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The Documentary
Concentration
The Documentary
curriculum, taught wholly in the specially equipped Michael Rabiger
Center for documentary, is dedicated to a vision of documentary filmmaking
that places people above product; exploration and discovery above pre-conception.
We validate tolerance and understanding, and emphasize the power and
responsibility documentary makers have in a world where communication
is dominated by the moving image media. Students are encouraged “to
grasp the lived reality of people, and to convey the quality of their
experience.”
The curriculum prepares
students for work in the many varieties of non-fictional filmmaking,
and emphasizes the dynamic interplay between reality, experience and
representation. Many fiction directors also find they benefit from exposure
to the direct, improvisational training Documentary provides.
About
the Michael Rabiger Center for Documentary Film
Purpose
The Documentary Center was founded by Michael Rabiger in 1988. It is
a dedicated teaching and cultural focus for studying, discussing, screening,
analyzing and advancing the documentary genre. The Center supports students
in the production of documentary films and provides a diverse course
of study designed to help students prepare for a career in documentary
filmmaking.
Activities
The Center helps stimulate a supportive community for documentary
students by offering an informal, centralized location for exchange
of information, screenings of films and access to industry news and
ideas.
Our bulletin boards and resource library are updated regularly, hosting
information about filmmakers,
screenings, documentary filmmaking, film festivals, television broadcasts
and video technology.
Our video and DVD library features classic, contemporary and student
documentaries.
We also host screenings, guest speakers, and open houses and organize
documentary outings.
Resources
The Center's classrooms host documentary courses and the equipment
cage houses the latest in
video technology; offering students hands-on experience with excellent
cameras, sound equipment, lighting kits and related tools of documentary
production. Our two dub racks feature multiple formats for tape transfers.
Avid Express software is employed in the documentary post-production
lab.
Contact Information
If you would like to receive updates about Doc Center events, call
us to sign up for our email list. Or drop by for a chat and a cup of
coffee. Our address is 1104 S. Wabash, Suite 407 and our phone number
is 312-344-6729, or by email doccenter@colum.edu.
Documentary Courses
Our courses encourage the analysis of documentary’s place
in society, as well as theoretical, aesthetic, ethical and practical
considerations to do with documentary filmmaking and culture.
For more information about requirements, see Documentary
concentration.
Staff
Area Coordinator -- Jeff Spitz, Russell Porter, Faculty Member ,
Technical Coordinator Dave Korda and a group of student workers staff
the Documentary Center.
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