2025 Summer Session A
6 weeks, May 27 - July 3
FILM 125 001 - LEC 001
Documentary Forms
Contemporary Documentary
Jaimie Rachel Baron
Class #:13045
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Film and Media
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
14
Enrolled: 16
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 10
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
7.5 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 20 to 14 hours of outside work hours per week, 0 to 6 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week, and 2.5 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.
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Course Catalog Description
This course will focus on topics in documentary cinema, television, video, photography, and/or new media.
Class Description
What is the relationship between documentary and reality? What are the ethical issues raised by documentary filmmaking? What different approaches have been used in producing documentaries and how have they shaped the ways in which film subjects have been portrayed and perceived? How has documentary contributed to social and political movements? What is the role of documentary in contemporary society? This course examines the theory of documentary film, drawing on examples from contemporary documentary film.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions
Students will receive no credit for FILM 125 after completing FILM 28A, or FILM 129. A deficient grade in FILM 125 may be removed by taking FILM 28A, or FILM 129.
Repeat Rules
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats