Current Affairs Documentary Film In this course we will learn the fundamentals of making a current affairs documentary film. We will chart the path from story identification and pitch to developing sources, investigation, the ethics of news gathering, interview craft, filmic style, structuring, and writing. There will be units on each. We will watch and analyze different styles of current affairs documentary making. Students will participate in hands on writing workshops and will each come up with a documentary project outline, providing a storyboarded visual treatment, a shoot schedule and a draft script.  Hilary Andersson is an award-winning journalist and documentary maker who spent 25 years with the BBC, covering wars in Africa and the Middle East and later working for the BBC’s flagship Panorama documentary program. Hilary is now based in Vermont, from where she travels and continues to make current affairs documentaries on American and international affairs./

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I thoroughly enjoyed this class. Hillary is a very fair and understanding professor. Throughout the class we were able to hear about her experiences of documentary filmmaking in conflict areas. The class was pretty easy, there were a couple of short writing assignments, readings and of course documentaries to watch throughout the term; along with a final group project of creating a research and shooting plan for your groups (hypothetical documentary). 