Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

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FMMC 1034

Current Affairs Documentaries

Current Affairs Documentary Film
In this course we will learn the fundamentals of making a current affairs documentary film. We will chart the path from story identification and pitch to developing sources, investigation, the ethics of news gathering, interview craft, filmic style, structuring, and writing. There will be units on each. We will watch and analyze different styles of current affairs documentary making. Students will participate in hands on writing workshops and will each come up with a documentary project outline, providing a storyboarded visual treatment, a shoot schedule and a draft script.

Hilary Andersson is an award-winning journalist and documentary maker who spent 25 years with the BBC, covering wars in Africa and the Middle East and later working for the BBC’s flagship Panorama documentary program. Hilary is now based in Vermont, from where she travels and continues to make current affairs documentaries on American and international affairs./
Subject:
Film & Media Culture
Department:
Film & Media Culture
Division:
Arts
Requirements Fulfilled:
WTR

Sections

Winter 2025

FMMC1034A-W25 Lecture (Andersson)

Winter 2024

FMMC1034A-W24 Lecture (Andersson)

Winter 2023

FMMC1034A-W23 Lecture (Andersson)