Course Details
Country:
Australia
Institution:
Curtin University
Course Title:
Creative Documentary and Actualities
Course Number:
SPRO2004
Course Description:
The unit examines the history, practices and narrative forms of non-fiction media texts with a specific focus on
documentary film. Major historical and current trends in the creative treatment of actuality in documentary and
factual production are identified and critiqued; the impact of digital technologies in the development of hybridism
and nonlinear forms blurring traditional distinctions between fiction/non-fiction texts are also studied in
connection with current critical discourse and new models of distribution. Students will research, develop and
produce creative documentary screen projects, as well as examining and practising a number of documentary
specific techniques and approaches.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
FAVS 365
