FILM 335 - Human Rights Video Clinic

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

Advanced digital video postproduction skills are taught in the context of human rights documentaries. Working with Witness, an advocacy organization that uses video technology and media campaigns to promote and secure human rights around the world, students produce short documentary projects for webcast. Using footage shot byWitness partner groups and working in teams, students produce short "Rights Alerts" fromstart to finish, including tape logging, research on issues and advocacy objectives, liaison with human rights advocates, script preparation, narrative strategy, sound and narration, editing and production, and webcasting.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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