Documentary Practice

Course details

Integral to our courses is the belief that people improve their professional practice by taking time out to reflect on and reassess what they currently do in the workplace and by sharing their real-life experiences with the other like-minded professionals.

As a result each course is unique and geared to the experiences of the individuals that are participating, which may result in the course content altering slightly from course to course.

This short course will examine topics such as:

Choosing your subject
Research and project development
Technologies – opportunities, challenges and effects
The institutional context – channels of distribution, pitching and commissioning
Realism, truth and narrative – telling a story and ‘keeping it real’
The regulatory and moral framework - legal and ethical aspects.

Programme Specification

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Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry.

If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance.

Assessment Following the creative retreat, you will have the opportunity to further develop your knowledge with seven weeks of supported online study.

During this time, you will take part in a variety of online exercises, forums and projects which culminate in the submission of an assignment (equivalent to 5,000 words), the specific subject matter and content of which will be determined by your interests and professional context.

The assessment for this short course will be a short documentary, together with accompanying research and critical reflective analysis of product and process.

Each student will negotiate the nature of the documentary and your roles in it with your learning facilitator.

Successful completion of this assignment will gain you 20 Masters level credits.

If you go on to participate in and pass more of our courses you can build your own tailored postgraduate qualification. Strengthen your CV and widen your skills base at the same time.