documentary

Resources for learning how to plan, shoot, edit, source material, and store video projects.

Students will experiment with what Carl Wilson calls a “sympathetic hearing,” meaning they will listen to a song that they despise with open ears and an open mind. They will then while then compose a podcast documenting their experiences.

For this project, students will create an audio documentary that weaves together a range of sonic elements (oral interviews, voiceover commentary, field recordings, music, etc.) to tell an original nonfiction narrative.

An assignment where students take and arrange photographs in connection to a theme of their choice.

For this project, student groups create a collaborative wiki page dedicated to a theme, question, or concern from a course reading or film.