Introduction to Documentary Video Storytelling
Offered By: LinkedIn Learning
Course Description
Overview
Learn about the history and importance of documentary filmmaking. Explore the narrative building blocks of documentaries, with examples of nonfiction filmmaking over 120 years.
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- What is a documentary?
- Exploring documentary storytelling
- The first documentaries: Actuality films
- Documentaries of the early 20th century: Creating standards for nonfiction films
- Midcentury documentaries: Newsreels, propaganda, poetry, and educational films
- Changing culture and technology: Exploring direct cinema and beyond
- The rise of the modern documentary
- The modern documentary: Classic expository techniques
- The modern documentary: Exploring the modes of documentary storytelling
- Next steps
Taught by
Ashley Kennedy
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