Documentary Forms

Topics

• Examines the ways in which documentary impulses and forms are present in various media -photography, film, video, new media.
• Acquire a conceptual vocabulary necessary for the examination of documentary forms in different media. Develop the analytic skills necessary to interpret in a socio-historical and formal context the documentary forms in art and media objects. Develop the research tools for advanced undergraduate writing on film and media in the area studied in the course. Acquire new informational content about the media being studied, with an emphasis on the role and reason that the documentary impulse has in different media and art.

Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes