CIN365H1

Nonfiction Video Practice

This course is designed to introduce students to the basics of creative video production, with an emphasis on documentary and nonfiction film and video. Students will be introduced to the theory and practice of documentary filmmaking, including the creative, ethical, conceptual, and practical dimensions of artistic moving-image production. This is a hands-on course that will include off-site practical workshops and in-course group critique. Students are expected to have some prior technical knowledge of video recording and video editing, as technical skill-building will fall outside the purview of this course. We will explore the diverse approaches adopted by nonfiction filmmakers and video artists in order to consider what constitutes a cinematic practice. Students will work on creative assignments individually and in groups, coming up with conceptual ideas, creative treatments, and artistic methods for translating their ideas and questions into non-fiction moving image media.