Provide the basic linguistic and theoretical elements for undertaking documentary practice; build a curriculum that focuses on documentary as an artistic and research practice.
Course Prerequisites
Have acquired the fundamentals of film history and the basics of audiovisual language.
Teaching Methods
Part One: Lectures, film analysis, practical exercises Part Two: Writing a short documentary. From idea to treatment.
Assessment Methods
Oral interviews regarding the reference texts and lectures. Evaluation of the documentary screenplay produced during the course.
Texts
Marco Bertozzi, Ivelise Perniola, Storia del cinema documentario, Carocci, Roma, 2025 (seconda parte). Simone Aleandri Roberto Moliterni, Fare un documentario. La filmografia verrà concordata durante le lezioni. Il programma per i non frequentanti verrà concordato con il docente Scrivere, girare e produrre cinema del reale, Dino Audino, Roma 2007
Contents
The course aims to provide students with the fundamental tools for making a documentary in all its phases (writing, production, post-production). Particular attention will be paid to analyzing the linguistic varieties that characterize documentary filmmaking and its intrinsic experimental nature.
