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THEA 631 (GENERAL ELECTIVE): The Documentary Film

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The course offers a thorough, down-to-earth grasp of all the ins and outs of documentary and fact-fiction or docudrama

films from concept to completion. It will critically examine aesthetic and authorship, and the documentary mission. Ideas:

how to find and choose them, conduct research, and develop them into viable stories; writing: experimenting with approach,

developing commentary, shaping the film and the characters, creating an outline treatment; Special considerations: adaptations,

information on rights and legalities.