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Offerings
MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2020-2024
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Learning outcomes
1.
Display a sound knowledge of the principles and development of documentary
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Critically communicate views on the genre & modes of documentary, the documentary film institutions, and documentary film text
3.
Understand other cultures and appreciate cultural diversity
4.
Apply critical skills to other disciplines and to culture at large.
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Additional information
Unit content:SCR102 has three modules. The first module covers an overview of documentary film: its evolution, genre, as well as philosophical and theoretical issues surrounding documentary film. The second module deals with the usage of documentary film: how we use documentary as a tool to organise and present our knowledge, and to persuade others - in other words: Storytelling through factual information. This module also deals with documentary ethics, the balance between our right to know and our duty of care, between social morality and professional success. The third module focuses on audiences with emphasis on 'institutional' documentaries; we look at how the system of documentary production and what national documentary films reveal about their cultures.