| Syllabus -- History 6000
Section A-90 Garinger 239
Wednesday 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Dr. Dan L. Morrill
Office Hours: 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Readings: Shut Up And Shoot
This course is a hands-on, practical
application course about the fundamental procedures for shooting
documentaries. It is not a study of the philosophy or history of
documentaries.
1. Session 1. January 11th.
Introduction to the Course.
2. Session 2. January 18th.
Each student is to check out a camcorder and learn the basics of its use.
Shoot at least three minutes (no more than
4) of video that contains at least five scenes.
Download to your external hard drive.
Discuss pertinent chapters of Shut Up
and Shoot.
Hear presentation on World War One
Project.
3. Session 3. January 25th.
Editing Practicum.
The entire class will be devoted to
learning the basics of editing in Final Cut Pro 7.
4. Session 4. February 1st.
The entire class will be devoted to
learning the basics of editing Final Cut Pro 7.
5. Session 5. February 8th.
The entire class will be devoted to
learning how to conduct interviews.
6. Session 6. February 15th.
Each is to interview someone of his or her
choice and bring the interview to class for editing.
7. By April 18th Students are to
complete an interview of a scholar involved in the World War One Project.
8. By May 2nd each Student is to
complete a ten minute documentary on a subject of his or her choosing.
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For Interview Checklist
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for compressing video for dvd
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here for compressing video for youtube and vimeo
Click here for
burning DVD with DVD Studio Pro
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