Study Guide

Objective

Upon completion of the course students are able to:
- gather background information for a video reportage and write a script
- are able to plan video and audio for the reportage
- know how to shoot a video with mobile phone and external audio device
- are able to edit a story and publish it in internet
- are able to give and receive feedback

Content

- research and planning of a documentary or a reportage
- shooting with mobile phone
- editing a video
- common feedback

Teaching methods

The course contains lectures of documentary theory and example screenings of different short documentaries. Also, some techniques and hints for using the equipment are included. You need not to have a previous knowledge about filmmaking or you can be an expert in it. This course is your opportunity to make something different with a very light camera equipment.

Each student will present their own synopsis and write a script before shooting of the videos. Teacher will also tutor editing. The documentaries will be watched together at the end of the course.

International connections

Tasks of the course are:

1. A short shooting and editing exercise of continuity in 6 pictures
2. Synopsis and script of your own short documentary
3. Shooting, editing and publishing the short documentary
4. Work report of the project
5. Giving feedback on other students’ documentaries

Content scheduling

During the course, every student makes a documentary production with a mobile phone. The theme of these documentaries is FOOD. The short documentaries (3-7 min) can be based on interviews of the experts, intimate and very personal pieces of art, reportages of people or anything you can create out of this theme. The style and mode is free but the tool is a mobile phone and the documentary has to be based on reality and facts. It can be experimental but not fiction.

Timetable:
19.1. Lecture at 9:15-12:00 in Lem_B148 Kuvasali

26.1. Lecture at 9:15-12:00 in Lem_B148 Kuvasali

2.2. Lecture at 9:15-12:00 in Lem_B148 Kuvasali

9.2. Excercise screening, pitching the synopsis at 9:15-12:00 in Lem_B148 Kuvasali

16.2. The Final Script in itslearning

Shooting and editing the documentary

9.3. Editing meetings 30 min/student (9-16)

23.3. Final Screening at 9:15-16:00 in Lem_B148 Kuvasali

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment is based on student´s working process and the final work with self and peer assessment. Learning itself is the objective and the responsibility of it is on the student. The process has to be self-conscious that is the reason for the self-assessment.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

The student has not carried out all the tasks of the course.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The script of the documentary is interesting and realistic to carry out. The main characters or the interviewees are persons relevant to the theme. The documentary is a complete work. Its sound and picture are good. The work report is analytical. The student has given feedback to other during the course and during or after the final screening of the documentaries.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The script of the documentary is very interesting and the plan for shooting it is accurate. The main characters or the interviewees raise the public interest. The documentary is a professional journalistic work or a creative piece of art with very good sound and pictures. The work report is very analytical and insightful. The student is active during the conversations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The script of the documentary is extremely interesting and the plan for shooting it is accurate and very creative. The main characters or the interviewees are especially good for the theme. The documentary is a very professional journalistic work, or it shows very creative ideas with exceptionally good sound, pictures and rhythm. The work report is very analytical and insightful. The student is very active during the conversations.