Initial Class Assignments
Following is a list of materials assigned for the noted course.

Course Textbooks

Reading materials are available in Room 301.

Course Information

Class 1 (Jan. 11th): Introduction/What is Reality?

Assignment:

Christopher Williams, Introduction, REALISM AND THE CINEMA (1980); Christian Metz, On the Impression of Reality in the Cinema; A SEMIOTICS OF THE CINEMA (1974); Paul Arthur, Extreme Makeover: The Changing Face of Documentary, Cineaste (June 2005); Pat Aufderheide, The Changing Documentary Marketplace, Cineaste (June 2005); Michael Rabiger, Excerpts from DIRECTING THE DOCUMENTARY (1992), pp.5-11.

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