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This course is an introductory exploration of documentary film theory and production, focusing on documentaries about science, engineering, and related fields
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
277 years, 9 months
Units & Quizzes
10
Unlimited Lifetime access
Access on mobile app
Certificate of Completion
Students engage in digital video production as well as social and media analysis of science documentaries. Readings are drawn from social studies of science as well as from documentary film theory. The courses uses documentary video making as a tool to explore the worlds of science and engineering, as well as a tool for thinking analytically about media itself and the social worlds in which science is embedded. The course includes a hands-on lab component devoted to digital video production, in addition to classroom lectures and in-class film screenings
Course Currilcum
- Introduction: Doing Science & Making Documentary Film Unlimited
- Documentary and Ways of Seeing Unlimited
- Science and Seeing Unlimited
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- Introduction to the Camera Unlimited
- Camera Tutorial and Shooting Exercises Unlimited
- Review Lab 1 Footage; Film Grammar Unlimited
- Introduction to Sound Unlimited
- Documenting MIT; Interviewing Techniques Unlimited
- Introduction to Lighting (Lecture) Unlimited
- Introduction to Lighting (Demonstration) Unlimited
