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The course introduces students to the realm of documentaries about sustainability,
highlighting the perspective of the filmmaker. The topics linked to sustainability are big, global issues like climate change, food sustainability, business sustainability, overpopulation, wildlife conservation etc. Documentary films are able to powerfully dramatize the reality of environmental and social issues, but shall the authors have to go farther? It is their task to empower audiences to join causes and being part of the change? It is their task to grab the flag and lead the social movement? Next to the enumeration of documentaries around issues related to sustainability, the course will highlight some theoretical questions: genre related and media ethics related problems in documentary media. During the course students will also learn basic filmmaking technics and will have the opportunity to create their own sustainability film Poslední úprava: Štoll Martin, prof. MgA., Ph.D. (04.09.2024)
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OBLIGATORY READINGS 1. Broderick Fox, Documentary Media, History, Theory, Practice, Routledge, New York. 2017. Second Edition. 2. Sara K. Yeo and Joshua N. Silberg, Environmental documentaries in a digital age should be ethical, not just captivating, One Earth, Cell Press, 3. Rachel Elizabeth Gregg, Environmental Documentary Film a Contemporary Tool for Social Movement, University of Montana, 2011. 4. Denis McQuail, Mark Deuze, McQuail’s Media and Mass Communication Theory, SAGE, London, 2020. 5. The 5Ps of the Sustainable Development Goals, UN. 6. Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations. https://sdgs.un.org/goals RECOMMENDED SOURCES 1. Kobré, Kenneth: Videojournalism, Multimedia Storytelling, Focal Press, London, 2024. 2. https://sustainly.com/sustainability-documentaries/#17 3. https://www.greenbusinessbenchmark.com/archive/20-sustainability-documentaries Poslední úprava: Štoll Martin, prof. MgA., Ph.D. (04.09.2024)
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The course is a practical seminar. Poslední úprava: Rétfalvi Györgyi, Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
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Requirements and tasks: (students should choose 2 from the list) 50%: Multiple choice test based on the obligatory readings and the watched documentaries 50%: Academic: an analysis of a contemporary, online non-fiction motion picture 50%: Practical: creating a non-fiction online video (students will use their equipment) Final grade spectrum: A: 91-100 B: 81-90 C: 71:80 D: 61:70 E: 51:60 Fail: less than 51 Poslední úprava: Štoll Martin, prof. MgA., Ph.D. (04.09.2024)
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1. Introduction: the UN’s 5 Ps and 17 SDGs 2. Sustainability as a topic in the documentary filmography 3. People, Planet 4. Prosperity, Peace, Partnership 5. Genre: sustainability documentaries in the Berger matrix of electronic media genres 6. Media ethics and environmental documentary and ethnographical documentary, the responsibility of a filmmaker 7. Preproduction: Finding, and evaluating a story, research, scriptwriting, and storytelling 8. Production: A roll, recording sound, conducting interviews 9. Production: B roll, visual storytelling 10. Postproduction: editing 11. Final class Poslední úprava: Štoll Martin, prof. MgA., Ph.D. (04.09.2024)
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