Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 1 x 3 hour Lecture/Viewing per week |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Essay 1 - 2,500 words For information on due dates for submission of assessed work, please refer to the departmental web pages at http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/duedates.shtml | 50% |
Semester Assessment | Essay 2 - 2,500 words | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Deconstruct the generic components of each text and identify the modes of production used to signify `reality? and question the concept of `objectivity? and `reality? in all factual output.
Analyse the spectrum of `indexical truthfulness? as defined by the relationship between the programme'r production and consumption
Problematise the boundaries between notions of consumers and producers.
Understand the significance of the shift in the emotional, technological and commercial direction of factually-based television media products.
Demonstrate an understanding of how technology drives content and vice versa and how new these technologies might impact on a new grammar of reception with the convergence of text and audience
Aims
To introduce students to current bodies of theoretical work surrounding the future place of the documentary in a media climate dominated by convergence and globalisation.
To look at the way technology is changing the relationship between producer and consumer of television products by drawing on examples of media products that have re-shaped the grammatical norms and conventions that formerly defined our factual media.
To provide tools whereby students can successfully deconstruct the form, content and social expression and critically analyse the generic origins and production components of each text.
Brief description
Indicative sessions might include:
1. Deconstructing the form 2. Founding Fathers ? an historical overview
3. Docu-drama and Faction 4. Me TV- democratization of the airwaves
5. Policing the airwaves 6. Reality TV ? whose life are we living anyway?
7. E-docs and I-docs. 8. Political economy of contemporary television
9. Case-study ? mockumentary 10. Summary of the issues
Reading List
Baker, Maxine. (c2006) Documentary in the digital age /Maxine Baker. Elsevier/Focal Press Primo search Bruzzi, Stella (2006.) New documentary :a critical introduction /Stella Bruzzi. Routledge Primo search Corner, John (1996.) The art of record :a critical introduction to documentary /John Corner. Manchester University Press Primo search Dovey, Jon. (2000.) Freakshowfirst person media and factual television /Jon Dovey. http://www.theacademiclibrary.com/login_cat.asp?filename=0745314554&libcode=PLC Pluto Press Kilborn, R. W. (1997.) An introduction to television documentary :confronting reality /Richard Kilborn and John Izod. Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press Primo search Nichols, Bill. (1991.) Representing reality :issues and concepts in documentary /Bill Nichols. Indiana University Press Primo search Winston, Brian. (1995) Claiming the real :the Griersonian documentary and its legitimations /Brian Winston. British Film Institute Primo search Winston, Brian. (2000 (various p) Lies, damn lies and documentaries /Brian Winston. BFI Pub. Primo search (1998.) Documenting the documentary :close readings of documentary film and video /edited by Barry Keith Grant and Jeannette Sloniowski. Wayne State University Press Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6