FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION

Department of New Media and Communication

NMC 455 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Documentary Production
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
NMC 455
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
4

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Q&A
Critical feedback
Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims to introduce the methods by which documentary creates meaning, to understand, appreciate and apply all aspects of the production process and its relation to the documentary.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Identify and analyze different documentary formats, methods and styles.
  • Define basic aspects of a documentary production and its necessities.
  • Prepare a treatment for a short documentary production;
  • Complete a short documentary work;
  • Understand suitable avenues of documentary distribution.
Course Description This course uses fact-based documentary approach to media content production, its theory and practice.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
X
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction to course contents and evaluation.
2 Definition of documentary. Types and formats of documentary.
3 Brief and functional history of the documentary.
4 Film language and narrative structure of a documentary.
5 Analysis of sample documentaries. In-class exercise.
6 Case studies, concepts and criticism.
7 Making a Documentary– Preproduction: Research, writing, planning and budgeting.
8 Making a Documentary– Preproduction: Research, writing, planning and budgeting.
9 Documentary Production: Camera, light, and sound craft.
10 Documentary Production: Camera, light, and sound craft..
11 Shooting an interview.
12 Documentary post-production, editing and exporting.
13 Documentary post-production, editing and exporting.
14 Documentary post-production, editing and exporting.
15 Semester Review
16 Final exam

 

Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials

Hampe, B. (2007). Making Documentary Films and Videos: A Practical Guide to Planning, Filming and Editing Documentaries (Second Edition). New York: Holt Paperbacks

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
20
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
50
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
30
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
1
16
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
2
32
Study Hours Out of Class
14
2
28
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
2
8
16
Presentation / Jury
0
Project
1
24
24
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
0
Final Exam
0
    Total
116

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication.

2

To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication.

3

To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes.

X
4

To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution.

X
5

To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice.

6

To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication.

X
7

To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public.

X
8

To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies.

9

To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process.

10

To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication.

11

To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

12

To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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