Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

- Students will identify the main aspects that pertain to documentary film ethics.

- Students will be able to identify the main debates around practices and politics of representation.

- Students will be able to analyze films attending either to the ethical challenges they present for filmmakers and audiences, or to wider questions of documentary representation.

Credits: 3

Schedule: 11.03.2024 - 22.03.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Arturo Delgado Pereira

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  This course will look at issues of representation in documentary filmmaking. The course will cover issues relating to the ethics of representation in documentary film and other “reality” based practices. The course might cover issues of representing culture, ethnicity, gender and minority communities as well as wider theories and practices of documentary representation.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Completing the course require students' attendance, active participation in class and the completion of course assignment.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lectures (ratio 1:1): 41 hours (max)
  Independent Studies/Workshop (ratio 1:2): 40 hours (máx)
  
  Total: 81 hours.
  
  At least 80% participation in face-to-face teaching is mandatory to complete the course. If, due to absences, the student does not achieve the learning outcomes defined in the course description, the remaining 20% may have to be compensated as determined by the responsible teachers of the course.
  
  All absences must be reported to the teachers in charge. The responsible teachers of the course will specify the necessary compensating assignments.
  
  

  Study methods changed by decision of Academic Committee for Arts, Design and Architecture on 1st of February 2023.

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Study material changes according to course content.

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

3 Good Health and Well-being

4 Quality Education

5 Gender Equality

10 Reduced Inequality

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Students may, on occasion, find some of the audiovisual materials presented in this course challenging with respect to matters of feelings, beliefs, politics, conflict, intimacy, or the body. If you have any concerns about “difficult” materials in the course, please check with your professor ASAP.

  Teaching Language : English

  Teaching Period : 2022-2023 No teaching
  2023-2024 Spring IV

  Enrollment :

  Registration for courses: Sisu. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture, https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts

  Maximum number of students 12, minimum 2.

Description