PMA 7401

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PMA 7401
Documentary Production II

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This production seminar is for students with basic documentary filmmaking skills who want to work with previously collected footage and/or are in production on a project in or around Ithaca. Over the course of the semester, students complete a documentary film based on an immersive engagement with their selected subject matter. Alongside watching and discussing relevant texts and films, students will complete exercises to help them focus their projects, build a cohesive narrative, learn script writing, brainstorm scene ideas, overcome narrative challenges, discover their aesthetic, and develop a film circulation plan. Students will regularly present new footage and scenes and explain their work in terms their goals for the final project. The course culminates in a public screening of students' independent video projects.


Prerequisites background equivalent to: ANTHR 3310 or ANTHR 6110 or PMA 3571.

Fees Course fee, $350. Fee amount approximate; includes course fee and cost of materials.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025SP, 2022SP, 2020SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4401, ANTHR 7401, PMA 4401

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4654 PMA 7401   DES 501

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Raheja, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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