Course Overview
The DFS is a three-month course for people with no experience in documentary film-making, but who are passionate about real-life storytelling through visual media. The lectures and practical assignments will give you an overview of documentary film and professional video production. You will write, shoot and edit projects using professional equipment. Individual and group projects will be screened and critiqued throughout. Industry professionals will teach and supervise in hands-on exercises. The school will emphasise excellence, relevance and effective communication. By the end of the three-month, you will have researched, written and learned the technical skills to produce and market a story.
Course Outline
The DFS provides training in topics such as:
Pre-production
- Where do ideas come from?
- Researching your documentary idea
- Developing your idea
- Writing the proposal
- Script Writing
- Funding and Pitching
Production
- Nuts and bolts of documentary filming, who does what?
- Interviewing Techniques
- Managing your Production
- The Art of Story Telling
- Camera Techniques
- Lighting and Sound
Post-production
- Preparing for the edit
- Editing your documentary
- Distributing your documentary
Prerequisites
Completion of the Discipleship Training School and Field Assignment (IDS 701/702) or Crossroads Discipleship Training School (IDS 703/704).
Credits
University of the Nations offers twelve (12) semester-equivalent credits on successful completion of this school (CMC 274).
