Docs that Rock: Music Documentary in History and Practice

5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Close look at history of popular music documentaries and goals, methods, and challenges of making them. Consideration of what makes for successful (or unsuccessful) music documentaries. Viewed through very specific focus of story and storytelling. Students may develop their own documentary project as part of coursework. P/NP or letter grading.