COM 280 - Overseas Documentary Production

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
This hands-on course familiarizes students with the basic principles and techniques of overseas documentary production. Students will research the culture and location for the documentary project, then they will develop skills in camerawork, lighting, sound recording, scriptwriting, directing shoots and logging and digitizing footage as they shoot in another country. When students return to Dutchess, they will begin post-production, create graphics and titles and complete a half-hour documentary to be screened at DCC and aired on local cable channels. The focus and subject of the documentary projects and the international locations will vary.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Department