SOME OF THE ITEMS TO BE WORKED ON

Narrative through images: cinematographic and television language. The shot and the take? The setting and the virtual setting. Setting unity and montage unity. Recognition of the different types of shots. Space and movement. Narrative functions of shots.

Scene and sequence. Camera angle and camera movement. The sequence shot. Fiction and documentary: the first differentiation. The documentary reconstruction of reality. Truth and verisimilitude.

The project idea. The plot. The script. Register. File material. The voice-over. The use of graphics, reconstruction, point of view. Observation- Testimony/evidence. The approaching plan. The critical and critical self reflection. The images register. Research. Interview techniques. The division of labour in roles. Direct sound register.

The camera. Photography and lighting schemas. Shutter and diaphragm. Sound dimension and the expressive use of sound. Different types of register: direct and dubbing. The music. The narrative affects of sound.

Production. Different stages in documentary production. Montage and dramatic structure. Theoretical aspects . Intellectual montage, continuity, transitions. Direct cut. Fading.

Post production. Viewing and listing. Shot selection.

Critical viewing of material filmed by the students. Dialecltic of the approaching plan with the obtained results. Reformulation and last corrections.

Basic notions of the “Final Cut” programme. Lineal and non-lineal editing. Digitalization. The digital work over image and sound.

Viewing of a selection of the material filmed. Approach to the final structure.

Editing and master-making of the documentaries.