Online Courses Handbook 2003

10084 (v.6) Film and Television 212 - The Tradition of the Documentary

Area:	School of Media and Information
Contact Hours:	4.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	1531 (v.8) Film and Television 111 - History of Screen Language or any previous version OR 1532 (v.8) Film and Television 121 - Screen Production Techniques or any previous version
Explore the various ways in which film and video makers have attempted to represent reality on the screen, from the time of primitive hand-operated cameras to the present, with its sophisticated electronic equipment, how technology has helped shape the medium.