Documentary Film
In this tutored course, aspiring filmmakers will learn the basics of documentary film making. It will take you about 160 hours (8 modules of 5 units of appr. 4 hours each) to complete this course and you will earn a PDF certificate upon reaching a minimum average score of 51 out of 100.
- 160 Hours / Blended learning
- TBA’
Programme Learning Outcomes
The course gives a basic understanding of the documentary film production.
It involves
- a brief overview of the history of documentary film in Ghana and Africa
- the different documentary genres
- approaches to treatment
- the role of trust and interviews in documentary filmmaking
- the production of corporate documentary films
- the different phases of documentary film production
The objective is enabling participants to write a documentary film concept and undertake production activities for a short documentary by the end of this course.
Beginners Level
| Module | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| What is a documentary film? | 5 | |
| Ideation and research | 5 | |
| Basics of filmic storytelling | 5 | |
| Approaches to treatment | 5 | |
On trust and interviews | 5 | |
Corporate documentaries | 5 | |
Pre-production | 5 | |
The production | 5 |
Course Developers
Dr. Rebecca Oheneasah Hesse (AUCC), George Bosompim (AUCC) and Godstime Mensah-Nab (Ghana YMCA) with support from Jürgen Seidler (Script House) and Frank Domhan (WELTFILME e.V.)
