Observational Documentary, Participatory Documentary |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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5 |
Pre-Prod.: Research, Expanding the Pitch to a Proposal; Location scouting; Scheduling; Making a budgetary plan |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
Team work: Developing and pitching a short documentary |
3 |
6 or more |
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6 |
Story Elements and Film Grammar: Camera movement; Lighting exercise |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
Camera, lighting system practice (D.P. at present) |
3 |
6 or more |
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7 |
Story Elements and Film Grammar: Sound Recording, Sound Design; Microphone and audio recording exercise |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
Audio system practice (Sound Designer at present) |
3 |
6 or more |
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8 |
Story Elements and Film Grammar: Cutting |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
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3 |
6 or more |
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9 |
Developing Your Own Crew: Writer/Director/Camera Operator/Sound Recordist/Editor(Cutter) |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
Team work: Presentation 1: Treatment |
3 |
6 or more |
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10 |
Developing Your Own Crew: Writer/Director/Camera Operator/Sound Recordist/Editor(Cutter) |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
Team work: Presentation 1: Treatment |
3 |
6 or more |
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11 |
Production: Making of a short Documentary |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
Team work: Presentation 2: Film clips |
3 |
6 or more |
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12 |
Production: Making of a short Documentary |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
Team work: Presentation 2: Film clips |
3 |
6 or more |
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13 |
Postproduction: editing exercise with FCP (Final Cut Pro) or other editing software. |
pdf, handout examples on YT |
Editing system practice (Editor at present) |
3 |
6 or more |
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14 |
Postproduction: Creating The First Assembly |
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Editing homework |
3 |
6 or more |
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15 |
Postproduction: Editing For Refinement |
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Editing homework |
3 |
6 or more |
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16 |
Postproduction: Editing For Refinement |
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Editing homework |
3 |
6 or more |
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17 |
Postproduction: Sound Design |
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Sound Design homework |
3 |
6 or more |
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18 |
Final project presentation and evaluation |
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Project Presentation and Evaluation |
3 |
3 |
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1. Class attendance, in-class exercise, and teamwork 40%
2. Mid-term project presentation 30%
3. Final live project presentation 30%
1. DIRECTING the Documentary, 6th ed. Michael Rabiger. 《製作紀錄片》 2. Film Art: An Introduction, 10th ed. David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson. 《電影藝術：形式與風格》
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