Academic Catalog

MCS518 DOCUMENTARY CINEMA STUDIES

Course Code: 8160518
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(0-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: Media And Cultural Studies
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. NECMÝ ERDOÐAN
Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course aims to provide students with basic knowledge on documentary cinema. The famous and never-ending discussion on the definition of documentary will be the starting point. This discussion will be extended to other debates such as the problematization of truth in documentary, ethical issues in documentary filmmaking, sound as a constitutive component of documentary, and new forms of documentary filmmaking within new media.