Fall 2004
T452 Designing Television documentaries
Class number:  25508

T, R 4:00-5:15

Instructor's Name: Ron Osgood

Course Description:

Students will view television documentaries and analyze how
individuals, cultures, and events are described in these programs.
Students will discuss a variety of documentary genres and examine
the varied roles of the documentary producer as a historian,
explorer, social activist, journalist and entertainer.

In addition, students will research, develop and individually
prepare a proposed program treatment.  Selected proposals will be
assigned to teams and a full treatment will be completed.

This is an authorized course that requires T283 or permission of
instructor.  An application for the course can be found at
www.indiana.edu/~telecom

Special Note Regarding Hands-on Documentary Course:

The treatments developed in this class will be the basis for the
hands-on documentary course that will be taught in spring 2005 and
summer 2005.  The summer course is tentatively scheduled to travel
to Cuba for the field acquisition (shooting) part of the course.

Readings:  Text under consideration.

Grading: You will be evaluated individually and as a member of a
team during the semester.

There are weekly screening reaction papers, a midterm exam and a
full treatment for a proposed documentary.