Objectives
By the completion of this subject students are expected to demonstrate: an understanding of the styles, strategies and structures of documentary film:
a knowledge of the major 'schools' in the international history of documentary film and to employ this knowledge in the examination of recent developments in documentary theory and practice
an understanding of the various modes of documentary film as they are influenced by technological developments, institutional policy and ideological inflections
an understanding of the complex relationship between the pro-filmic event, its representation and modes of reception
an understanding of the meanings and implications of a range of concepts as they inform documentary film theory:these include narrative, rhetoric, realism, mode of address, metaphor and metonymy, and expository form
an ability to critically engage with written and filmic texts in a clear and confident manner in both written and oral presentation.
Essay (3000 words) : 60%