Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course will address documentary film history from the 1920's to the present and will introduce the students to the technical, aesthetical and political aspects of documentary filmmaking. How to film "reality"? What are the different types of documentary films? How to represent the "other"? To what extend does a documentary film refer to the social and political context of its time? What are the basic ingredients that foster the reading of a film in a "documentary perspective" (Odin)?
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The students will acquire basic knowledge on documentary film history and develop analytical skills (historical and sociocritical) in the field of documentary cinema.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course will rely on the watching and the analysis of documentary films. The analysis will be developped in class through discussions with the sutdents. Each session will end with a q&a on the texts (see "required readings").
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
One week priori to each session, a text will be made available to the students via MyULg (required reading).
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam on the course content, the films that have been screened in class and the texts available on MyULg.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Jeremy Hamers
jhamers@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
The assessment subjects remain unchanged: professor's presentations, required readings (available on MyULiège) and films screened in class.
Assessment methods
Written exam. The exam will be sent to the students by mail (official ULiège address) on August the 19th at 10AM, and the students will return their copy at 3PM at the latest. (jhamers@uliege.be).