Universität Wien

240205 UE Making documentary Videos (P5) (2012S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 08.03. 16:15 - 19:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Thursday 15.03. 16:15 - 19:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Thursday 22.03. 16:15 - 19:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Thursday 29.03. 16:15 - 19:25 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Thursday 26.04. 16:15 - 19:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Thursday 03.05. 16:15 - 19:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Thursday 21.06. 16:15 - 19:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This is a hands-on introductory course for students of social and cultural anthropology interested in the use of video for documenting social and cultural phenomena. The lecturers do not expect any previous knowledge about making films, using a video camera or digital editing.
The lecturers will provide introductions to:
• developing a concept and planning the documentary
• basic technical aspects of video cameras
• shooting techniques
• interviews and commentary
• use of ambient sound and music
• editing
Parallel to this introduction, students will work on films about students’ life worlds in Vienna. We will discuss practical aspects and problems of the groups in class and comment on the different concepts in the form of treatments and exposées.
In the two final sessions of the course we will show the finished products and discuss them extensively.

Assessment and permitted materials

From the beginning, students will work in small groups and will plan, shoot and edit a short documentary of approximately 10 minutes, making use of the video cameras and editing equipment of the department. A good deal of time will be spent working in these groups outside class, peaking in the editing of the film with the aid of one of the lecturers.In the seminars students will present and critically appraise their colleagues' work. The basis for assessment is the film produced by each group. There is no oral or written exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

• understanding that a good film begins with a concept
• being able to use a digital video camera
• trying out different roles in a camera team
• thinking in pictures and applying dramaturgical structures
• being able to use a digital editing lounge

Examination topics

In class, we will switch between inputs from the lecturers and discussion. Special emphasis is put on criticising each other’s products in order to sharpen personal perception and improve one’s own work.
The course is open for 24 students (6 groups of 4 students) and the language of instruction is English.

Reading list

Baker Maxine, 2005, Documentary in the digital age, Focal Press, London.
Barbash Ilisa, 1997, Cross-cultural filmmaking, a handbook for making documentary and ethnographic films and videos, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London.
Deveraux Leslie, Roger Hillman (Hg.), 1995, Fields of Vision. Essays in Film Studies, Visual Anthropology and Photography, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London.
Hampe Barry, 1997, Making Documentary Films and Reality Videos: A practical guide to planning, filming and editing documentaries of real events, Owl Books, New York.
Katz Steven D., 1991, Film directing shot by shot – visualizing from concept to screen, Michael Wiese Productions, kein Ort.
Rabiger Michael, 2004, Directing the ducumentary, Focal Press, Boston, 4. Auflage.
Rubin Michel, 1995, Nonlinear – a guide to digital film and video editing, Triad Publishing, Gainsville, 3. Auflage.

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