This course offers a broad study of documentary film and theory which addresses the many kinds of style, form, content and social performance issues related to documentary filmmaking and reception. Films will range from early documentary through to animated and experimental/art documentary, transcultural, and web-based documentary; screeenings will include documentaries made for television as well as for theatrical release. The course will particularly focus on the significance of documentary as a 'non-fiction' format and will interrogate the relationship between past and present filmmaking technologies and the blurring of fiction and non-fiction in documentary film. Discussions will also include the categories of docudrama and 'mocumentary'. Students who take this course will develop a broad understanding of 'non-fiction' film and the ways in which documentary films operate in a social context -as unreal presentations of time and space in real life.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
On completion of this course, students will have the ability
1.To locate Documentary Film within the wider field of Cinema
2.To analyse Documentary for its ability to comment on society, for its aims for its outcomes
3.To investigate, research and discuss how Documentary works as a 'truth saying' platform.
Indicative Assessment
Tutorial presentation and participation (20%), Learning Outcomes 1,2,3.
1,500-2,000 word essay (40%) Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
1,500-2,000 word essay (40%).Learning Outcomes 1,2,3.
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Workload
3 hour combined lecture and screening and a one hour tutorial/seminar per week plus 6 hours of combined assessment preparation and private weekly readingRequisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Nichols, Bill, Introduction to Documentary, Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2010
Electronic readings also will be put on e-reserve.
Assumed Knowledge
Film AnalysisMinors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $1164 | |
| 2014 | $2478 | |
| 2013 | $2472 | |
| 2012 | $2472 | |
| 2011 | $2424 | |
| 2010 | $2358 | |
| 2009 | $2286 | |
| 2008 | $2286 | |
| 2007 | $2286 | |
| 2006 | $2286 | |
| 2005 | $2286 | |
| 2004 | $1926 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $2574 |
| 2014 | $3246 |
| 2013 | $3240 |
| 2012 | $3240 |
| 2011 | $3240 |
| 2010 | $3240 |
| 2009 | $3240 |
| 2008 | $3240 |
| 2007 | $3132 |
| 2006 | $3132 |
| 2005 | $3132 |
| 2004 | $2916 |
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Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8810 | 21 Jul 2014 | 01 Aug 2014 | 31 Aug 2014 | 30 Oct 2014 | In Person | N/A |