By Tina Dixon & Jeremy Orlebar
Week 1 Overview
Video of various extracts of documentaries shown in class using a glossary of documentary definitions and a worksheet identifying codes and conventions of documentary.
OHP used on various hybrids of documentary that students copy.
World at War Episode 15 looked at and a worksheet filled in to highlight key codes and conventions. This series was made on film.
Homework
Students are to watch a documentary of their own choice highlighting time and channel it is on and use codes and conventions from their class handouts to write about it in detail.
Weeks 2-3 Overview
Night Mail watched and handout given out from Advanced Studies in Media Nicholas and Price (Nelson, 1998). Class then watch remake of Tony Harrison’s version called Crossings which was on a South Bank Show and compare and contrast both of these.
Nanook of the North watched and handout given from Jo Wilcock’s Documentary book (Auteur).
Homework
Students to read some background information on Nanook for further work later on in this unit.
Weeks 4-5 Overview
Current documentaries shown from TV like C4 Food: What goes in your basket? Or one of the BBC’s Tuesday documentaries such as on 5 October 2010 Kids in Care and discussed as to the PSB ethos and why many channels have a scheduled slot for documentaries. The reality...
