Documentary Practice

Master

In Bristol

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Bristol

  • Duration

    2 Years

Develops the understandings and skills needed to produce documentary work at an advanced level. Students develop awareness of core debates around issues in the field of documentary, and are guided in reflecting on their own practice. They also develop greater familiarity with media-specific production methods and conventions, and the intellectual, industrial and cultural environment. Suitable for students from any background or discipline who wish to develop and enrich their understandings and skills in this area.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bristol (Avon)
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Faculty Of Arts, University Of Bristol, 7 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB

Start date

On request

About this course

Normally an upper-second class degree (or international equivalent). You will be expected to have some proficiency in the medium in which you intend to develop your practice, and show clear interests and capacities in documentary practice and/or study. This may be demonstrated by a short showreel, a visual portfolio, documentary or academic writing, web presence, or another form appropriate to your interests.
IELTS score: 6.5 in all bands

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Course programme

MA in Documentary Practice

Mode:
part-time

It is not a basic primer, and assumes that students are functionally competent in the technical aspects of the medium in which they wish to work. While key areas of the MA focus on moving-image screen-based forms, the programme actively embraces and supports work in other forms, including photography, writing, audio/radio, web-sites, site-specific installations, and live performance.

This is supported by appropriate understandings of theory, and the history and potential of documentary. Each student produces a documentary project as the major component of the dissertation. Practical and technical skills for this can be advanced and developed as appropriate, depending on individual needs.

The University of Bristol has distinguished traditions in documentary study and practice across a range of media and forms, with expert scholars and practitioners working on the programme, a wide network of alumni at the forefronts of their fields, and strong relationships with the international community.

Programme Structure

Compulsory Units:
First Semster

  • Screen Forms and Analysis
  • Screen Histories
  • Narrative Grammar

OR

  • Production in Practice

(More than one of the above may also be taken as an option.)

Second Semester

  • Project Development

Dissertation
Practical project and analysis

Optional Units

  • Production Skills: Writing
  • Production Skills: Directing
  • Production Skills: Producing
  • Performance, Place, Space
  • Performing the Body
  • Action Direction
  • Scenography
  • Screen Style and Aesthetics
  • Screening Nations
  • Supervised Individual Study

Relevant units offered within the Arts Faculty (these will be identified before enrolment)

Documentary Practice

Price on request