Prerequisites

• University degree.
• At least one-year of experience in media and production fields.

Course Description

With the development of documentary television programs both regionally and globally, it has become essential for documentary producers, writers, and directors to possess competitive global professional tools. Therefore, this course is designed through practical exercises to enable the trainee to master the fundamentals of producing high-quality documentary television programs, whether informational or human-interest, political or social, in content and form, meeting international market standards.

Course Objective

By the end of this course, participants will:
• Define the fundamentals of television documentaries.
• Write and develop ideas and scenarios for television documentary programs.
• Plan for documentary production and field filming.
• Produce a television documentary program in collaboration with the production team.

Course Outline

• Introduction to TV documentary programs:
- Documentary production schools.
- Features and challenges of documentaries.
- Documentary approaches and elements of television documentary programs.

• Preparing television documentaries:
- Developing the idea and documentary treatment.
- Information and field research.
- Pre-filming scenario.
- Working with the team: roles and different tasks.

• Field documentary production:
- Production planning and field filming strategy.
- Cinematic filming techniques.
- Camera and using the microphone.
- Fundamentals of interviewing art.

• Post-production phases:
- Scenario building in television documentary programs.
- Writing and recording documentary commentary.
- Fundamentals of editing and music.
- Information verification and evaluation of the first program copy.
- Visual, audio, graphics, coloring, and final touches effects.
- Plan the show for broadcasting or publishing.

Course Benefits

• A graduation certificate by Aljazeera Media Institute.
• A graduation project.