Communication 446 - Film Documentary
Spring
2023
01
3.00
Bruce Geisler
TU 2:30PM 4:30PM
UMass Amherst
68559
Integ. Learning Center S350
geisler@comm.umass.edu
68887
We will view, analyze, and discuss films from the recent past and present from a filmmaker?s perspective, along with some limited hands-on work in pre-production techniques. Students will view, analyze, and critique works from modern documentary masters such as Betsy West & Julie Cohen ("RBG"), Michael Moore ("Where to Invade Next"), Questlove ("Summer of Soul"), Robert Kenner ("Food Inc."), and others to further their understanding of the documentarian's art and craft.
Open to seniors & juniors only. COMM 140, 231, 340, 342, 493E This course was formerly numbered as COMM 493F. If you have already taken COMM 493F you cannot take this course.
Open to Seniors & Juniors only, or by permission of the instructor at geisler@comm.umass.edu.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.