MENT 4464:Documentary Filmmaking

2 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: COM 3340; must be a declared major in the School of Communication & Media.
This course is designed to enable students to develop a critical, aesthetic, and ethical approach to visual representation. Through selected documentary viewings, discussions, lectures, and the development and completion of a final project, students learn the necessary processes for producing documentary films. The course culminates with a class production of a short documentary on a topic approved by the instructor. Historical, theoretical, and methodological elements of documentary production are highlighted.