“Documentary script” “Cultural Production in a Changing World”
The subject of your audio-visual presentation is: Documentary Making: Producing Culture
This assessment is an opportunity for students to become ‘cultural producers’ as they learn to develop and apply their skills and knowledge via the production of an ‘audio-visual’ presentation.
Students are required to use one of the topics (or two if you want to combine topics) from the ten week module and apply the ideas to a specific event in history. The audio-visual
presentation must use a ‘documentary’ format to communicate the conceptual ideas, research and historical event to a general audience.
Example Topics:
‘How digital cultures transformed the Black Lives Matter movement’ (Week 7 and 8)
‘How has globalisation of the music industry affected the production and consumption of local music movements (you could look at early American Jazz music, or London Grime for example)’ (Week 4 & 6)
Example topics with lecture slides:
Literary studies
Theatre & performance studies
Music studies
Audience studies
Globalization
Digital culture
Environmental & decolonial politics
Possible future
Instruction:
The ‘script’ should include a 250 word ‘Intention Statement’ of what you hoped to address in your documentary, as well as the audio component of the presentation (fully referenced – see the information in the CMCI Department Handbook on Referencing), any working notes and a bibliography.
The total word count for the ‘script’ (excluding bibliography) should be no more than 1500 words.
For the documentary, we will be marking you on your content, not your technical expertise. However, very poor quality material may inhibit the communication of your ideas. We will be looking for your ability to research widely (academic and non-academic texts and materials), understand think critically and intelligently about the material and ideas you are exploring, and your ability to narrate a compelling story around your topic. Marks will also be given for originality (see departmental Marking Criteria on Keats for more details)
Think creatively about what you include in your presentation. It can be found footage and images; things you have filmed or made yourself; or objects from personal or public archives.
Your bibliography should also evidence all your source material, both of the footage and objects, as well as your own academic research.
Here are some links to start you thinking about ‘what is a documentary’
https://www.desktop-documentaries.com/what-is-a-documentary.html
