What is the Documentary Film and Self-Analysis?

With one or more classmates, you will make a documentary film. It should be between 5 and 15 minutes long and it can be on any sports-related topic you like. You can appear in it or not. You can use your phone, or you can check out video equipment.

Each member of your film-making group must submit a 2 page, typed, double-spaced self-analysis in which you describe the purpose of your documentary, the techniques you used to achieve that purpose, how successful you were in doing so, and what your individual role was in the making of the film.

You should also indicate what grade (0-100) you would give yourself for the documentary. Your overall grade for this will be the average of your grade and mine.

How will the Documentary Film and Self-Analysis be graded?

I will grade you on a scale from 0 to 100, roughly distributed in the following way:

Polish (25 points)
Clarity of Purpose (25 points)
Understanding of documentary film techniques as demonstrated by their use in the film and your description of them in the self-analysis. (25 points)
Originality of documentary topic and/or style. (25 points)

Your documentary film and self-analysis will be be 20% of your overall course grade.