Study Guide

Objective

The students apply their knowledge of documentary production in the school's production environment. The students know the fundamentals of documentary directing. They can execute a short documentary film. The students can work as members of a production team and work in several professional roles during the production. The students can execute the shooting, lighting and field recording of a documentary film. They can execute the image and sound editing as well as other necessary post-production work. They are familiar with different release and distribution channels for a short documentary film and can compose a distribution plan. They can communicate and market their documentary.

Content

- School's production environment.
- Execution of a practice documentary film in accordance with one's own professional orientation.
- Fundamentals of documentary film directing.
- Shooting, lighting and editing of a documentary film.
- Color correction and producing a release copy.
- Field recording of sound, sound editing and mixing of a documentary film.
- Subtitling and audiovisual translation into English.
- Distribution plans of documentary films.
- Communication and marketing.
- Teamwork skills.
- Developing and deepening of personal professional orientation.

Location and time

Spring 2023. Hämeentie 135

Materials

Jouko Aaltonen: Seikkailu todellisuuteen.
Kevin Lindenmuth: The Documentary Moviemaking Course : The Starter Guide to Documentary Filmmaking
Kelly Anderson & Martin Lucas: Documentary Voice & Vision

Teaching methods

Lectures, literature, assignments and project based learning.

Employer connections

Possible guests from working life. Collaboration with culture production students and composers.

Exam schedules

No
Projects deadline 10.5.

International connections

Documentary transalatations
Festivals

Completion alternatives

No alternative methods of conducting the course

Student workload

Participating in lessons 80%. Assignments 90%

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students have acceptable participation in class and complete the assignments to a satisfactory standard. They are acquainted with the fundamentals of documentary film directing. They can work as a part of a production team and work in some professional roles in the production. They participate in the shooting and lighting of the documentary film, as well as in the field recording of sound. They can satisfactorily execute the image and sound editing, as well as other post-production needed post-production tasks for a documentary film. They are familiar with different publication and distribution channels for documentary films.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students actively participate in class and complete the assignments to a good standard. They know the fundamentals of documentary film directing. They can work as a part of a production team and work in various professional roles in the production. They can execute the shooting and lighting of the documentary film, as well as the field recording of sound. They can execute the image and sound editing, as well as other post-production needed post-production tasks for a documentary film. They are familiar with different publication and distribution channels for documentary films and are able to market their films.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students actively participate in class and complete the assignments to an excellent standard. They master the fundamentals of documentary film directing. They can work as a part of a production team and work in various professional roles in the production in a versatile way. They can independently execute the shooting and lighting of the documentary film, as well as the field recording of sound. They can proficiently execute the image and sound editing, as well as other needed post-production tasks for a documentary film. They seek different publication and distribution channels for their documentary films and are able to market their films.

Assessment methods and criteria

Projektin arviointi
vertaisarviointi
opettajien loppuarviointi
läsnäolo
Osallistuminen projektityöhön

Prerequisites

Documentary Film 1 or similar competences.