Documentary Programs

Course Main Objective

To define the documentary film and its essence, origin most important pioneers, development and the artistic trends for preparing documentary film; collect scientific material for the program and write, draft and prepare the executive scenario of the program and further produce and direct the documentary program in all its stages.

Course Learning Outcomes

• 1. Knowledge and Comprehension
•    1.1 Define the origin, essence and development of the documentary film.
• 2. Skills 
•    2.1 Use studio with its different devices and the sound and video effects.
•    2.2 Write types of radio and TV scripts using digital technology.
• 3. Values 
•    3.1 Practice spirit of dialogue and discussion and positive disagreement among students.

Course Content

• The concept of documentary film and programs: nature and elements
• Basic rules of the documentary cinema
• Types and forms of documentary programs and their development
• The technical trends of documentary film and steps of its preparation
• Scenario of the documentary film
• Different direction forms of documentary program
• Relation of the documentary program with fiction and reality
• Employing sound and image and the sound and video effects in the documentary film
• Documentary programs production and direction
• Docudrama
• Voice-over for the documentary programs and films
• Documentary film and narrative film: similarities and differences
• Presentation, assessment and discussion of students' production from the radio and TV documentary programs.

Textbook (s) 

- Mona, Al-Hadidi., Salwa, Imam.A (2002). Documentary Film: Its Trends and Uses in Cinema and TV. Dar Al-Fikr Al-Arabi, Cairo.
- Hassan, Muhammad. A. (2009). An Introduction to Radio and Audio-Video Arts. Al-Dar Al-Arabiya, Cairo.
- Lo'aei, Al-Za'bei. (2020). Documentary Films. The Syrian Virtual University publications, Arab Republic of Syria.
- Gerald Hirshfield. (2011). Image Control. ASC Press, London
- Barakat, Abdel Aziz. New Trends in Radio Programs Production. Dar Al-Kitab Al-Hadith, Cairo, 2000.
- www.Arabfilmtvschool.edu.eg. 

Course ID: RATV 403